[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) › 29.28 # 經律異相 29.28 經律異相 29.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.28) 昔有國王。選擇一國明智之人。以為輔臣。爾時國王。設權方便無量之慧。選得一人。聰明博達其志弘雅。威而不暴名德具足。王欲試之。故加重罪盛滿鉢油使擎二十里行。墮一渧者誅不須啟。群臣行之。觀者填道。譬如水定而風吹之其水波揚。心不安隱。其人心念吾今定死。設能擎鉢使油不墮到彼國者乃得活耳。唯念油鉢安行徐步。時諸臣兵父母宗親國人悉集。隨而觀之。又逢大醉象犇走入道暴鳴哮吼。譬如雷聲。蹈殺道中象馬牛羊猪犢之屬。碎諸車乘星散狼藉。人見恐怖東西馳走。如風吹雲。又人射之。而擎鉢人。初不知有象來。亦不覺象去。城中失火燒諸宮殿。又諸蛂蜂放毒齧人官兵滅火。又五色雲起天大雷震。亂風吹地塵沙瓦礫填塞王路。拔樹折枝落諸華實。掣電霹靂孔雀皆鳴天諸災雹。雖有此變其人都不覺聞。擎滿鉢油得至彼國。不墮一渧。王乃歡喜立為大臣（出修行歡喜經）。 > Formerly, there was a king who was selecting a wise and discerning person from the state to serve as his assisting minister. At that time, the king, through expedients and boundless wisdom, selected a person who was intelligent and broadly learned, whose intentions were vast and refined, who was majestic without being tyrannical, and who was fully endowed with fame and virtue. The king wished to test him. Therefore, pretending to accuse him of a grave crime, he filled an almsbowl brimful with oil and made him hold it aloft while walking twenty li, decreeing that if a single drop fell, he would be executed without further appeal. The ministers accompanied him, and onlookers crowded the road. It was like still water stirred by the wind, its waves surging, the mind uneasy. The man thought to himself: "I am certainly to die today. Only if I can hold aloft the bowl so that the oil does not drop and reach that state will I be able to live." Thinking only of the bowl of oil, he walked gently with slow paces. At that time, the ministers, soldiers, his parents, clan relatives, and the people of the state all assembled, following along to watch. Furthermore, an elephant in great musth came galloping onto the road, roaring and bellowing wildly like the sound of thunder. It trampled and killed elephants, horses, oxen, sheep, pigs, calves, and their kind on the road, smashing carriages and scattering them in disarray. People saw it in terror and fled east and west, like clouds blown by the wind. People also shot arrows at it. Yet the man holding the bowl aloft was completely unaware of the elephant's coming, nor did he notice the elephant's departure. Fire broke out in the city, burning various palaces. Moreover, stinging wasps discharged venom and stung people, while government troops extinguished the fire. Five-coloured clouds also arose, and great thunder roared in the sky; wild winds blew over the ground, and dust, sand, tiles, and gravel clogged the royal road, uprooting trees, breaking branches, and stripping flowers and fruits; lightning flashed, peals of thunder clapped, peacocks all cried, and disaster-laden hailstones fell from the sky. Although these transformations occurred, the man was completely unaware of them and heard nothing. Holding aloft the brimming bowl of oil, he managed to reach that state without dropping a single drop. The king was filled with joy and appointed him as a great minister. (Extracted from the Sūtra on Cultivating Joy) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.27) - [Next: 29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.29) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.29.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.28) · Pramāṇa