[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) › 2.6 # 經律異相 2.6 經律異相 2.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2.6) 帝釋聞之。與八萬諸天追尋所在飛到井側。曰不聞聖教久幽冥無導師。向說非凡語願為宣法教。答曰。天帝無教訓。大不識時宜。法師在下自處其上。初不修敬。而問法要。帝釋垂天衣接取野干叩頭懺悔。天帝言曰。憶念我昔曾見世人欲聞正法。先敷高坐莊飾清淨後請法師。諸天即各脫天寶衣積為高座。野干昇座曰。有二大因緣。一者說法開化天人福無量故。二者為報施食恩故豈得不說。天帝白曰。得免井厄功報應大。云何說法報恩不及此耶。答曰。生死其宜。各有其人。有人貪生。有人樂死。有愚癡人。不知死後更生。違遠佛法。不值明師。殺盜婬欺。惟惡是與。如此之人。貪生畏死。死墮地獄。有智慧人。奉事三寶。遭遇明師。改惡修善。孝養父母。敬事師長。眷屬和從。謙敬下物。如斯之人。惡生樂死。死生天上。 > Śakra heard this, and along with eighty thousand gods, sought where it was and flew down beside the well. He said: "For long we have not heard the holy teachings, in darkness without a guide. What you just spoke were no ordinary words; we pray you proclaim the Dharma teachings for us." \[The jackal\] answered: "The heavenly lord has no discipline and completely fails to know proper conduct: the Dharma master is below while you position yourself above, showing not the slightest respect yet inquiring after the essentials of the Dharma!" Śakra lowered his heavenly garments, pulled up the jackal, and bowed down in repentance. The heavenly lord said: "I remember that in the past I once saw worldly people who wished to hear the true Dharma: first they set out a high seat, adorned and purified it, and only then invited the Dharma master." The gods then each took off their celestial jewel robes and piled them up into a high seat. The jackal ascended the seat and said: "There are two great causes and conditions \[for speaking the Dharma\]: first, preaching the Dharma to transform gods and humans brings boundless merit; second, to repay the kindness of offering food, how could I not speak?" The heavenly lord said: "To be rescued from the distress of the well is a great recompense of merit; why is preaching the Dharma to repay kindness not equal to this?" He answered: "Life and death have their fitting paths, and each person differs: some crave life, while some take pleasure in death. Foolish people do not know that after death one is born again; they turn away from the Buddha's Dharma, do not meet an enlightened teacher, and engage in killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, and deceit, devoting themselves solely to evil. Such people crave life and fear death, but upon death they fall into hell. Wise people serve the Three Jewels, encounter an enlightened teacher, reform evil and cultivate good, show filial piety to parents, respect and serve teachers and elders, keep their relatives in harmonious concord, and act with humility and respect toward inferiors. Such people detest life and welcome death, and upon death they are born in heaven." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.2.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說未曾有因緣經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.adbhutadharmparyaya*zh-tanjing.1.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.2.6) · Pramāṇa