[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) › 21.27 # 經律異相 21.27 經律異相 21.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21.27) 佛住王舍城。時諸比丘。為提婆達多作舉羯磨。六群比丘即同提婆達多同語同見。佛告比丘。過去世時。於空閑處。有五百獼猴遊行林中。到一尼俱律樹。樹下有井井有月影。時獼猴王見是月影。語諸伴言。月今死落乃在井中。當共出之莫令世間長夜闇冥。共作議言云何能出。時獼猴王言。我知出法。我捉樹枝汝捉我尾。展轉相連乃可出之。時諸獼猴即如王語。展轉相捉小未至水。連獼猴重樹弱枝折一切獼猴墮井水中。時獼猴王者。今提婆達多是。爾時餘獼猴者。今六群比丘是（出僧祇律第八卷）。 > The Buddha was dwelling in Rājagṛha. At that time, the monks performed the censure act (utkṣepana-karman) against Devadatta. The group of six monks shared Devadatta's words and views. The Buddha told the monks: "In the past, in a secluded spot, five hundred monkeys roamed in a forest. They came to a nyagrodha tree beneath which was a well, and in the well was the reflection of the moon. Then the monkey king saw this reflection of the moon and said to his companions, 'The moon has died and fallen, landing in the well! We should pull it out together, so the world will not remain in long darkness.' They deliberated together, asking how they could pull it out. The monkey king said, 'I know the method to pull it out: I will hold the tree branch, you hold my tail, and linking one to another, we can pull it out.' Then the monkeys followed the king's words, holding each other in succession. Just before reaching the water, the weight of the linked monkeys proved too heavy; the weak tree branch snapped, and all the monkeys fell into the well water. The monkey king at that time was this Devadatta today; the other monkeys at that time were the group of six monks today." (From the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya, fascicle 8.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21.26) - [Next: 21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21.28) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.21.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.21.27) · Pramāṇa