[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) › 48.63 # 經律異相 48.63 經律異相 48.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.63) 有龍王。一名噏氣。二名大噏氣。三名能羅。四名無量色。白世尊曰。於此海中無數種龍。有四種金翅鳥常食海中諸龍。願佛擁護令得安隱不懷愁恐。世尊脫身皂衣告海龍王曰。汝當取是如來皂衣。分與諸龍皆令周遍。在大海中有值一縷者。金翅鳥王不能觸犯。佛所建立不可思議巍巍之德其如斯矣。時海龍王即取佛衣而分與諸龍王。隨其所乏廣狹大小自然給與。其衣如故終不可盡。於時海龍王告諸龍王。當敬此衣如敬世尊。泥洹後供養舍利。一切眾具而以奉事世尊。四金翅鳥王聞佛所建惶懅。速疾往詣佛所前稽首足。何故世尊奪吾等食。佛言。都有四食。坐趣三處。何等四。一曰網獵禽獸殘害群畜殺生枉命以為飲食。二曰執帶兵仗刀矛斫刺逼迫格射劫奪他財以用飲食。三曰慳貪諛諂亂犯禁邪見欺巧而以得食。四曰非師稱師。非世尊稱世尊。隨邪稱正。非寂志稱寂志。非清淨稱清淨。非梵行稱梵行。自稱詐求而以得食。是為四食。坐趣地獄餓鬼畜生三惡之處。吾所說法除此四食。不當以養身害於眾生。欲自護身當護他人。所不當作慎勿為也。爾時四金翅鳥王。各與千眷屬俱而白佛言。今日吾等自歸命佛及法眾僧。自首悔過前所犯殃。奉持禁戒從今日始。以無畏施一切龍王。擁護正法至佛法住將。從道法至于滅盡不違佛教（出海龍王經第四卷）。 > There were dragon kings: the first was named Sucking-Breath, the second Great Sucking-Breath, the third Nengluo, and the fourth Immeasurable-Colour. They said to the Bhagavat: 'In this ocean there are countless kinds of dragons, and there are four kinds of garuḍas that constantly eat the dragons in the ocean. We pray that the Buddha will protect us so that we may obtain peace and security, harbouring no sorrow or fear.' The Bhagavat took off the black robe from his body and said to the sea dragon kings: 'Take this black robe of the Tathāgata and distribute it among all the dragons so that it reaches them completely. If one thread of it is obtained in the great ocean, the garuḍa king will not be able to harm them.' The majestic virtue of what the Buddha established was so inconceivable as this. Thereupon the sea dragon king took the Buddha's robe and distributed it to the dragon kings; according to what they lacked, whether broad or narrow, large or small, it was naturally provided to them, yet the robe remained as before and could never be exhausted. At that time, the sea dragon king told all the dragon kings: 'You must revere this robe just as you revere the Bhagavat, and after his nirvāṇa make offerings to his śarīra and serve the Bhagavat with all implements.' When the four garuḍa kings heard what the Buddha had established, they were terrified, and hurried to where the Buddha was, bowed their heads at his feet, \[and asked\]: 'Why has the Bhagavat taken away our food?' The Buddha said: 'There are, in all, four kinds of food by which one is consigned to three places. What are the four? First, netting and hunting birds and beasts, harming the flocks of animals, and taking life unlawfully to make food and drink. Second, wielding weapons, knives, and spears to strike, pierce, coerce, shoot, and plunder others' wealth for food and drink. Third, obtaining food through stinginess, greed, flattery, transgressing prohibitions, wrong views, and deceit. Fourth, not being a teacher yet calling oneself a teacher, not being a Bhagavat yet calling oneself a Bhagavat, following the perverse yet calling it correct, not being of quieted will yet calling oneself of quieted will, not being pure yet calling oneself pure, not practicing the pure life yet calling it the pure life, and falsely seeking and obtaining food through self-proclaimed pretense. These are the four kinds of food by which one is consigned to the three evil destinies: hells, hungry ghosts, and animals. The Dharma I teach eradicates these four kinds of food. One should not harm living beings to nourish one's body. If you wish to protect your own body, you should protect others; be careful not to do what ought not to be done.' At that time, each of the four garuḍa kings, together with a thousand attendants, said to the Buddha: 'From this day forward, we take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha. We confess and repent our past transgressions and faults. Beginning today, we shall uphold the prohibitions and precepts, bestow fearlessness upon all dragon kings, protect the true Dharma until the Buddha's teaching has endured to the end, and follow the way and the Dharma until the complete cessation without disobeying the Buddha's teaching.' (Extracted from the fourth fascicle of the Sea Dragon King Sūtra) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.62) - [Next: 48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.64) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.48.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.63) · Pramāṇa