經律異相 48.27

48.27

佛在祇洹林晡時經行。舍利弗從。時有鷹逐鴿。鴿飛來佛邊。佛行影覆之。鴿身安隱怖畏即除不復作聲。後舍利弗影到。鴿便作聲戰怖如初。舍利弗白佛言。佛及我身俱無三毒。佛影覆鴿鴿不恐怖。我影覆鴿戰慄如初。佛言。汝有三毒習故。汝觀此鴿宿世因緣幾世作鴿。舍利弗即時入宿命智三昧。觀見此鴿。已八萬大劫常作鴿身。過是已往我不能見。佛言。汝若不能盡知過去。試觀此鴿何時當脫。舍利弗即入願智三昧。觀見此鴿。八萬大劫未脫鴿身。過是不知。於恒河沙等大劫中常作鴿身（出大智論第十一卷）。

When the Buddha was walking in the Jetavana forest in the late afternoon, Śāriputra followed him. At that time, a hawk was pursuing a pigeon. The pigeon flew over to the Buddha's side. The Buddha's shadow fell over it as he walked; the pigeon's body became tranquil, its fear was immediately dispelled, and it made no further sound. Later, when Śāriputra's shadow fell upon it, the pigeon cried out and trembled with fear just as before. Śāriputra addressed the Buddha, saying, 'Both the Buddha and I are free of the three poisons. When the Buddha's shadow covered the pigeon, the pigeon was not frightened; yet when my shadow covered the pigeon, it trembled just as before.' The Buddha said, 'You still have the habitual traces of the three poisons. Observe this pigeon's conditions in past lives: for how many lives has it been a pigeon?' Śāriputra immediately entered the samādhi of knowledge of past lives. He observed this pigeon and saw that for eighty thousand great kalpas it had constantly been in the body of a pigeon. 'Beyond this, I cannot see.' The Buddha said, 'If you cannot fully know the past, try to observe when this pigeon will be released.' Śāriputra then entered the samādhi of knowledge of vows. He observed this pigeon and saw that for eighty thousand great kalpas it would not be released from the body of a pigeon. Beyond this, he did not know. For great kalpas equal to the sands of the Ganges, it would constantly remain in the body of a pigeon (taken from the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, Fascicle 11).