[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) › 47.38 # 經律異相 47.38 經律異相 47.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.38) 閻浮提外北方海中。有一金山名功德相。高二十由旬。中有一窟名為明星。廣一由旬。高六由旬。昔菩薩處中。有一師子修聲聞慈。復有一窟名曰淨道。高廣亦爾。昔菩薩處中。有一兔修聲聞慈。復有一窟名曰喜樂。高廣亦爾。昔菩薩處中。有一龍修聲聞慈。山有水神名曰水天。有羅剎女名修慚愧。各有五百眷屬。是二女人常共供養如是三獸。是十二獸晝夜常行閻浮提內。人天恭敬功德成就。已於諸佛發深重願。一日一夜常令一獸遊行教化。餘十一獸安住修慈。周而復始。七月一日鼠初遊行。以聲聞乘教化一切鼠身眾生。令離惡業勸修善事。如是次第至十三日。鼠復還行。乃至盡十二月至十二歲亦復如是。故此土多有功德。乃至畜獸亦能教化。是故他方菩薩。常應恭敬此佛世界。若有比丘比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷。欲得覩見是十二獸。欲得大智大定大神通力。欲受一切所有典籍。欲增善法。是人當以白土作山。縱廣七尺高十二尺。種種香塗金薄。薄之四邊周匝二十尺。所散瞻婆華當以銅器盛。諸種種非時之漿置之四面。清淨持戒日三洗浴。敬信三寶。離山三丈正東而立。誦如是呪住十五日。當於山上見初月像。爾時則知見十二獸。見已所願隨意即得。若能修行苦行即得。眼見是十二獸諸菩薩等。或作天像或作鬼像鳥獸之像。遊閻浮提教化如是種種眾生。若為人天調伏眾生。是不為難。若為畜生調伏眾生乃是為難（出大集經第二十四卷）。 > Beyond Jambudvīpa, in the northern sea, there is a golden mountain named Marks of Merit, twenty yojanas high. Inside it is a cave named Morning Star, one yojana wide and six yojanas high, where a bodhisattva dwelt in the past. Inside it, a lion cultivates the benevolence of a śrāvaka. There is another cave named Pure Path, equal in height and breadth, where a bodhisattva dwelt in the past. Inside it, a hare cultivates the benevolence of a śrāvaka. There is another cave named Joy and Delight, equal in height and breadth, where a bodhisattva dwelt in the past. Inside it, a dragon cultivates the benevolence of a śrāvaka. The mountain has a water deity named Varuṇa; there is a rākṣasī named Cultivating Shame. Each has a retinue of five hundred. These two women constantly make offerings together to these three beasts. These twelve beasts constantly roam day and night within Jambudvīpa; they are revered by humans and devas, and their merits are accomplished. Having already made profound and solemn vows before various buddhas, they constantly cause one beast to wander and convert beings throughout a day and night, while the remaining eleven beasts abide peacefully cultivating benevolence, cycling around and beginning again. On the first day of the seventh month, the rat first roams, converting all beings with rat bodies by means of the śrāvaka vehicle, causing them to abandon evil karma and encouraging them to cultivate wholesome deeds. In this order, on the thirteenth day, the rat roams again, and so on until the end of twelve months and twelve years. Therefore, this land has much merit, and even animals are capable of teaching and converting. For this reason, bodhisattvas from other regions should constantly revere this Buddha-world. If there are monks, nuns, upāsakas, or upāsikās who wish to see these twelve beasts, who wish to attain great wisdom, great concentration, and great supernatural power, who wish to master all scriptures, and who wish to increase wholesome dharmas, such a person should use white earth to make a mountain seven feet in breadth and length and twelve feet high. Smear it with various incenses and cover it with gold leaf, twenty feet around on all four sides. The scattered campaka flowers should be held in copper vessels, and various juices suitable at improper times should be placed on the four sides. Purely uphold the precepts and bathe three times daily. With reverent faith in the Three Jewels, stand ten paces away facing directly east of the mountain. Chanting such a dhāraṇī, abide for fifteen days; one shall then see the form of a crescent moon upon the mountain. At that time, one will know that one sees the twelve beasts. Having seen them, whatever one wishes will be obtained as desired. If one can practice austerities, one will immediately see with one's own eyes these twelve beasts and bodhisattvas. They may assume the forms of devas, the forms of ghosts, or the forms of birds and beasts, roaming Jambudvīpa to teach and convert such various living beings. If one tames beings as a deva or human, that is not difficult; but if one tames beings as an animal, that is indeed difficult. (Extracted from the twenty-fourth fascicle of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.37) - [Next: 47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.39) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.47.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方等大集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.mahavaipulyamahasannipatasutra*zh-dharmaksema.23.72) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.38) · Pramāṇa