[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) › 31.4 # 經律異相 31.4 經律異相 31.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31.4) 乾陀尸利國王太子。不好榮華栖遁山澤。時深谷底有一餓虎。新產七子遇天降雪。虎母抱子已經三日不得求食。懼子凍死守餓護子雪落不息。母子飢困喪命不久。母既飢逼還欲噉子。時諸仙曰。誰能捨身救濟此者。太子曰。善哉吾願果矣。往到崖頭下向望視。見虎母抱子為雪所覆生大悲心。立住山頭寂然入定。即逮清淨無生法忍。觀見過去無數劫事未來亦爾。即還白師及五百同學。吾今捨身願各隨喜。師曰學道日淺知見未廣。何忽自發捨所愛身。太子答曰。吾昔有願應捨千身。前已曾捨九百九十九身。今日所捨足滿千身是故捨耳。願師隨喜。師曰。卿志願高妙必先得道勿復見遺。太子辭師而去。師與五百神仙啼泣滿目送太子到山崖頭。時日有富蘭長者。將從男女五百人齎供上山。見太子捨身悲感涕哭。亦隨太子至山崖頭。太子在眾人前發大誓願。我今捨身救眾生命。所有功德速成菩提。得金剛身常樂我淨無為法身。未度者度未解者解未安者安。我今此身無常苦惱眾毒所集。此身不淨九孔盈流四大毒蛇之所咥螫。五拔刀賊追逐傷割。如此身者為無反復甘饍美味及五欲樂供養。此身命終之後無善報恩。及墮地獄受無量苦。夫人身者唯應令苦不得與樂。又發誓言。今我以肉血救彼餓虎。餘舍利骨。我父母後時必為起塔。令一切眾生身諸病苦宿罪因緣湯藥針炙不得差者。來我塔處至心供養。隨病輕重不過百日必得除愈。若實不虛者諸天降雨香華。應聲雨蔓陀羅華地皆振動。太子即解鹿皮衣以纏頭。自投身虎前。虎母得食菩薩肉。母子俱活。時崖頭諸人望見太子。為虎所噉骨肉狼籍。悲號大叫聲動山中。或有椎胸自撲宛轉臥地。或有禪思。或有叩頭懺悔。首陀會諸天及天帝釋四天王等。日月諸天數千萬眾。皆發無上菩提之心。作倡伎樂燒香散華供養太子。而唱是言。善哉摩訶薩埵。從是不久當坐道場。五百仙人皆發無上正真道意。神仙大師得無生忍。夫人遣餉。唯見衣裳傘蓋鉢錫瓶罐在石室中。遍問仙人。十十五五相向啼泣。到大師所。唯見仙師以手支頰涕泣滿目呻吟而坐。周匝推問無肯應對。使者怖懼。即以飲食施諸仙士走還向夫人具說上事。夫人曰。禍哉吾子死矣。椎胸大叫奔走詣王。王聞迷悶。群臣諫王。太子在山。願王小息。 > The crown prince of the kingdom of Gandhāra did not care for worldly glory and retreated to dwell secluded among the mountains and marshes. At that time, in the bottom of a deep ravine, there was a starving tigress. Having newly given birth to seven cubs, she was met with falling snow. The mother tigress had cradled her cubs for three days without being able to seek food. Fearing her cubs would freeze to death, she guarded her cubs while starving as the snow fell ceaselessly. Mother and cubs were exhausted by hunger, and their lives would not last long. Pressed by hunger, the mother was about to devour her cubs. Then the ṛṣis said: "Who can sacrifice their body to save these creatures?" The crown prince said: "Excellent! My vow is now fulfilled!" Going to the edge of the cliff, he looked down and saw the mother tigress cradling her cubs, covered by snow, and great compassion arose within him. Standing upon the mountain peak, he entered stillness in samādhi. Thereupon he attained the pure forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas (anutpattikadharmakṣānti). He beheld the events of countless kalpas in the past, and likewise those of the future. He then returned and addressed his master and five hundred fellow students: "I shall now sacrifice my body; may each of you rejoice accordingly." The master said: "You have studied the Way for only a short time, and your knowledge and insight are not yet vast. Why have you suddenly resolved of yourself to sacrifice your cherished body?" The crown prince replied: "In the past I made a vow that I must sacrifice one thousand bodies. Previously I have already sacrificed nine hundred and ninety-nine bodies. The sacrifice today will complete the full thousand bodies; this is why I sacrifice it. May you, master, rejoice accordingly." The master said: "Your noble aspiration is sublime; you will surely attain the Way first. Do not forget me!" The crown prince took leave of his master and departed. His master and the five hundred divine ṛṣis, their eyes filled with weeping tears, escorted the crown prince to the edge of the mountain cliff. At that time, the elder Fulan was leading a retinue of five hundred men and women carrying offerings up the mountain. Seeing the crown prince sacrifice his body, he wept with grief and also followed the crown prince to the edge of the mountain cliff. Before the assembly, the crown prince made a great vow: "I now sacrifice my body to save the lives of living beings. May all the resulting merit enable me swiftly to achieve bodhi, to obtain a vajra body, and the unconditioned Dharmakāya of permanence, bliss, self, and purity. May those who have not crossed over be