[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) › 24.10 # 經律異相 24.10 經律異相 24.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.24.10) 過去無量無邊阿僧祇劫時。此界名日月雷。亦有五濁世。我於是時作轉輪王。王閻浮提。號燈光明。教化阿僧祇人住善法中。見有一人身被縛束。我即問言。此何所犯。大臣白言。田作穀麥六分一分入官。是人不從王法是故縛之。我勅令放。臣答言。今王諸子後宮眷屬諸所資用皆從他邊強取。無有一人清淨心與。王大憂愁。分此地為五百分。等與諸子。即便出家。至南海邊欝頭摩木林之中。食諸果子。漸漸修學得五神通。時閻浮提有五百商人。入海採寶。有一商主。名曰滿月。得如所願。即欲發還。龍心懷瞋欲害商人。復有一龍王。名曰馬堅。是大菩薩。以本願故生於龍中。起慈悲心救諸商人。令得安隱過於大海至彼岸邊。龍王然後還本住處。爾時有大惡羅剎。隨逐商人如影隨形。欲為虐害。是惡羅剎。即於其日放大惡風。時諸商人迷悶失道。生大怖畏失聲啼哭。喚呼諸天摩醯首羅水神地神火神風神。復稱父母妻子眷屬。願救濟我。善男子。我於爾時。以淨天耳聞其音聲。尋往其所。以柔濡音而慰撫之。莫生怖畏當示汝道。令汝安隱還閻浮提。善男子。我於爾時。白㲲纏臂以油灌之。然以為炷發真實言。我先以於欝頭摩林。三十年中專精修行四無量心。為諸眾生食噉果子。勸化八萬四千諸龍夜叉神等。不退轉於阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。以是善根今然此臂。為示道故。令諸商人安隱得還閻浮提中。然臂乃至七日七夜。此諸商人。尋便安隱還閻浮提。善男子。我於爾時。復作善願。若閻浮提無諸珍寶。若我必成阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。得己利者當作商主。於一一天下七反雨寶。復入大海取如意珠。於一一天下復雨種種雜廁寶物。如是次第遍此世界。乃至十方無量無邊阿僧祇諸世界中亦復如是。善男子。我於往昔諸所發願皆得成就。如恒沙等大劫之中。常作無上薩薄之主。於恒河沙五濁惡世雨種種寶。一日之中七反雨之。令得滿足。然後勸化令住三乘（出過去香蓮華佛世界經）。 > "In the past, immeasurable, boundless asaṃkhyeya kalpas ago, this world was named Sun Moon Thunder, and it also had an age of the five turbidities. At that time, I was a wheel-turning king ruling Jambudvīpa, named Light of the Lamp. I taught and transformed asaṃkhyeyas of people, establishing them in wholesome dharmas. Seeing a man who was bound and tied up, I asked, 'What crime has this man committed?' A great minister replied, 'Of the grains and barleys produced from farming, one-sixth is paid to the authorities. This man did not comply with the royal law, and for that reason he was bound.' I ordered him to be released. The minister replied, 'The supplies and goods used by the King's sons, the inner palace, and the royal household are all forcibly taken from others; not a single person gives them with a pure mind.' The King was deeply grieved. He divided this land into five hundred portions, gave them equally to his sons, and thereupon left home \[to become a renunciant\]. He went to the shore of the southern sea into a forest of udumbara trees. Eating fruits, he gradually cultivated and studied, attaining the five supernatural powers. At that time in Jambudvīpa, there were five hundred merchants who entered the sea to gather jewels. There was a merchant leader named Full Moon. Having obtained what they desired, they wished to set out on their return. A nāga conceived anger in its heart and wished to harm the merchants. There was another nāga king named Firm Horse, who was a great bodhisattva; on account of his original vows, he had been born among the nāgas. Arousing a mind of loving-kindness and compassion, he rescued the merchants, enabling them to cross the great ocean in safety and reach the other shore. Afterwards, the nāga king returned to his original dwelling place. At that time, there was a great evil rākṣasa who pursued the merchants like a shadow following a form, wishing to do them harm and violence. That evil rākṣasa on that very day unleashed a great and foul wind. The merchants became bewildered, lost their way, felt great terror, and burst into loud wailing. They called out to the gods, to Maheśvara, the water gods, the earth gods, the fire gods, and the wind gods; they also called upon their parents, wives, children, and kin, saying, 'May you rescue and save us!' Good sons, at that time, with the pure divine ear I heard their cries. I immediately went to their location, and with gentle words comforted them, saying, 'Do not be afraid; I shall show you the way and enable you to return safely to Jambudvīpa.' Good sons, at that time I wrapped my arm in white cotton cloth, poured oil over it, and set it alight to serve as a torch, making a statement of truth: 'Formerly, in the udumbara forest for thirty years, I single-mindedly cultivated the four immeasurables. For the sake of all sentient beings, I ate fruits, and inspired eighty-four thousand nāgas, yakṣas, and spirits never to retrogress from anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi. By virtue of these roots of goodness, I now burn this arm to illuminate the way, so that the merchants may return safely to Jambudvīpa.' I burned my arm for up to seven days and seven nights. Thereupon, those merchants safely returned to Jambudvīpa. Good sons, at that time I also made a wholesome vow: 'If Jambudvīpa lacks precious gems, and if I am destined to attain anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi and achieve my own benefit, I shall become a merchant leader and cause jewels to rain down seven times in every single world. Furthermore, I shall enter the great ocean to retrieve the wish-fulfilling jewel, and again cause various mingled precious things to rain down in every single world, proceeding in this manner throughout this world, and likewise throughout the immeasurable, boundless asaṃkhyeyas of worlds in the ten directions.' Good sons, all the vows I made in the past have been fulfilled. Throughout great kalpas equal in number to the sands of the Ganges, I have constantly served as the supreme merchant leader, causing various jewels to rain down in the evil worlds of the five turbidities equal in number to the sands of the Ganges, raining them down seven times in a single day so that \[beings\] obtain satisfaction. Afterwards, I encouraged and transformed them, causing them to dwell in the Three Vehicles." 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