[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) › 18.30 # 經律異相 18.30 經律異相 18.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.30) 昔有一人。辭親學道得成應真。諸有恩已盡行濟之。觀見其母在泥犁中。廣求方便欲脫母苦。見邊境有王害父奪國。命餘七日。受罪之地與其母同。夜到王所。於壁現半身。王見怖懅。拔刀斫頸。頸即落地。比丘不動。王意方解。叩頭謝過。比丘語王。汝害父奪國不耶。對曰。實爾。曰汝命餘七日。當入地獄。吾故來相語。王即求哀。比丘曰。大作功德恐不相及。王但稱南無佛。七日不絕便得免罪。王便一心稱南無佛。七日不懈。命終神明猶憶入泥犁門。故稱南無佛。泥犁即冷。一城中人皆得脫出。比丘便為說法。比丘母及王。與泥犁中人皆得度脫（出十卷譬喻經第二卷）。 > Formerly, a man took leave of his parents to study the Way and became an arhat. Having completely delivered all those to whom he was indebted, he saw by contemplation that his mother was in niraya. Seeking widely for expedient means to free his mother from suffering, he saw that in a frontier region there was a king who had murdered his father and usurped the throne, with only seven days left to live, and whose place of retribution would be the same as his mother's. At night, the monk went to the king's quarters and manifested half of his body in the wall. Terrified, the king drew his sword and slashed at the monk's neck; the neck fell to the ground, yet the monk remained motionless. Only then did the king understand; he kowtowed and apologized for his offense. The monk said to the king, “Did you kill your father and usurp the realm, or not?” He replied, “Indeed it is so.” The monk said, “You have seven days of life remaining, and you are destined to enter hell. I came especially to tell you.” The king then pleaded for mercy. The monk said, “Performing great meritorious deeds, I fear, will not be in time. If you simply recite ‘Namo Buddhāya’ without interruption for seven days, you will be able to avoid your offense.” The king then single-mindedly recited ‘Namo Buddhāya’ without slackening for seven days. When he died, his consciousness still remembered it; as he entered the gate of niraya, he continued reciting ‘Namo Buddhāya.’ Niraya immediately cooled, and all the people in the city were freed. The monk then expounded the Dharma for them; the monk's mother, the king, and the people in niraya were all delivered (from the second fascicle of the ten-fascicle \*Avadāna-sūtra\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.29) - [Next: 18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.31) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.18.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.30) · Pramāṇa