crossed over; may those who are not liberated be liberated; may those who are not at ease be set at ease. Now, this body of mine is impermanent, miserable, and afflicted, a gathering of all poisons. This body is impure, with its nine apertures flowing over, bitten and stung by the four great poisonous snakes, pursued, wounded, and cut by the five bandits with drawn swords. Such a body has no gratitude; though provisioned with delicacies, delicious tastes, and the pleasures of the five desires, after this body's life ends, there is no wholesome repayment of kindness, and it falls into hell to suffer immeasurable pain. The body of a mortal should only be subjected to suffering and not be granted pleasure." He made another vow, saying: "Now, with my flesh and blood, I shall save that starving tigress. As for the remaining relics of my bones, my father and mother in later times will surely erect a stūpa for them. May all sentient beings whose bodies suffer from various illnesses and the causal conditions of past sins, whom decoctions, medicines, acupuncture, and moxibustion cannot cure, come to the place of my stūpa and make offerings with a sincere mind; according to whether their illness is mild or severe, within no more than one hundred days they shall surely be cured. If this is true and not false, may the devas rain down fragrant flowers!" In response to his words, māndārava flowers rained down and the earth all shook. The crown prince then untied his deer-skin garment to wrap his head, and threw himself down before the tigress. The mother tigress obtained the bodhisattva's flesh to eat, and both mother and cubs survived. At that time, the people atop the cliff looked down and saw the crown prince being devoured by the tigress, his bones and flesh strewn about in disorder. Weeping and wailing loudly, their cries shook the mountain. Some beat their breasts and threw themselves down, writhing upon the ground; some engaged in dhyāna contemplation; some kowtowed in repentance. The devas of the Śuddhāvāsa, Śakra Devānām Indra, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the sun and moon devas, tens of millions in number, all gave rise to the mind of unexcelled bodhi. They played music, burned incense, and scattered flowers to make offerings to the crown prince, calling out these words: "Excellent, Mahāsattva! From this point on, you shall before long sit in the bodhimaṇḍa." The five hundred ṛṣis all gave rise to the intention for the unexcelled, true, and correct Way. The great master of the divine ṛṣis attained the forbearance of non-arising. The queen sent provisions, but only saw the garments, parasols, bowls, staff, bottles, and jars in the stone chamber. Inquiring everywhere of the ṛṣis, they were weeping to one another in groups of ten and fifteen. Going to the great master's quarters, she saw only the ṛṣi master with hand propping up his cheek, eyes filled with weeping tears, sitting and groaning. Inquiring all around, none was willing to answer. The messenger was terrified, and immediately gave the food and drink as an offering to the ṛṣis, and ran back to the queen to recount the above matter in full. The queen said: "Disaster! My son is dead!" Beating her breast and crying out loudly, she ran to the king. When the king heard this, he swooned in confusion. The ministers remonstrated with the king: "The crown prince is in the mountains; may the Great King rest a little." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31.3) - [Next: 31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31.5) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.31.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.31.4) · Pramāṇa