[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) › 6.8 # 經律異相 6.8 經律異相 6.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6.8) 阿難白佛。先造何因。分身舍利起八萬四千寶塔。佛言。過去有國王名波塞奇領閻浮提八萬四千國。時世有佛名曰弗沙。王與臣民供養於佛及比丘僧。時王念言。邊陲小國處所偏僻人民之類無由修福。即召畫師圖畫佛像。分布遠國咸得供養。時諸畫師看佛相好。適得一處忘失餘處不能得成。時波塞奇王。調和眾彩手自畫像以為模楷。諸師寫學畫八萬四千像。分布八萬四千小國。諸小國王皆得供養。波塞奇王今我是也。緣此功德身有三十二相。涅槃之後復得八萬四千諸塔（出賢愚經第四卷）。 > Ānanda asked the Buddha: "What past cause was created for your śarīra to be divided and 84,000 precious stūpas erected?" The Buddha said: "In the past, there was a king named Arindama who ruled over the 84,000 kingdoms of Jambudvīpa. At that time, there was a Buddha named Puṣya in the world. The king, along with his ministers and people, made offerings to the Buddha and the bhikṣu saṃgha. Then the king thought: 'The small border states are remote and isolated; people of their sort have no means to cultivate merit.' He immediately summoned painters to paint images of the Buddha, distributing them to distant lands so that all could make offerings. At that time, the painters observed the Buddha's marks and characteristics, but as soon as they captured one feature, they forgot the others and could not succeed. Then King Arindama mixed the various colors and painted the image with his own hands to serve as a model. The painters studied and copied it, painting 84,000 images, which were distributed among the 84,000 minor states. The minor kings were all able to make offerings. King Arindama was I myself in a past life. By virtue of this merit, my body possesses the thirty-two marks, and after my parinirvāṇa, I also obtain these 84,000 stūpas." (Drawn from the fourth fascicle of the \*Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish\*.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6.7) - [Next: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6.9) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.6.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.6.8) · Pramāṇa