經律異相 5.20

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南天竺有一大城。名首波羅。城中有一長者。名曰盧至。為眾導主。已於過去無量佛所。殖諸善本。彼大城中一切人民。信伏邪道奉事尼揵。我時欲度彼長者故。從王舍城至彼城邑。尼揵聞我欲至彼城。即作是念。沙門瞿曇若至此者。此諸人民便當捨我不復供給。告彼城人。沙門瞿曇今欲來此。然彼沙門。委棄父母東西馳騁。所至之處能令土地五穀不登。人民飢饉死亡者眾初無安樂。彼人聞已即懷怖畏。白言。大師。當設何計。尼揵答言。沙門瞿曇。性好叢林流泉清水。外設有者宜應毀壞。汝等便可相與出城斬伐林木。勿令有遺流泉井池。填以臭穢。堅閉城門。各嚴器仗。當壁防護。懃自固守。彼設來者。莫令得前。我等亦當作種種術。令彼瞿曇復道還去。彼諸人民敬奉施行。我於爾時。至彼城邑。見是事已。尋生憐愍。慈心向之。所有樹木還生如本不可稱計。河池井泉其水清淨盈滿其中。如青琉璃。生眾雜華彌覆其上。變其城壁為紺琉璃。城內人民悉得徹見我及大眾。門自開闢無能制者。所嚴器仗變成雜華。盧至長者而為上首。與其人民俱共相隨。來至我所。我即為說種種法要。令彼諸人一切皆發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心（出涅槃經第十四）。

In South India there was a great city named Śūrpāraka. Within the city was an elder named Ruci, who was the leader of the multitude. Under countless past Buddhas, he had already planted wholesome roots. All the people in that great city believed in and submitted to heterodox paths, revering and serving the Nirgranthas. At that time, wishing to deliver that elder, I went from Rājagṛha to that city. When the Nirgranthas heard that I was coming to the city, they thought: “If the śramaṇa Gautama comes here, these people will abandon us and no longer provide for us.” They told the people of the city: “The śramaṇa Gautama now wishes to come here. Yet that śramaṇa abandons his parents and rushes about east and west. Wherever he goes, he causes the land to yield no harvest of the five grains, and the people suffer famine and die in great numbers, with never any peace or joy.” When those people heard this, they became terrified. They said: “Great masters, what plan should we devise?” The Nirgranthas replied: “The śramaṇa Gautama by nature loves groves and pure, flowing springs. If there are any outside, they should be destroyed. You should go out of the city together and fell the trees, leaving none behind; fill the flowing springs and wells with foul filth; shut the city gates firmly; each equip weapons; defend the walls; and diligently hold your guard. If he comes, do not let him advance. We shall also employ various arts to make Gautama turn back along the road he came.” Those people reverently carried this out. At that time, I reached that city. Seeing these things, I immediately gave rise to pity and directed a mind of loving-kindness toward them. All the trees grew back as before, beyond reckoning. The rivers, ponds, and wells became filled with pure, clean water, like blue lapis lazuli, with assorted flowers blossoming and covering them. I transformed the city walls into deep-blue lapis lazuli. The people inside the city could all clearly see me and the great assembly. The gates opened of themselves, with no one able to prevent it. The weapons they had prepared turned into assorted flowers. With the elder Ruci at their head, the people followed him and came to where I was. I then expounded the essentials of the Dharma in various ways for them, causing all those people to give rise to the mind of anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi (from the fourteenth fascicle of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra).