[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) › 25.4 # 經律異相 25.4 經律異相 25.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.4) 昔有閻浮提王。名虔闍尼婆梨。典領八萬四千聚落。慈悲一切穀米豐賤。各得安樂而未盡我心。當求妙法以相利益。宣令一切誰有妙法。為我說者隨所欲得。有婆羅門。名勞度差。云我有法。王迎而禮之白言。願大師闡法令聞。勞度差曰。大王。今日能於身上剜然千燈用供養者。乃相為說。王宣命閻浮提內。却後七日剜身然燈。人民懷愁來詣王所。有命依王如嬰兒依母。王若崩背何所親怙。云何為此一婆羅門棄於一切。汝等慎勿却我無上道心。吾為是事誓求作佛。後成佛時必先度汝。眾人啼哭投地懊惱。即便剜身布諸脂炷。白大師言。哀矜說法。然後然燈。我脫命斷不及聞之。勞度差言。 > Formerly, there was a king of Jambudvīpa named Kañcanamāla, who governed eighty-four thousand villages. He was compassionate toward all. Grains were abundant and cheap, and everyone obtained peace and joy; yet his mind was not fully satisfied, and he resolved to seek the sublime Dharma to benefit others. He proclaimed to all: 'Whoever possesses the sublime Dharma and will expound it for me shall receive whatever they desire.' There was a brāhmaṇa named Raudrākṣa who said: 'I have the Dharma.' The king welcomed him, paid homage, and said: 'I pray that the great master will proclaim the Dharma so that I may hear it.' Raudrākṣa said: 'Great King, if today you can gouge your own body to light a thousand lamps as an offering, only then will I preach it for you.' The king issued an order throughout Jambudvīpa that seven days hence he would gouge his body to light the lamps. The people came to the king's place filled with sorrow, \[saying\]: 'Our lives depend on the king as an infant depends on its mother. If the king passes away, whom shall we rely on? Why abandon all for the sake of this single brāhmaṇa?' \[The king said:\] 'Do not hold back my mind set on supreme enlightenment. For this sake I vow to attain Buddhahood, and when I attain Buddhahood in the future, I will certainly deliver you first.' The people wept, threw themselves to the ground, and lamented. The king then gouged his flesh and laid out the fat and wicks. He said to the great master: 'Have mercy and expound the Dharma, and only then light the lamps, lest my life end before I have had the chance to hear it.' Raudrākṣa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.3) - [Next: 25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.5) - [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.25.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.25.4) · Pramāṇa