[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 1.108 # 經律異相 1.108 經律異相 1.108 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1.108) 相師占雨。有五因緣不可定知。使占者迷惑。一者雲有雷電占謂當雨。以火大多燒雲不雨。二者雲有雷電占亦謂雨。有大風起吹雲四散入諸山間。三者雲有雷電占亦謂雨。時阿修羅攬接浮雲置大海中。四者雲有雷電占亦謂雨。而雨師放誕婬亂竟不降雨。五者雲有雷電占亦謂雨。而世間眾生非法縱盪污清淨行。慳貪嫉妬所見顛倒。故使天不降雨。以此五事相不定知（出長阿含第二十卷樓炭同）。 > When diviners forecast rain, there are five causal conditions that cannot be known with certainty and cause the diviner to be bewildered: First, clouds have thunder and lightning, and the divination predicts it will rain, but because the fire element is excessive it burns the clouds and it does not rain. Second, clouds have thunder and lightning, and the divination also predicts rain, but a great wind arises and scatters the clouds in all directions among the mountains. Third, clouds have thunder and lightning, and the divination also predicts rain, but at that moment an asura gathers up the floating clouds and places them into the great ocean. Fourth, clouds have thunder and lightning, and the divination also predicts rain, yet the rain master is wanton and licentious, so rain never falls. Fifth, clouds have thunder and lightning, and the divination also predicts rain, yet the sentient beings in the world are unprincipled and licentious, defiling pure conduct, stingy, envious, and holding perverse views; therefore heaven does not send down rain. Due to these five circumstances, the signs cannot be known with certainty. (From the Dīrgha-āgama, fascicle 20; the Loutan jing is the same.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1.107) - [Next: 1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1.109) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.1.108) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.1.108) · Pramāṇa