[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) › 45.8 # 經律異相 45.8 經律異相 45.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45.8) 有一母人懷𨉃數月。見佛及僧心自計言。我生子如此。使作沙門為佛弟子。月滿生男姝好異眾。及年七歲。家貧但作二人食及三法衣。手持澡瓶將兒詣佛曰。願哀我子使作沙門。佛即聽之。令以瓶洗兒手。應時九龍從瓶口出。吐水灌兒。殘水散兒頭上。化成華蓋。中有師子座。座上有佛。佛笑出五色光。照千億佛剎。還繞佛身從兒頂入。母以飯具上佛。并食其子。發無上道心。十億佛剎六反震動。諸佛自現。以母飯施爾所諸佛及比丘僧。皆得飽足初不損減。兒髮自墮成為沙門。即得立於不退轉地（出十卷譬喻經第三卷）。 > There was a mother who had been pregnant for several months. Seeing the Buddha and the saṅgha, she thought to herself, "If the child I bear is like this, I will make him a śramaṇa to become a disciple of the Buddha." When her months were complete, she gave birth to a boy of extraordinary beauty, surpassing the crowd. When he reached seven years of age, the family was poor, and she only prepared food for two people and three dharma robes. Holding a water vessel in her hand, she brought her child to the Buddha and said, "May you take pity on my child and allow him to become a śramaṇa." The Buddha at once permitted it, ordering the child's hands to be washed with the vessel. Instantly, nine dragons emerged from the mouth of the vessel, spitting water to bathe the child. The remaining water scattered over the child's head, transforming into a jeweled canopy. Inside it was a lion throne, and atop the throne was a Buddha. Smiling, the Buddha emitted five-colored light that illuminated a thousand billion Buddha-lands, returned to encircle the Buddha's body, and entered through the crown of the child's head. The mother offered food and utensils to the Buddha and also fed her son, arousing the mind directed toward the supreme Way. Ten billion Buddha-lands shook in six ways, and all Buddhas manifested themselves. Offering the mother's food to all those Buddhas and the bhikṣu-saṅgha, all were satisfied and full, and the food was never depleted. The child's hair fell out on its own, and he became a śramaṇa, immediately standing upon the stage of non-retrogression (from the third fascicle of the Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45.7) - [Next: 45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45.9) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.45.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.45.8) · Pramāṇa