[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) › 12.10 # 經律異相 12.10 經律異相 12.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.10) 須摩提白佛言。世尊。所說菩薩四十事。我當奉行。令不缺減。時長老目連問。此四十事大士所行。汝小女人何能辦之。答言。審實能行。若不信者當使三千大千國土皆當為我六反震動。雨於天花。諸音樂器不鼓自鳴。應時如言。女曰。證我至誠。若我後得佛無有虛者。其在會眾悉作金色。尋如其語色如黃金。目連白佛言。初發大意為菩薩者。我為作禮。所以者何。八歲女子感應如此。豈況高士摩訶薩乎。文殊師利問言。云何不轉女人身。須摩提報言。於是無所得。所以者何。法無男女。今者我當斷仁所疑。須摩提言。令我不久當得正覺。我今便當變為男子。適作是語。即成男身。頭髮自墮袈裟在體。便作沙彌。又言。我作佛時。使我國中莫有三事。一者魔事。二者泥犁。三者女態。若我至誠。我身當如三十沙門。適作是語。形體顏色如年三十。復謂文殊師利言。我作佛時。令我國人皆作金色。地及城郭有七寶樹。寶池寶華不多不少。悉皆亭等。又言諸在會者當作金色。應時眾會皆並金容。時持地神即從地出。化作天身。舉聲稱揚。歎須摩提。三言之德。不久作佛（出佛說須摩提菩薩經）。 > Sumati said to the Buddha, 'Bhagavat, as for the forty practices of a bodhisattva you have spoken of, I shall practice them without lack or deficiency.' At that time, the elder Maudgalyāyana asked, 'These forty practices are undertaken by great beings; how can you, a little girl, manage them?' She replied, 'Truly, I am capable of practicing them. If you do not believe me, may the three-thousand great-thousand world system shake in six ways on my account, may heavenly flowers rain down, and may musical instruments sound of their own accord without being played.' Immediately, it happened as she had spoken. The girl said, 'To prove my utmost sincerity: if I will later attain Buddhahood without falsehood, may those in the assembly all turn golden in colour!' Instantly, as she had spoken, their colour became like yellow gold. Maudgalyāyana said to the Buddha, 'I pay homage to one who has first generated the great aspiration and become a bodhisattva. Why so? Even an eight-year-old girl has such efficacy; how much more so an eminent mahāsattva!' Mañjuśrī asked, 'Why do you not transform your female body?' Sumati replied, 'In this, there is nothing to be attained. Why so? Dharma has neither male nor female. Now, I shall sever your doubts.' Sumati said, 'So that I may soon attain correct awakening, let me now transform into a male!' As soon as she spoke these words, she became a male body: her hair fell off on its own, a kāṣāya was upon her body, and she became a novice monk. She also said, 'When I become a Buddha, may there not be three things in my land: first, works of Māra; second, hell; third, female forms. If I am of utmost sincerity, may my body be like that of a thirty-year-old śramaṇa!' As soon as she spoke these words, her physical appearance and colour became like those of a thirty-year-old. She further said to Mañjuśrī, 'When I become a Buddha, may the people of my land all be golden in colour; may the land and the city walls have seven-jewelled trees, jewelled ponds, and jewelled flowers, neither too many nor too few, all perfectly equal.' She also said, 'May all those in the assembly become golden in colour!' Instantly, the entire assembly took on a golden appearance. At that time, the Earth-holding deity emerged from the ground, manifested a heavenly body, raised his voice, and praised the virtue of Sumati's three declarations, saying that she would before long become a Buddha. (Extracted from the Fosong xumati pusa jing.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.9) - [Next: 12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.11) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.12.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.10) · Pramāṇa