[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) › 19.52 # 經律異相 19.52 經律異相 19.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19.52) 憍薩羅國有二比丘。一人犯戒。一人持戒。欲共往見佛。道中值有蟲水。破戒者語持戒者言。可共飲是水。持戒者言。水中有蟲。云何可飲。犯戒者言。我若不飲便死。不得見佛聞法及僧。持戒者至死不飲。時犯戒者便飲。持戒者不飲便死。即生三十三天上。得天身具足。先到佛所頭面禮足。在一面立。佛為種種說法得法眼淨。即時禮佛足言。歸依佛歸依法歸依僧。我盡形壽為優婆塞。佛更為說法已默然。時天禮佛已。忽然不現。時飲水者後到佛所。佛為無量眾圍遶說法佛見比丘來到。佛即披優多羅僧。示金色手。汝癡人欲見我肉身。為不如持戒者。先見我法身。佛說偈。 > In the kingdom of Kosala there were two monks. One broke the precepts, while the other kept them. They wished to travel together to see the Buddha. On the road they encountered water containing living organisms. The one who broke the precepts said to the one who kept them: "We can drink this water together." The precept-keeper said: "There are living creatures in the water. How can it be drunk?" The one who broke the precepts said: "If I do not drink, I shall die, and I will not be able to see the Buddha, hear the Dharma, and see the Saṅgha." The precept-keeper would rather die than drink, while the one who broke the precepts drank it. Not drinking, the precept-keeper died, and immediately took rebirth in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, complete with a divine body. He arrived first before the Buddha, prostrated with his head and face at his feet, and stood to one side. The Buddha preached the Dharma to him in various ways, and he attained the purification of the Dharma-eye. He then bowed to the Buddha's feet and said: "I take refuge in the Buddha, take refuge in the Dharma, and take refuge in the Saṅgha. For the rest of my life I shall be an upāsaka." After the Buddha further preached the Dharma to him, he fell silent. Having bowed to the Buddha, the deity suddenly vanished. The one who had drunk the water arrived later at the Buddha's dwelling. The Buddha was surrounded by an immeasurable multitude, expounding the Dharma. Seeing the monk arrive, the Buddha pulled back his uttarāsaṅga and displayed his golden hand: "Foolish man, you wished to see my physical body; are you not inferior to the one who kept the precepts? He was the first to see my Dharma-body." The Buddha spoke a gāthā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19.51) - [Next: 19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19.53) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.19.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [十誦律](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.sarvastivada*zh-punyatara.38.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.19.52) · Pramāṇa