[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) › 25.22 # 經律異相 25.22 經律異相 25.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.22) 佛在舍衛國。爾時阿難。於中食後林間禪思。如來興世眾生之類皆蒙安樂。又憍陳如等種何善本。法門初開而先得入。以其所念而用白佛。佛告之曰。憍陳如等。過去遠劫此閻浮提。有大國王名彌羅（梁言慈力）有二萬夫人一萬大臣。王具四等未曾懈厭。十善誨民四方欽慕國土安樂。諸疫鬼輩恒噉人血。爾時人民攝身口意敦行十善。惡疫敢侵飢羸困乏。時五夜叉來至王所。我等仰人血氣得全身命。由王教導咸持十善。我等飢渴求活無路。大王慈悲豈不矜愍。王懷哀傷。即自放脈刺身五處。時五夜叉承血而飲欣喜無量。王曰。汝念修十善我今以身血濟汝飢渴。後成佛時當以法身戒定慧血除汝三毒安涅槃處。時慈力王者今我身是。五夜叉者今憍陳如等是。我世世誓願許當先度（出賢愚經第二卷）。 > The Buddha was in Śrāvastī. At that time, after the midday meal, Ānanda meditated in the forest: "When the Tathāgata appears in the world, sentient beings all receive peace and joy. Furthermore, what roots of goodness did Kauṇḍinya and the others plant, that when the Dharma-door was first opened, they were the first to enter?" He presented these thoughts to the Buddha. The Buddha told him: "Concerning Kauṇḍinya and the others: in a distant kalpa of the past, in this Jambudvīpa, there was a great king named Maitrībala, who had twenty thousand consorts and ten thousand ministers. The king was endowed with the four immeasurables and was never weary or indolent. He instructed the people with the ten wholesome deeds; the four quarters admired him, and the country was peaceful and happy. Now, pestilence spirits constantly fed on human blood. At that time, the people restrained their body, speech, and mind, and earnestly practiced the ten wholesome deeds, so the evil pestilences dared not attack, leaving them starving, emaciated, and exhausted. Then five yakṣas came to the king's place \[and said\]: 'We depend on the vital energy of human blood to sustain our lives. Because the king has guided them all to observe the ten wholesome deeds, we are starved and parched, with no way to survive. Will not the great king, in his loving-kindness and compassion, take pity on us?' The king felt sorrowful pity, and immediately opened his veins, piercing his body in five places. The five yakṣas caught the blood and drank it, overjoyed beyond measure. The king said: 'Mindfully cultivate the ten wholesome deeds. I now relieve your hunger and thirst with the blood of my body. In the future, when I achieve Buddhahood, I will use the blood of the Dharma-body—precepts, samādhi, and wisdom—to eliminate your three poisons and establish you in nirvāṇa.' King Maitrībala at that time was my present self. The five yakṣas were Kauṇḍinya and the others. Through my vows life after life, I promised that I would deliver them first." (Extracted from the second fascicle of the Scripture of the Wise and the Foolish) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.21) - [Next: 25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.23) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.25.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.22) · Pramāṇa