[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) › 5.12 # 經律異相 5.12 經律異相 5.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.12) 舍衛城中有二十人。復與二十人共為怨敵。時四十人各欲相害。伺覓方便。承佛威神尋詣佛所。佛化四十人。當有鐵槍（或云佉達羅刺）自然來出入佛右足大指。言未竟槍在佛前。目連白佛。今拔鐵槍著異世界。佛言。以精進力欲拔鐵槍者。三千大千世界為大震動。不能搖槍如毛髮許。佛往梵天。槍輒隨之。還舍衛城。槍亦在前。如來取槍以足蹈上。目連白佛。如來何罪而獲槍殃。佛曰。昔五百賈人一懷惡心。吾即害之。是其餘殃。四十人聞是。自相謂言。法王尚爾。況於吾等。當不受罪乎。悔過自首。入平等慧（出慧上菩薩經下卷）。 > In the city of Śrāvastī there were twenty men who were mortal enemies with another twenty men. At that time, the forty men each wished to harm the others and were watching for an opportunity. Supported by the Buddha's spiritual power, they soon went to the Buddha's presence. As the Buddha was transforming the forty men, an iron spear (or called a khadira thorn) was spontaneously to come forth and enter the big toe of the Buddha's right foot. Before his words were finished, the spear appeared before the Buddha. Maudgalyāyana addressed the Buddha: 'Let me now pull out the iron spear and place it in another world.' The Buddha said: 'Even if one wished to pull out the iron spear through the power of vigorous exertion, the great trichiliocosm would shake violently, yet one could not shake the spear by as much as a hair's breadth.' When the Buddha went to the Brahmā heaven, the spear immediately followed him; when he returned to Śrāvastī, the spear was likewise before him. The Tathāgata took the spear and stepped on it with his foot. Maudgalyāyana addressed the Buddha: 'What crime did the Tathāgata commit to incur the calamity of this spear?' The Buddha said: 'In the past, among five hundred merchants, one harbored evil intent, and I killed him. This is the lingering retribution of that deed.' Hearing this, the forty men said to one another: 'Even the King of the Dharma is subject to this; how much more so ourselves—shall we not suffer retribution for our crimes?' Repenting their transgressions and confessing, they attained impartial wisdom. (From the lower fascicle of the Huisheng pusa jing.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.11) - [Next: 5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.13) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.5.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.12) · Pramāṇa