[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) › 38.8 # 經律異相 38.8 經律異相 38.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38.8) 舍衛國須達長者。末生小女。字曰蘇曼。面首最妙。其父憐愛。將至佛所。其女見佛情倍欣踊。願得好香塗佛住室。斯女手中有賓婆落。佛從女索。便以與佛。於上書香還以與之。女共其父還城推買。如佛所須持詣祇洹。躬自擣磨。日日如是。於時特叉尸利國王。遣其一兒使到舍衛廣行觀看。復至精舍見蘇曼女。便取為婦。後遂懷妊生十卵。卵後開敷有十男兒。形貌姝好勇健非凡。然喜畋獵。母教莫爾。諸子白母。射獵最樂。母令相遮將為見憎。母復告言。吾因愛汝等是以相制。若當憎汝時終無此言。殺生之罪當入地獄。無央數劫解脫何由。諸子白母。為自出心從他邊聞。母復告言。吾從佛聞。兒復問母。佛者何人。幸願具宣。母告諸子。迦維羅越國淨飯王子。厭老病死出家學道得無上果。巨身丈六三明六通遐鑒無外。諸子啟母求往覲佛。母即聽之。往至祇洹奉覲如來。佛為說法。十人俱時得法眼淨。便求出家。佛聽為道。鬚髮自墮法衣在身。精懃大業。盡得羅漢盡於苦際。過去九十一劫有毘婆尸佛。般涅槃後分布舍利起無量塔。時有一塔朽故崩壞。有一老母而修治之。有年少十人偶行覩見。歡喜相助所作已竟。誓為母子。從是已來九十一劫。天上人中恒與俱生受福快樂。時老母者今蘇曼女是。爾時十年少者今十羅漢是（出賢愚經第十三卷）。 > In the kingdom of Śrāvastī, Elder Sudatta had a late-born youngest daughter named Sumanā. Her face and features were most exquisite, and her father cherished her with love. He took her to the Buddha's abode. When the daughter saw the Buddha, her heart leapt with redoubled joy, and she made a wish to obtain fine incense to plaster the chamber where the Buddha dwelt. The girl had a bimbaratha in her hand. The Buddha asked her for it, and she offered it to him. On it he wrote the name of an incense and gave it back to her. The girl returned to the city with her father to seek and buy it. According to what the Buddha needed, she brought it to the Jetavana, grinding and pounding it herself day after day. At that time, the king of Takṣaśilā sent one of his sons on an embassy to Śrāvastī to sightsee widely. He also came to the monastery, saw the girl Sumanā, and thereupon took her as his wife. Later she became pregnant and gave birth to ten eggs. When the eggs hatched, there were ten boys. Their features were handsome, and their bravery and strength were extraordinary. However, they were fond of hunting. Their mother instructed them: "Do not do so." The sons addressed their mother: "Hunting is the greatest joy. When you forbid us, Mother, it seems as though you hate us." The mother told them again: "It is because I love you all that I restrain you. If I hated you, I would never speak these words. The sin of taking life leads to falling into hell; for countless kalpas, by what means could you attain liberation?" The sons asked their mother: "Did this come from your own heart, or did you hear it from another?" The mother answered them: "I heard it from the Buddha." The sons again asked their mother: "Who is this Buddha? Please tell us fully." The mother said to her sons: "He was the prince of King Śuddhodana in the kingdom of Kapilavastu. Revulsed by old age, sickness, and death, he left home to train in the Path and attained the unexcelled fruition. His giant body is sixteen cubits tall; he possesses the three knowledges and six supernormal knowledges, and his far-reaching perception has nothing outside it." The sons implored their mother, begging to go see the Buddha. The mother immediately permitted them. They went to the Jetavana to behold the Tathāgata. The Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and all ten attained the purity of the Dharma-eye at the same time. They thereupon requested to leave home. The Buddha permitted them to join the Path. Their hair and beards fell out naturally, and Dharma robes were on their bodies. Striving diligently in the great enterprise, they all attained arhatship and brought an end to the bounds of suffering. In the past, ninety-one kalpas ago, there was the Buddha Vipaśyin. After his parinirvāṇa, his relics were distributed and countless stūpas were erected. At that time, one stūpa decayed and collapsed, and an old woman repaired it. Ten young men happened to pass by and saw her; with joyful hearts, they assisted her until the work was completed, and made a vow to be mother and sons. From that time onward, for ninety-one kalpas, in heavens and among humans, they were always reborn together, receiving blessings and joy. The old woman of that time was none other than this lady Sumanā, and the ten young men of that time were none other than these ten arhats. (Extracted from the thirteenth fascicle of the Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38.7) - [Next: 38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38.9) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.38.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.38.8) · Pramāṇa