[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) › 46.41 # 經律異相 46.41 經律異相 46.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.41) 爾時目連夜冥經行。弊魔自化徹影入目連腹。目連入三昧觀察其原。即語弊魔。且出且出。莫嬈佛弟子。長夜獲苦。魔心念言。今此沙門未會見我。橫造妄語。正使其師尚不知吾。況其弟子。目連報曰。吾復知卿即心所念。魔即恐懼已覺我矣。即化徹身出住其前。目連告魔。過去之世拘樓秦佛時。我曾為魔。號曰暝恨。吾有一姊。名曰黤黑。汝為作子。以是知之是吾姊子。時佛出世。有二弟子。一曰洪音。二曰知想。何故名曰洪音。住於梵天謦咳出聲。聞于三千。知想者獨處閑居坐山樹下。三昧正受牧牛羊人擔薪負草。各相謂言。此已命過共闍維之。知想從三昧起入城分衛（出弊魔試目連經又出中阿含經第二十七卷）。 > At that time, Maudgalyāyana was walking in the dark of night. The wicked Māra transformed himself, penetrated his form, and entered Maudgalyāyana's belly. Maudgalyāyana entered samādhi, examined its source, and immediately said to the wicked Māra, "Come out! Come out! Do not harass the Buddha's disciple, or you will reap suffering for the long night." Māra thought to himself, "Now this śramaṇa has never even seen me, yet he arbitrarily utters false words. Even his teacher would not know of me, much less his disciple." Maudgalyāyana replied, "I also know what you are thinking in your mind." Māra became terrified: "He has already detected me!" He then transformed his body to pass through, came out, and stood before him. Maudgalyāyana told Māra, "In the past, at the time of Krakucchanda Buddha, I was once Māra, named Dūṣī. I had an elder sister named Kālī. You were born as her son; by this I know that you are my sister's son. At that time, when the Buddha appeared in the world, he had two disciples: one was named Mahāmaudgalyāyana (Great Voice), and the second was named Sañjīva (Knowing Thought). Why was he named Mahāmaudgalyāyana? Dwelling in the Brahma heaven, when he cleared his throat and made a sound, it was heard throughout the three-thousandfold world system. As for Sañjīva, he dwelt alone in quiet seclusion, sitting beneath a mountain tree in correct absorption of samādhi. Cowherds, shepherds, and bearers of firewood and grass said to each other: 'He has already passed away; let us cremate him together.' Sañjīva arose from samādhi and entered the city to walk for alms." (Extracted from the Sūtra on the Wicked Māra Testing Maudgalyāyana; also extracted from the Madhyamāgama, fascicle 27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.40) - [Next: 46.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.42) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.46.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.41) · Pramāṇa