[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) › 37.11 # 經律異相 37.11 經律異相 37.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37.11) 佛泥洹後百年。國王奉事天神。大祠祀用牛羊猪犬雞等各百頭。皆使厨士殺之。時厨士言。我受佛戒不得殺生。厨監大恚白王治之。王言。違教者死。厨士對曰。我是佛弟子受持五戒。寧自殺身不違佛教而當殺生。若當從王教犯殺者。死入地獄罪竟乃出常當短命。持戒死者。即生天上天上福樂所願自然。假令當死轉此人身當受天形。我以是故死不殺耳。王言。與汝七日期。當以象蹈殺汝。若不死者。汝語有實。七日以後王看是優婆塞身如佛身。驅五百象往蹈殺之。優婆塞如佛法則舉五指。化為五山。一山間有一師子出。象見師子惶怖伏地。如佛在時。王時信佛。便廢祠祀。即從此士受佛五戒。吏民內外皆亦受法。遂為國師（出譬喻經第六卷）。 > One hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, a king worshipped celestial gods. For a great sacrifice, he used cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, and so forth—one hundred of each—and ordered his kitchen clerk to kill them all. At that time, the kitchen clerk said, "I have received the Buddha's precepts and cannot take life." The kitchen overseer was furious and reported it to the king so that he might punish him. The king said, "He who disobeys my decree shall die." The kitchen clerk replied, "I am a disciple of the Buddha and observe the five precepts. I would rather kill myself than disobey the Buddha's teachings and take life. If I comply with the king's command and commit slaughter, upon death I shall enter hell, and only emerge when my punishment is finished, always having a short lifespan. If I die keeping the precepts, I shall immediately be born in heaven; in heaven, blessed pleasures occur naturally according to one's wishes. Supposing I must die, by shedding this human body I shall receive a heavenly form. For this reason, I would die rather than kill." The king said, "I give you a period of seven days; then I shall have elephants trample you to death. If you do not die, your words are true." After seven days, the king looked upon this upāsaka, whose body was like that of a Buddha. He drove five hundred elephants to trample him to death. Following the method of the Buddha, the upāsaka raised five fingers; they transformed into five mountains, and between each mountain a lion emerged. Seeing the lions, the elephants fell to the ground in terror, just as when the Buddha was in the world. The king then believed in the Buddha, abolished the sacrifices, and received the Buddha's five precepts from this man. Officials and commoners, inside and out, all received the Dharma as well, and he became the state preceptor. (Extracted from the sixth volume of the Sūtra of Parables.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37.10) - [Next: 37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37.12) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.37.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.37.11) · Pramāṇa