[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) › 28.34 # 經律異相 28.34 經律異相 28.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.34) 時有赤馬天子。容色絕妙。於後夜時來詣佛所。白佛言。世尊。頗有能行過世界邊。至不生不老不死處不。佛告赤馬。無有能至者。赤馬天子又白佛言。奇哉世尊。善說斯義。如世尊說。所以者何。自憶宿命。名曰赤馬。作外道仙人。得神通離諸愛欲。我時作念。我有如是捷疾神足。如健士夫以利箭橫射。過多羅樹影頃。能登須彌。至一須彌。足躡東海超至西海。我念神力捷疾今求世界邊。便發足去。唯除食息便利。減節睡眠常行百歲。於路命終竟不得至。即沒不現（出雜阿含第二十九卷）。 > At that time there was a devaputra named Rohitassa, of exceedingly wondrous complexion. In the late hours of the night he came to where the Buddha was and addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One, is there anyone who is able, by walking, to pass beyond the edge of the world and reach a place where there is no birth, no old age, and no death?" The Buddha told Rohitassa, "There is no one who can reach it." The devaputra Rohitassa again addressed the Buddha: "Wondrous indeed, World-Honored One! Well have you spoken this meaning, just as the World-Honored One has declared. Why is this? I myself recall a past life when my name was Rohitassa. I was a non-Buddhist ṛṣi who attained supernormal powers and was freed from all cravings and desires. At that time I thought: 'I possess such swift supernormal foot-travel, like a stout warrior shooting a sharp arrow horizontally across the shadow of a tāla tree. In that brief instant, I can scale Sumeru, go from one Sumeru to another, and with my feet step from the eastern ocean and leap across to the western ocean. I consider that with such swift supernormal power, I will now seek the edge of the world.' Then I set forth on foot, and—except for eating, resting, relieving myself, and curtailing my sleep—I walked continuously for a hundred years, yet on the road my life ended and in the end I could not reach it." Then he vanished and was seen no more (Extracted from the Saṃyuktāgama, Fascicle Twenty-Nine). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.33) - [Next: 28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.35) - [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.28.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.28.34) · Pramāṇa