經律異相 10.14

10.14

爾時曠野菩薩現為鬼身。散脂菩薩現為鹿身。慧炬菩薩現獼猴身。離愛菩薩現羖羊身。盡漏菩薩現鵝王身。如是五百諸菩薩等。各各現受種種諸身。其身悉出大香光明。一一菩薩手執燈明。為欲供養十方諸佛。爾時疑心菩薩觀五百人。即知悉是菩薩。語曠野鬼。善男子。汝等何故現如是身供養諸佛。曠野鬼言。善男子。往古過去九十一劫有佛世尊。號毘婆尸。我於爾時。與如是等同一父母共為兄弟受持五戒發菩提心。為欲調伏一切眾生。尸棄毘舍浮鳩留孫佛亦皆供養。散脂大士於彼佛前立大誓願。願我來世以鬼神身教化眾生。若有弊惡惡鬼。我當為說三乘而調伏之。然後乃當成菩提道。亦有一萬二千大鬼。於此世界發大誓願調伏眾生。復發大誓願。若有惡鬼欲壞正法。我當治之。是故我受如是鬼身調伏教化令住三乘。若有眾生遠離善法。行身口意不善之業。是身已生三惡道中。或有善惡雜業受鬼身故。惡鬼滋多善鬼尠少。我欲調伏現受是身。亦令剎利婆羅門毘舍首陀遠離惡心。善男子。有金剛椎呪使一切惡鬼於彼四姓不能為惡。乃至鳥獸皆生善心。遠離一切諸惡怖畏。我發大誓欲說是呪（出大集經第二十一卷）。

At that time, the bodhisattva Wild Forest appeared in the body of a ghost; the bodhisattva Saṃjñi appeared in the body of a deer; the bodhisattva Torch of Wisdom appeared in the body of a monkey; the bodhisattva Free from Attachment appeared in the body of a ram; and the bodhisattva Exhaustion of Outflows appeared in the body of a goose king. In this manner, five hundred bodhisattvas each manifested and assumed various bodies. From all their bodies came forth a great fragrance and radiance, and each bodhisattva held a bright lamp in his hand, wishing to make offerings to the Buddhas of the ten directions. At that time, the bodhisattva Doubtful Mind looked upon the five hundred beings and immediately recognized that they were all bodhisattvas. He said to the Wild Forest Ghost: "Good son, for what reason do you manifest such bodies to make offerings to the Buddhas?" The Wild Forest Ghost said: "Good son, ninety-one kalpas in the distant past there was a Buddha, a Bhagavat named Vipaśyin. At that time, I and these others shared the same parents, were brothers together, upheld the five precepts, and generated the bodhicitta, desiring to tame all sentient beings. We also made offerings to Śikhin, Viśvabhū, and Krakucchanda Buddhas. Before that Buddha, the Great Being Saṃjñi made a great vow: 'May I, in future lives, use the body of a ghost or spirit to teach and transform sentient beings! If there are wicked and evil ghosts, I shall expound the three vehicles to tame them, and only then attain the path of awakening.' There were also twelve thousand great ghosts who made a great vow in this world to tame sentient beings. Furthermore, they made a great vow: 'If there are evil ghosts who wish to destroy the true Dharma, I shall discipline them.' For this reason, I assume such a ghostly body to tame, teach, and transform them, causing them to abide in the three vehicles. If there are sentient beings who have distanced themselves from wholesome dharmas and engaged in unwholesome actions of body, speech, and mind, their bodies have already been born in the three wretched realms, or have received ghostly bodies on account of mixed wholesome and unwholesome karma; thus evil ghosts are numerous and wholesome ghosts are few. Desiring to tame them, I currently assume this body. I also cause kṣatriyas, brāhmaṇas, vaiśyas, and śūdras to be free from evil thoughts. Good son, there is a Vajra Mallet Dhāraṇī that prevents all evil ghosts from doing evil to those four castes, and even causes birds and beasts to generate wholesome thoughts, distancing them from all evil and terrors. Having made a great vow, I wish to speak this dhāraṇī." (Extracted from the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra, fascicle 21).