經律異相 8.34

8.34

昔有兩菩薩志清行淨。內寂無欲表如天金。鑿石為室閑居靖志。葌衣草席食飲泉水。清淨無為志若虛空。四禪備悉得五通智。凡釋仙聖諸天龍鬼神無不稽首。處於山澤六十餘年。悲愍眾生敬奉三尊。一名題耆羅。二名那賴。題耆夜興誦經疲極臥出。那賴時亦誦經誤蹈題耆羅首。題耆即興而曰。誰蹈吾首者。明旦日出破爾之首以為七分。那賴曰誤蹈爾首呪誓何重。凡器之類尚有相觸。豈況於人共處終年而不誤失。爾言常試明旦日出吾首必破。吾當制日不令得出。日遂不出五日之間舉國幽冥。炬燭相尋眾官不修君民惶惑。悉會群僚請諸道士。王曰。日之不出其咎安在。道士之中有五通者曰。山中道士兩有微諍制不令出。王曰奈何。答曰。王率群僚民無巨細馳詣于彼稽首和解彼必慈和。王即有詔詣于山澤叩頭曰。國豐民寧二尊之潤。而今不和率土失所。其咎在我黎民無過。願愍赦之。那賴曰。王勸喻曉彼意。彼意解者吾放日出。王之題耆羅所宣那賴旨。即日念彼以泥塗首放日令出。泥首即破為七分。那賴無為王臣黎民靡不欣懌。兩道士為王廣陳治國。當以四等無盡之慈勸民。奉五戒戴十善行。王及臣民僉然受戒。王還國有詔曰。人無尊卑帶五戒十善經。以為國正。自斯之後王潤逮草木。臣忠且清。佛告諸比丘。那賴者吾身是。題耆羅者彌勒是（出度無極集第七卷）。

In the past there were two bodhisattvas whose aspirations were pure and whose conduct was immaculate. Inwardly quiescent and free of desire, their outward appearance was like heavenly gold. Chipping out stone to make a chamber, they lived in seclusion and quieted their aspirations, wearing rush garments, sleeping on grass mats, and drinking spring water. Pure and without worldly striving, their aspirations were like empty space. Fully accomplishing the four dhyānas, they attained the wisdom of the five supernormal knowledges. Ordinary persons, Śakra, ṛṣis, sages, and all the devas, nāgas, ghosts, and spirits without exception bowed their heads to them. They dwelled in the mountains and marshes for over sixty years, pitying sentient beings and reverently honouring the Three Honoured Ones. One was named Diqiluo, and the second was named Nalai. Diqiluo rose at night to chant sūtras, and becoming utterly exhausted, lay down to rest. Nalai was also chanting sūtras at the time and mistakenly stepped on Diqiluo's head. Diqiluo immediately got up and said, "Who stepped on my head? When tomorrow morning's sun rises, your head shall split into seven pieces!" Nalai said, "It was a mistake that I stepped on your head; why make such a grave curse? Even mere vessels may bump into one another; how much more so for people living together for years not to make an error! If your words hold true, when tomorrow's sun rises my head must split. I shall hold back the sun and not allow it to rise!" The sun consequently did not rise, and for five days the entire kingdom was plunged into darkness. Torches were relied upon constantly, official duties were neglected, and sovereign and subjects were terrified and bewildered. The king assembled all his ministers and invited various Daoists. The king asked, "Where lies the blame for the sun not rising?" Among the Daoists was one with the five supernormal knowledges, who said, "Two Daoists in the mountains have had a slight dispute and have restrained it from rising." The king asked, "What can be done?" He replied, "If the king leads his ministers and the people, great and small alike, to hasten there, bow their heads, and make peace between them, they will surely become compassionate and harmonious." The king then issued an edict and went to the mountains and marshes, kowtowing and saying, "The abundance of the state and the peace of the people are the grace of the two venerable ones. Yet now you are in discord, and the entire land is deprived of its order. The fault lies with me; the common people are blameless. We pray that you will pity and pardon us." Nalai said, "Let the king persuade and instruct him to untie his mind. When his mind is untied, I shall release the sun to rise." The king went to Diqiluo's place and declared Nalai's intent. That very day, taking thought of him, Diqiluo smeared his head with clay and released the sun to rise. The clay head immediately split into seven pieces, and Nalai remained unharmed. The king, his ministers, and the common people were all overjoyed. The two Daoists expounded extensively to the king on governing the state: he should encourage the people with the four immeasurables of inexhaustible benevolence, uphold the five precepts, and practice the ten wholesome deeds. The king and his ministers and people all accepted the precepts together. The king returned to his realm and issued an edict, saying: "Let everyone, regardless of noble or base station, abide by the scripture of the five precepts and ten wholesome deeds, taking it as the standard for the kingdom." From that time onward, the king's bounty reached even the grasses and trees, and his ministers were loyal and pure. The Buddha told the monks: "Nalai was my very self; Diqiluo was Maitreya." (Extracted from the seventh fascicle of the Duwuji ji).