[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 1.72 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.72 釋門自鏡錄 1.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.72) 濟州靈光寺。有一老僧失名。淨修戒行。常持一鉢。數十餘年未甞遣人執捉。後因遽務令沙彌洗之。手誤墜破此鉢。老僧聞之驚呼失聲。恨惜之甚遂偃臥而死。弟子送葬於野。經數日化作大蛇。纏繞沙彌從足至頂。屈頭向下將欲吞之。僧徒驚呪願曰。緣一鉢之故。慳瞋毒惡死作蛇身。不悔往愆。又欲吞殺弟子。甚大罪業何故如斯。廣說善惡。為之懺悔發願。良久蛇乃解身而去。沙彌迷悶癡騃旬日漸醒。 > At Lingguang Monastery in Jizhou, there was an elderly monk whose name has been lost. He purely cultivated moral conduct and always kept a single alms-bowl, which for several decades he had never let anyone else touch. Later, due to urgent business, he had a novice wash it. The novice's hand slipped, and he dropped and broke the bowl. When the elderly monk heard of this, he cried out in shock; his grief and resentment were so extreme that he lay down and died. His disciples buried him in the countryside. After several days, he transformed into a great serpent that coiled around the novice from foot to crown, bending its head downward about to swallow him. The assembly of monks chanted in alarm and made vows, saying: “For the sake of a single bowl, through the poison of stinginess and anger, you have died and taken the body of a serpent. You do not repent your past transgression, and now you even wish to swallow and kill your disciple! What an immense sinful karma! Why act like this?” They spoke extensively of good and evil, repenting and making vows on his behalf. After a long while, the serpent loosened its coils and departed. The novice was left dazed and senseless, and only gradually regained his senses after ten days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.71) - [Next: 1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.73) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.1.72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.50) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.72) · Pramāṇa