[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) › 5.14 # 經律異相 5.14 經律異相 5.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.14) 昔有婆羅門四人。皆得神通。身能飛行神足無礙。此四梵志自相謂言。其有人民。以餚饍食施瞿曇沙門者。便得生天不離福堂。有聞法者入解脫門。我等今日意貪天福。不願解脫不須聞法。是時四人各執四瓶甘美石蜜。一人先至奉上世尊。佛告梵志。說所行非常。梵志聞即掩耳。次第二人復說。謂法興衰。梵志聞亦掩耳。次第三人復說。夫生輒死。梵志聞亦手掩耳。次第四人復說。此滅為樂。梵志聞亦掩耳。各捨之去。自相謂言。瞿曇沙門有何言教。前者對曰。我聞一句所行非常。次第二三四。復自陳說。與說此偈已。心開意解得阿那含道。爾時四人。自知各得道證。還自懇責。至如來所。頭面禮足。在一面立。白世尊曰。唯願如來。聽在道次得為沙門。世尊告曰。善來比丘。快修梵行。爾時四人。頭鬚自墮。身所著衣變為袈裟。尋於佛前得羅漢道（出無常經）。 > In the past, there were four brāhmaṇas who had all attained supernormal powers, able to fly bodily through the air with unimpeded supernatural mobility. These four brahmacārins said among themselves: 'Those people who offer delicacies and food to the śramaṇa Gautama are reborn in heaven and never depart from the hall of blessings; those who hear his Dharma enter the gate of liberation. Today we crave heavenly blessings; we do not wish for liberation, nor do we need to hear the Dharma.' Thereupon the four men each held four flasks of sweet rock candy. The first arrived and presented it to the Bhagavat. The Buddha told the brahmacārin, reciting: 'All conditioned things are impermanent.' Hearing this, the brahmacārin covered his ears. Next, to the second man, he recited: 'This is the law of arising and ceasing.' Hearing this, the brahmacārin also covered his ears. Next, to the third man, he recited: 'Whatever is born must die.' Hearing this, the brahmacārin also covered his ears with his hands. Next, to the fourth man, he recited: 'Their cessation is bliss.' Hearing this, the brahmacārin also covered his ears. Each of them discarded \[his offering\] and departed. They said among themselves, 'What teaching did the śramaṇa Gautama give?' The first replied, 'I heard one line: "All conditioned things are impermanent."' The second, third, and fourth also related their own parts. Having recited this verse together, their minds were opened and understood, and they attained the path of anāgāmin. At that time, the four men realized that they had each attained realization of the path. Reproaching themselves, they returned to the Tathāgata's presence, prostrated with their heads at his feet, and stood to one side. They addressed the Bhagavat, saying: 'We only pray that the Tathāgata will permit us into the ranks of the Way, allowing us to become śramaṇas.' The Bhagavat told them: 'Welcome, bhikṣus; cultivate the pure conduct well.' At that time, the hair on their heads and beards fell off on its own, and the clothes they were wearing transformed into kāṣāyas. Directly before the Buddha, they attained the path of arhatship. (From the Wuchang jing.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.13) - [Next: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.15) - [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.5.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.5.14) · Pramāṇa