經律異相 44.4

44.4

王舍城中。有一幻士。名曰颰陀（梁言仁賢）。明解經典曉了伎術所作巧黠多能喜悅名聞高遠。摩竭人民皆所不及。國內大小從其受學。颰陀遇覩世尊身色嚴妙。念欲相試。便示請佛。設知我意當不受請。若不知者必受無疑。佛知其意意欲度之。默然而受。颰陀謂。佛無通慧不見我意。入王舍城。於淨處化作講堂。懸繒華蓋。一一樹下。為諸比丘鋪師子座。於講堂中。特為如來設師子座。高四丈九尺。作百味之饌。時四天王及天帝釋。與三萬二千天人謂仁賢曰。真得善利。乃請如來講堂供養。吾助給所乏。即化作館殿如忉利宮。佛與菩薩及諸比丘往其講堂。見佛坐已所造之座。帝釋亦見如來坐其所造莊嚴之座。仁賢聽佛所說。蠲除自大投首佛足。白佛言。唯願如來原我罪過。欲沒其所化。佛令不變。復為說一切諸法皆如幻化（出幻士仁賢經）。

In the city of Rājagṛha there was an illusionist named Bhadra (rendered in the Liang language as Renxian, 'Benevolent and Worthy'). He clearly understood scriptures and texts, was versed in technical arts, and whatever he produced was clever and ingenious, pleasing many; his fame resounded far and wide. None among the people of Magadha could equal him, and everyone throughout the realm, young and old, studied under him. Bhadra happened to behold the World-Honoured One's body, magnificent and wondrous in complexion, and thought to test him. He thereupon made a show of inviting the Buddha, thinking: 'If he knows my intent, he will not accept the invitation; if he does not know it, he will surely accept without doubt.' Knowing his intent and wishing to deliver him, the Buddha accepted in silence. Bhadra thought: 'The Buddha lacks penetrating wisdom and did not perceive my intent.' Entering the city of Rājagṛha, in a clean and pure place he conjured up a lecture hall hung with silk banners and flower canopies. Beneath each tree he arranged lion seats for the monks, and in the lecture hall he specially set up a lion seat forty-nine feet high for the Tathāgata, preparing delicacies of a hundred flavours. At that time, the Four Heavenly Kings and Śakra Devānām Indra, along with thirty-two thousand devas, said to Renxian: 'Truly you have attained good benefit, having invited the Tathāgata to a lecture hall to make offerings! We shall assist in supplying what is lacking.' They immediately conjured up pavilions and halls resembling the Trāyastriṃśa palace. The Buddha, along with the bodhisattvas and monks, proceeded to his lecture hall; Bhadra saw the Buddha seated upon the seat he himself had created, while Śakra also saw the Tathāgata seated upon the adorned seat that he had created. Listening to what the Buddha preached, Renxian cast away his arrogance, bowed his head to the Buddha's feet, and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'I only pray that the Tathāgata pardon my transgression.' He wished to make what he had conjured vanish, but the Buddha caused it not to change, and further preached to him that all phenomena are like illusions and apparitions (from the *Huan shi Renxian jing*).