[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) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 6.7 # 大唐西域記 6.7 大唐西域記 6.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6.7) 善施長者宅側有大窣堵波，是鴦窶利摩羅（唐言指鬘。舊曰央掘摩羅，訛也）捨邪之處，鴦窶利摩羅者，室羅伐悉底之凶人也。作害生靈，為暴城國，殺人取指，冠首為鬘。將欲害母，以充指數。世尊悲愍，方行導化。遙見世尊，竊自喜曰：「我今生天必矣。先師有教，遺言在茲，害佛殺母，當生梵天。」謂其母曰：「老今且止，先當害彼大沙門。」尋即杖劍往逆世尊。如來於是徐行而退，凶人指鬘疾驅不逮。世尊謂曰：「何守鄙志，捨善本，激惡源？」時指鬘聞誨，悟所行非，因即歸命，求入法中，精勤不怠，證羅漢果。 > By the side of the house of Sudatta is a great stūpa. This is the place where the Angulimālya (Yang-kiu-li-mo-lo) gave up his heresy. The Angulimālyas are the unlucky caste (the criminals) of Śrāvasti. They kill everything that lives, and maddening themselves, they murder men in the towns and country, and make chaplets for the head of their fingers. The man in question wished to kill his mother to complete the number of fingers, when the Lord of the World (Buddha), moved by pity, went to him to convert him. Beholding the Lord from far, the Angulimālya rejoicing said, "Now I shall be born in heaven; our former teacher declared that whoever injures a Buddha or kills his mother, ought to be born in the Brahma heaven." Addressing his mother, he said, "Old woman! I will leave you for a time till I have killed that great Shaman." Then taking a knife, he went to attack the Lord. On this Tathāgata stepped slowly as he went, whilst the Angulimālya rushed at him without slacking his pace. The Lord of the World addressing him said, "Why do you persevere in your evil purpose and give up the better feelings of your nature and foster the source of evil?" The Angulimālya, hearing these words, understood the wickedness of his conduct, and on that paid reverence to Buddha, and sought permission to enter the law (i.e., the religious profession of Buddha), and having persevered with diligence in his religious progress, he obtained the fruit of an Arhat. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6.8) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.6.1.2) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.6.7) · Pramāṇa