[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) › 14.41 # 經律異相 14.41 經律異相 14.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.41) 佛告目連。有一大國。去斯八千處在邊境。不覩三尊習於顛倒。王及臣民奉事梵志。有五百人並得五通。能移山住流分身變化。國有大山塞民徑路舉國患之。王向梵志說。梵志等即繞山坐。各一其心以道定力山起欲移。佛告目連。汝往彼國現神道化長濟度梵志及國君民。令遠三塗永處福堂。目連放光遏絕日月懸處虛空。當其山頂山為不動。梵志驚曰。此山已起誰抑之乎。日無精光此將有以。中有明者觀眾弟子。誰穢濁者令山不移。仰頭觀見覩一沙門當其山上。梵志僉曰。正是瞿曇弟子所為。梵志呼曰。王令吾等為民除患。汝抑之為。目連答曰。吾自懸虛誰抑汝山。梵志三盡道力欲令山移。山又三下遂成平地。梵志顧相謂曰。夫有明達道德深者則吾師也。咸興正服稽首敬白。願為弟子。示吾極靈。目連曰。汝等欲去冥就明者善。吾有尊師。號曰無上正真天中之天。為一切智。汝等皆往到佛所。諸梵志曰。佛之道化寧踰於師乎。目連答曰。佛德如須彌。吾等似芥子。汝等尋吾後。即至佛前具陳其情。內外清淨。唯願世尊。蕩其微垢令成真淨。梵志見佛。心開意解皆作沙門（出佛說志心經）。 > The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: "There is a great country eight thousand \[li\] away from here, located on the borderlands. They do not see the Three Honoured Ones and practice erroneous views. The king and his ministers and people serve five hundred brahmacārins, all of whom have attained the five supernormal powers, able to move mountains, halt flowing streams, and manifest transformed and divided bodies. In that country there is a great mountain blocking the paths of the people, and the whole country suffers from it. The king spoke to the brahmacārins, and the brahmacārins then sat around the mountain. Each focusing his mind, through the power of their meditation on the Path, the mountain rose up and was about to move. The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: "Go to that country, manifest supernormal transformations of the Path, deliver for a long time the brahmacārins as well as the king and people of the country, and cause them to stay far from the three miserable destinies and dwell forever in the halls of blessing." Maudgalyāyana emitted light that eclipsed the sun and moon, and hung suspended in empty space directly above the peak of the mountain; because of this, the mountain remained motionless. The brahmacārins said in astonishment: "This mountain had already risen; who is suppressing it? The sun has no radiant light; there must be a reason for this." Among them was a discerning one who observed the disciples \[to see\] who was defiled and preventing the mountain from moving. Looking up, he saw a śramaṇa above the mountain. The brahmacārins all said: "This is precisely the doing of Gautama's disciple." The brahmacārins called out: "The king ordered us to eliminate the affliction for the people. Why are you suppressing it?" Maudgalyāyana replied: "I am merely suspended in space; who is suppressing your mountain?" Three times the brahmacārins exhausted their power of the Path desiring to move the mountain, and three times the mountain descended, until it became flat ground. The brahmacārins looked at each other and said: "One who possesses clear comprehension and deep virtue in the Path is our master." They all straightened their garments, bowed their heads in homage, and said respectfully: "We wish to become your disciples; show us the utmost spirit." Maudgalyāyana said: "It is good that you wish to leave darkness and approach light. I have an honoured master, named the Unsurpassed, Truly Enlightened One, Deva among Devas, the Omniscient One. You should all go to where the Buddha is." The brahmacārins asked: "Does the Buddha's transformation through the Path surpass our master's?" Maudgalyāyana replied: "The Buddha's virtue is like Mount Sumeru; we are like mustard seeds. Follow after me." They arrived before the Buddha and fully explained their situation, being purified internally and externally: "We only pray that the Bhagavat cleanse our subtle defilements and cause us to attain true purity." Seeing the Buddha, the brahmacārins' minds opened and their understanding unfolded, and they all became śramaṇas (taken from the Zhixin jing spoken by the Buddha). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.40) - [Next: 14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.42) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.14.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.14.41) · Pramāṇa