經律異相 9.4

9.4

上金光首與長者子畏聞。俱在遊觀園散花燒香莊嚴伎樂。時彼女人觀長者子意以為足。文殊師利（舊法云𣽈首）化此女身應時終亡。顏色變惡。眼耳鼻口膿血流出。身體𤵸爛不可復視。青蠅飛來周匝共食。時長者子見此女身變壞如是。怖懅不安欲求自歸濟脫是患。當從何所而免斯苦。時文殊師利童真威神。令園樹木自然出讚。時長者子聞樹讚頌。歡喜踊躍善心即生。以衣裓盛女人死屍棄叢樹間而捨之去。於是世尊欲以開化彼長者子。從身放光其明普照摩竭國界。長者子見如來威神巍巍。心生歡喜。其天帝釋則在前立。見長者子而歎之曰。年少善緣。獲得福利。乃能見佛。時彼年少聞此勸讚。即與天帝俱詣佛所。帝釋天意。華用與年少言。可取此華散如來上。散已稽首佛足前住白言。今自歸佛及法聖眾。有放逸女上金光首。實與戲樂詣遊觀園。則於今日顏貌變惡即時壽終。捨諸一切宗室眷屬。發大恐懼。將無國王推問之耶。佛言且止。時上金光首。見長者子以蒙開化。隨從律教。即與伎樂往詣佛所。稽首佛足退住一面。時文殊師利謂長者子曰。為識此姊不。答云。已知之矣。又問。云何知乎。於是長者子報文殊師利。而說頌曰。色者如聚沫。痛痒泡起頃。幻想如野馬。吾曉知如是。佛告阿難。文殊師利乃往古世勸化此女使發道意。吾本前世而勸化之使發道意。上金光首過九十二百千劫。當得作佛。號寶光明。長者子當為菩薩。名德光耀。其復作佛。未滅度時。授德光燿菩薩之決。乃般泥洹號曰持㷿（出大淨法門經）。

Suvarṇaprabhāsa-śīrṣā and the elder's son Bhīruśrava were together in a pleasure garden, scattering flowers, burning incense, and adorning themselves with entertainment and music. At that time, when the woman looked upon the elder's son, her desires were satisfied. Mañjuśrī (in older translations called Ruxou) transformed this woman's body so that she died instantly. Her complexion turned repulsive; pus and blood flowed from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth; and her body putrefied and decomposed, unbearable to look upon. Blue flies flew in from all around to feast together on it. When the elder's son saw this woman's body decay and ruin in such a way, he was terrified and uneasy, wishing to take refuge and be rescued from this affliction, wondering where he might go to escape this suffering. At that time, through the majestic spiritual power of the youth Mañjuśrī, the trees in the garden naturally emitted praises. When the elder's son heard the trees' eulogy, he leapt with joy, and wholesome thoughts instantly arose. Gathering the woman's corpse into the fold of his garment, he discarded it amidst a thicket of trees and abandoned it, going away. Thereupon the Bhagavat, wishing to instruct and transform that elder's son, emitted light from his body, its radiance universally illuminating the territory of Magadha. When the elder's son saw the Tathāgata's majestic spiritual power towering and magnificent, joy arose in his heart. Śakra Devānām Indra stood before him. Seeing the elder's son, he praised him, saying: "Young man of wholesome conditions, you have obtained blessings and benefits, even being able to see the Buddha!" When that young man heard this encouraging praise, he went together with Śakra to the Buddha's place. Śakra held flowers and gave them to the young man, saying: "You may take these flowers and scatter them over the Tathāgata." Having scattered them, he bowed his head to the Buddha's feet, stood in front, and said: "I now take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha of sages. There was a licentious woman, Suvarṇaprabhāsa-śīrṣā, with whom I was making merry in a pleasure garden. But today her countenance turned repulsive and she instantly died. I have abandoned all my family and kin, and great fear has arisen within me. Might not the king investigate and interrogate me?" The Buddha said, "Cease your worry." At that time, Suvarṇaprabhāsa-śīrṣā, seeing that the elder's son had received instruction and conversion and followed the monastic discipline and teaching, went to the Buddha's place together with music and performers. Bowing her head to the Buddha's feet, she stepped back and stood to one side. Then Mañjuśrī said to the elder's son: "Do you recognize this sister?" He answered, "I already know her." He asked again, "How do you know her?" Thereupon the elder's son replied to Mañjuśrī, speaking a verse:
"Form is like a mass of foam;
Feeling is like the arising of a bubble;
Conception and thoughts are like a mirage;
I have understood and known it to be thus."
The Buddha told Ānanda: "In an ancient life, Mañjuśrī exhorted and converted this woman, causing her to generate the aspiration for the Way. In a past life, I also exhorted and converted her, causing her to generate the aspiration for the Way. After ninety-two hundred thousand kalpas, Suvarṇaprabhāsa-śīrṣā will become a Buddha named Ratnaprabhāsa. The elder's son will become a bodhisattva named Guṇaprabhāsa. When she becomes a Buddha, before entering extinction, she will bestow the prediction of buddhahood upon the Bodhisattva Guṇaprabhāsa, and only then will she enter parinirvāṇa, named Dhāraṇīraśmi." (From the Da jingfamen jing).