[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) › 34.12 # 經律異相 34.12 經律異相 34.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.12) 波羅奈國道場。從地底上皆黃金色。魚鱗鱉甲轉次相加。往古諸佛皆坐其上。王名脂旬尼。作優婆塞。明於經道。為佛立精舍。極大嚴事。王有七女皆並端正。悉持五戒執節不嫁。第一女名淑調。二名異妙。三名除貪。四名清守。五名息心。六名靜友。七名僧婢。常以月八日十四日十五日二十三日二十九日三十日。精受八戒持正法齋。修厥所信奉戒布施名聞智慧之行。七女齋畢。求到城外冡間遊觀。王告七女。冡間可惡但有死人。骸骨狼藉狐狸鵄鵂食噉其肉。諸哭泣者滿在其間。有何可觀。我宮裏有園苑浴池。其中有五色蓮華。鵁鶄鴛鴦眾鳥翔集其地。列重光目之草。琦樹陰涼甘果恣口。可往遊戲。七女答言。大王甘果眾美何益於我。我見世人生壽無幾。命日趣死形為幻化。莫得久存。我以免夫幼孩。不為甘美惑也。徒欲觀非常之法。願却貪意耳。願王哀許。王即聽之。七女俱出城外。往到冡間大臭之處。聞哭泣之聲。㱇然毛竪。因共直前觀諸死人。見有斷頭斷臂手脚異處。或有僵屍草覆席裹。或有辜格在地。生草束縛中有罪未死者。家室啼哭令其解脫。又有擔負死人從城中出者。七女左右遠望。見死者甚多。諸飛鳥走狩爭食其肉。或就土中拕掣屍出。膖脹生蟲其臭難近。於是七女繞之一匝。自相謂言。我曹身等不久亦爾。各說一頌。 > The place of enlightenment (bodhimaṇḍa) in the country of Vārāṇasī was entirely of golden color from beneath the earth upward, layered like overlapping fish scales and turtle carapaces. In the past, the ancient Buddhas had all sat upon it. The king was named Zhixunni; he was an upāsaka who was clear about the scriptural path, and he erected a vihāra for the Buddha, adorned with extreme magnificence. The king had seven daughters, all of whom were upright and beautiful, fully observing the five precepts, maintaining their integrity, and not marrying. The first daughter was named Shudiao, the second was named Yimiao, the third was named Chutan, the fourth was named Qingshou, the fifth was named Xixin, the sixth was named Jingyou, and the seventh was named Sengbi. On the eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, twenty-third, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth days of the month, they meticulously received the eight precepts and observed the fast of the true Dharma, cultivating their faith, observing the precepts, practicing generosity, and practicing renown and wisdom. When the seven daughters had completed their fast, they asked to go out of the city among the graves to sightsee. The king told the seven daughters, "The graves are repulsive; there are only dead people, with bones scattered about, and foxes, wild dogs, and horned owls devouring their flesh. Weepers fill the space between them. What is there worth seeing? In my palace there are gardens and bathing ponds, wherein are five-colored lotus flowers, and water birds such as pond herons and mandarin ducks flock and gather; on the ground are rows of glowing-eyed grasses, strange trees offering cool shade, and sweet fruits to indulge your palates. You may go there to sport and play." The seven daughters replied, "Great King, of what benefit to us are sweet fruits and myriad delicacies? We see that the lives of worldly people last but a short while; life daily rushes toward death, and the physical form is an illusion, unable to endure for long. Having avoided husbands and young children, we are not seduced by sweetness and delicacies. We merely wish to contemplate the dharma of impermanence, hoping only to eliminate greedy thoughts. May the king graciously grant permission." The king then permitted it. The seven daughters together went out of the city, arriving at the foul-smelling graves. Hearing the sounds of weeping, their hair stood on end with dread. Thereupon they went straight forward together to view the dead people. They saw severed heads and severed arms, hands and feet in different places; some were stiff corpses covered with grass or wrapped in mats; some were placed on execution frames on the ground, bound with fresh ropes, among whom were condemned prisoners who had not yet died, while their families wailed and wept, begging for their release; and there were also those carrying corpses out from the city. The seven daughters looked far to the left and right and saw that the dead were extremely numerous; various birds and beasts vied to devour their flesh, or dragged corpses out from the earth, swollen and generating maggots, so foul-smelling that they were hard to approach. Thereupon the seven daughters circled them once and said to one another, "Our bodies will before long also be like this." Each spoke a verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.11) - [Next: 34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.13) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.34.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.12) · Pramāṇa