經律異相 35.23

35.23

最勝長者聞說妙法。即於坐上諸塵垢盡得法眼淨。受三自歸為優婆塞。盡形壽不殺。佛去不久。弊魔波旬化作佛像及相好。來至長者家。長者念曰。如來向出還其何速。偽佛告曰。吾謂長者高才博智分別譏趣。諦念長者。愚惑無智。吾向所說四諦者實非真諦。斯是顛倒。外道所習。長者即自覺知。即報之曰。止止勿語。吾得慧眼住牢固地。正使汝化作億千萬身。吾不退轉。何以螢火之光與日競明。佃家灰埠欲比須彌。鵄鷲烏鵲金翅並飛。波旬慚愧復身而去（出最勝長者受呪願經）。

The elder Zuisheng heard the preaching of the wondrous Dharma, and right upon his seat all defilements and stains were eliminated and he obtained the purification of the Dharma-eye. He received the three refuges, became an upāsaka, and vowed not to kill for the rest of his life. Not long after the Buddha departed, the evil Māra Pāpīyān transformed himself into the Buddha’s likeness, complete with his physical marks and signs, and came to the elder’s house. The elder thought, “The Tathāgata left just now; how has he returned so quickly?” The counterfeit Buddha told him, “I considered you, elder, to be of high talent and broad intelligence, discerning subtleties. But examining you carefully, elder, you are foolish, deluded, and without wisdom. The Four Truths I spoke of earlier are not truly real truths. That is inverted and practiced by non-Buddhists.” The elder immediately became aware of this himself, and directly responded to him, saying, “Stop, stop! Speak no more! I have attained the eye of wisdom and dwell on firm ground. Even if you were to transform yourself into hundreds of thousands of kotis of bodies, I would not regress. How could the light of a firefly compete in brightness with the sun? How could a farmer's ash heap compare to Mount Sumeru? How could kites, vultures, crows, and magpies fly alongside the garuḍa?” Pāpīyān was ashamed, reverted to his own body, and departed (taken from the *Zuisheng zhangzhe shou zhouyuan jing*).