[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) › 28.32 # 經律異相 28.32 經律異相 28.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.32) 時王舍國王。名曰洴沙。少作太子常求五願。一者曼我年少為王。二者令我國中有佛。三者使我常往來。四者常聽說經。五者聞疾開解得須陀洹。王皆得之。時王舍國北遊異國。國名德差伊羅。王名弗迦沙。甚自高絕。宿曾見佛受佛經道。學身中六分經。謂地水火風空心。而洴沙王。與弗沙王生未相見。遙相愛敬有如兄弟。常通書記更相問遺。弗迦沙王國中生一蓮華。而有千葉皆作金色。遣遺洴沙王。洴沙王。見華大歡喜言。弗迦沙王。遺我物甚奇有異。洴沙王。作書與弗迦沙王言。我國中有金銀珍寶甚多。我不用為寶。今我國中生一人華。字佛。紫磨金色身有三十二相。弗迦沙王。聞佛聲歡喜踊躍。作書與洴沙王。佛教戒所行願具告意。弗迦沙王。却後數日自念言。人命不可知在呼吸間。我不能復待洴沙報書。勅諸小國王及群臣。嚴駕發行欲詣佛所。道逢洴沙王書。書上言。佛教人棄家捐妻子斷愛欲。當除鬚髮著法衣作沙門。又疏十二因緣。送與弗迦沙王。弗迦沙王。讀書竟自思念。夜人定後群臣百官眾皆臥出。寂然無聲竊起亡去。入丘墓間便自剃頭。被法衣作沙門。佛以天眼見弗迦沙。到王舍城止於窯家。佛念。弗迦沙王命盡明日。即飛到窯家願寄一宿。窯家報言。可得相容。佛於一處端坐。便自念言。是弗迦沙安諦寂寞。起到弗迦沙前。問言。卿師受誰道作沙門耶。報言。我聞有佛今師事之。佛念。是賢者為用我故作沙門。當為說宿命時所知經。爾乃解耳。佛言。我為卿說經事。善聽之。弗迦沙言善。佛為說法。得第三阿那含道。能知是佛耳。即起為佛作禮。明日入城未遠。有少齒牛觸抵弗迦沙。諸比丘白佛言。佛昨於窯家為說經。沙門為犇牛所抵殺。當趣何道。佛言。我為說經即得阿那含。生十六天上得阿羅漢。令諸比丘共取弗迦沙身。好收葬之。於其上起塔（出洴沙王五願經又出弗迦沙王因緣經）。 > At that time, the king of the country of Rājagṛha was named Bimbisāra. When young as crown prince, he constantly sought five wishes: first, that while still young, he become king; second, that within his country there be a Buddha; third, that he might always visit and attend upon him; fourth, that he might always listen to the exposition of sūtras; fifth, that upon hearing, he would swiftly awaken and understand, attaining srotāpanna. The king obtained all of them. At that time, traveling north from the country of Rājagṛha to a foreign land, \[one came to\] a country named Takṣaśilā, whose king was named Pukkasāti. He was exceedingly noble and lofty. In past lives he had seen a Buddha and received the Buddha's sūtra-teachings, studying the sūtra of the six elements within the body—namely earth, water, fire, wind, space, and mind. King Bimbisāra and King Pukkasāti had never met in their lifetimes, but loved and respected each other from afar as though they were brothers, regularly exchanging letters and sending gifts to one another. In King Pukkasāti's realm, a single lotus flower was born, having a thousand petals, all of gold color. He dispatched an envoy to present it to King Bimbisāra. King Bimbisāra, upon seeing the flower, was filled with great joy and said, "The object King Pukkasāti has presented to me is exceedingly wondrous and extraordinary!" King Bimbisāra composed a letter to King Pukkasāti, saying, "In my country there are gold, silver, and precious jewels in abundance, but I do not consider them treasures. Now in my country a single human flower has been born, called the Buddha, of purple-burnished golden color, possessed of the thirty-two marks." King Pukkasāti, hearing the name of the Buddha, leapt with joy, and wrote a letter to King Bimbisāra, wishing to be fully informed of what the Buddha's precepts and practices were. After several days, King Pukkasāti thought to himself, "Human life is unknowable, hanging on a single breath. I cannot wait any longer for Bimbisāra's reply." He ordered the subordinate kings and all his ministers to prepare carriages and depart, desiring to go to the Buddha's place. On the road, he encountered King Bimbisāra's letter. The letter stated: "The Buddha teaches people to abandon home, renounce wives and children, and sever lust and desire; one should shave hair and beard, don Dharma robes, and become a śramaṇa." It also detailed the twelve links of dependent origination and sent them to King Pukkasāti. King Pukkasāti, having finished reading the letter, reflected to himself. At night, after people had settled and the ministers, hundred officials, and assembly had all retired to sleep, in the tranquil silence he secretly arose and fled. Going among the burial mounds, he shaved his own head, donned the Dharma robes, and became a śramaṇa. The Buddha, with his divine eye, saw Pukkasāti arrive at the city of Rājagṛha and lodge at a potter's house. The Buddha considered, "King Pukkasāti's life will end tomorrow." He immediately flew to the potter's house, wishing to lodge for the night. The potter replied, "You may be accommodated." The Buddha sat upright in one place and thought to himself, "This Pukkasāti is composed and tranquil." Rising, he went before Pukkasāti and asked, "From what master did you receive the teaching to become a śramaṇa?" He replied, "I have heard there is a Buddha, and I now serve him as master." The Buddha thought, "Because of me, this worthy has become a śramaṇa. I should explain to him the sūtra he knew in a past life; only then will he understand." The Buddha said, "I shall expound sūtra matters for you; listen well." Pukkasāti said, "Excellent." The Buddha expounded the Dharma for him, and he attained the third stage, that of the anāgāmin; only then could he recognize that this was the Buddha. He immediately arose and bowed to the Buddha. The next day, having gone not far into the city, an ox with youthful horns gored Pukkasāti. The monks addressed the Buddha, "Yesterday the Buddha expounded the sūtra for him in the potter's house; the śramaṇa has now been gored to death by a rampaging ox. To what rebirth will he proceed?" The Buddha said, "Because I expounded the sūtra for him, he immediately attained anāgāmin, will be born in the sixteen heavens, and there attain arhatship." He instructed the monks to collect Pukkasāti's body together, bury it well, and raise a stūpa over it (Extracted from the Sūtra on King Bimbisāra's Five Wishes, and also from the Sūtra on the Causes and Conditions of King Pukkasāti). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.31) - [Next: 28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.33) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.28.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.32) · Pramāṇa