[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) › 16.30 # 經律異相 16.30 經律異相 16.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.30) 阿育王時。佛已泥洹。二百餘年。時摩哂陀比丘。到師子洲中。時王欲行獵。有一樹神。欲令王得見摩哂陀。樹神化作一鹿。去王不遠示現噉草而便徐行。王見化鹿即張弓攝箭引弓欲射。王復念言。我當諦射此鹿。鹿仍迴向闍婆陀羅路而走。王即逐後。到闍婆陀羅。去摩哂陀不遠而滅。時摩哂陀見王已近。而作是念。今以神力令王正見我一人不見餘人。大德摩哂陀即喚王名。帝須汝來。王聞喚已。而便念言。今此國中誰敢喚我名者。此何等人。著赤衣服割截而成。喚我名字。生狐疑心。此是何等。為是人乎。為是鬼神耶。摩哂陀答言。沙門釋種法子。為哀愍王。從閻浮利地。故來到此耳。爾時天愛帝須王。與阿育王以有書信。遙作知識貢致珍寶。更相報答。法師乃曰。我有三寶以獻於王。非彼天愛世間匹也。即為王說三歸依法。王受三歸為優婆塞。復以釋法報。示天愛帝須王。於獵場中。即復思憶。阿育王書有釋種子。即投弓箭熟相問訊。法師為說經并受三歸。即便遣摩哂陀。喚沙彌修摩那。今應說法。汝可唱轉法輪。修摩那言。我今當唱令聲何至。答言。使聲滿師子國。時修摩那即入第四禪。從禪定起唱轉法輪。師子國民俱聞之。虛空諸神天悉會。三唱已竟。摩哂陀便為說法。天人無數皆得道迹（出善見律毘婆沙第二卷）。 > In the time of King Aśoka, more than two hundred years had passed since the Buddha's parinirvāṇa. At that time, the monk Mahinda went to the island of Siṃhala. The king was about to go hunting. A tree deity wished to let the king see Mahinda, so the tree deity transformed into a deer, appeared grazing not far from the king, and then walked slowly away. Seeing the transformed deer, the king drew his bow, fitted an arrow, and pulled the bow intending to shoot. The king thought again, 'I must aim carefully to shoot this deer.' The deer then turned toward the Javadāhara road and ran. The king pursued it from behind. When he reached Javadāhara, not far from Mahinda, it vanished. Seeing the king draw near, Mahinda thought, 'Now by my supernatural power I shall cause the king to see only me and not see any of the other people.' The Venerable Mahinda then called the king by name: 'Tissa, come!' Hearing himself called, the king thought, 'Who in this land dares call me by my name? What sort of person is this, wearing red garments stitched from cut-off cloth, calling me by name?' Feeling suspicious, he wondered, 'What is this? Is it a man, or is it a spirit?' Mahinda answered, 'I am a śramaṇa, a disciple of the Dharma, a son of the Śākya clan. Out of compassion for you, O king, I have come all this way from Jambudvīpa.' At that time King Devānaṃpiyatissa already had correspondence with King Aśoka; from afar they were friends, presenting precious gifts to one another in mutual recompense. The Dharma master then said, 'I have the Three Jewels to offer to the king, which cannot be matched by anything worldly in your realm, O Devānaṃpiya.' He then taught the king the Dharma of the Three Refuges. The king received the Three Refuges and became an upāsaka. He also declared to King Devānaṃpiyatissa the Dharma of the Śākyas. In the hunting grounds, the king then recalled: 'In King Aśoka's letters there was mention of the sons of the Śākya clan.' He immediately cast down his bow and arrows and inquired after him thoroughly. The Dharma master taught him the sūtras and gave him the Three Refuges. Then he sent Mahinda to summon the novice Sumana, saying, 'Now the Dharma should be taught. You should proclaim the turning of the wheel of Dharma.' Sumana said, 'Now when I proclaim it, how far should the sound carry?' He answered, 'Let the sound fill the land of Siṃhala.' Sumana then entered the fourth dhyāna, and arising from samādhi, proclaimed the turning of the wheel of Dharma. All the people of the land of Siṃhala heard it. All the deities and devas in space assembled. When the three proclamations were completed, Mahinda taught the Dharma for them. Countless devas and humans all attained the path (From the second fascicle of the Samantapāsādikā Vibhāṣā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.29) - [Next: 16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.31) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.16.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.30) · Pramāṇa