[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) › 17.14 # 經律異相 17.14 經律異相 17.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17.14) 昔佛在舍衛國。弟子拘提。於羅漢果六反退還。至第七頭。自覺身證。復恐退還。即求利劍自害其命。是時魔波旬。求比丘神為生何處。而不能知。即往問佛。世尊告曰。拘提比丘已取滅度。神識處空與空合體。弊魔聞已心興欝毒。舉身自投青蓮池浴。池水涌沸水性皆終。以此因緣諸比丘等。皆勤精進恐復退還（出說拘提比丘經）。 > Anciently, when the Buddha was in the country of Śrāvastī, his disciple Godhika regressed from the fruit of arhatship six times. When he reached the seventh time, he felt he had realized it in his person, but fearing he would regress again, he sought a sharp sword and took his own life. At that time, Māra Pāpīyān searched for the bhikṣu's consciousness to see where he had been reborn, but could not discover it. He immediately went to ask the Buddha. The World-Honoured One told him: 'The bhikṣu Godhika has already attained extinction. His consciousness resides in the void and has become one with the void.' When the wicked Māra heard this, a poisonous distress arose in his heart; he threw himself entirely into a blue lotus pond to bathe. The pond's water boiled up, and all the aquatic creatures perished. Because of this event, all the bhikṣus practiced diligently and vigorously, fearing they too might regress. (Extracted from the \*Sūtra on the Bhikṣu Godhika\*) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17.13) - [Next: 17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17.15) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.17.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.17.14) · Pramāṇa