[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) › 27.23 # 經律異相 27.23 經律異相 27.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27.23) 有國王。名曰摩達。出軍征討選民數百萬。時有比丘得羅漢道。入國分衛。並被執錄將詣王宮。王使養官馬。勤苦七日。王自臨視。比丘見王。輕舉飛翔上住空中現其威神。王便恐怖叩頭悔過。我實愚癡不別真偽。推問內外誰令神人為是事者。今當有所治殺。比丘告王。非王及國人過也。自我宿命行道常供養師。我時為師設飲。師謂我言。且先澡手然後當飲。我愚癡心念言。師亦不養官馬。何故不豫澡手。師即謂我言。汝今念此輕耳後重如何。我聞是語便自愁憂。師知其意。便念言。我會當泥洹。何故令人惱耶。即以其夜三更。師般泥洹。從來久遠各更生死。今用是故受其宿殃。養馬七日。夫善惡行輒有殃福如影隨形。王聞比丘說罪福。意解歡喜乞得歸命於神人。比丘告言。卿當自歸於佛。佛為三界師。王及國人。皆隨比丘出到佛所。稽首作禮奉受五戒。作優婆塞。佛便為王及國人民。現相好威神光耀天地。復為說非常苦空。王於是時得須陀洹道。國中人民皆受五戒十善。歸命三尊月月齋戒。以為常法（出摩達國王經）。 > There was a king named Moda who dispatched an army on an expedition, drafting several million commoners. At that time, there was a monk who had attained the path of an arhat. He entered the country to beg for food and was arrested and brought to the king's palace. The king made him tend the official horses, toiling for seven days. The king went in person to inspect. When the monk saw the king, he lightly rose, flew into the air, and manifested his spiritual power. The king was terrified, kowtowed, and repented his fault, saying, "I was truly foolish and did not distinguish the genuine from the false." He interrogated those inside and outside: "Who made the holy man do this? Now someone must be punished and executed!" The monk told the king, "It is not the fault of the king nor of the people of the country. In my past life, when practicing the path, I constantly made offerings to my master. At that time, I prepared a drink for my master. My master said to me, 'Wash your hands first, and only then shall I drink.' In my foolish heart, I thought, 'My master is not tending official horses; why did he not wash his hands beforehand?' My master immediately said to me, 'What you think now is light, but how will it be when it becomes heavy in the future?' Hearing these words, I became sorrowful. My master knew my thought and considered, 'I must surely attain nirvāṇa; why should I cause another to be vexed?' That very night at the third watch, my master attained parinirvāṇa. From then until now, after a long time and undergoing births and deaths, on this account I have now received the retribution of past karma, tending horses for seven days. Wholesome and unwholesome deeds invariably bring retribution or blessings, just as a shadow follows the form." When the king heard the monk explain transgressions and blessings, his mind was opened and rejoiced, and he begged to take refuge in the holy man. The monk told him, "You should take refuge in the Buddha; the Buddha is the teacher of the three realms." The king and the people of the country all followed the monk out to where the Buddha was, bowed their heads in homage, and received the five precepts, becoming upāsakas. The Buddha then manifested the marks of excellence and spiritual power for the king and the people of the country, illuminating heaven and earth, and further preached impermanence, suffering, and emptiness. The king at that time attained the fruit of stream-enterer (srotāpanna). The people throughout the country all received the five precepts and ten wholesome deeds, took refuge in the Three Venerable Ones, and observed the monthly fasts as their constant practice. (Extracted from the Sūtra of King Moda) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27.22) - [Next: 27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27.24) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.27.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.27.23) · Pramāṇa