經律異相 16.4

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16.4

The Arhat Madhyāntika received the entrustment of the Dharma treasury from Ānanda and was ordered to go to the kingdom of Kaśmīra to first subdue the dragon there. He immediately entered samādhi, causing that realm to shake in six ways. The dragon, feeling insecure, came to Madhyāntika's dwelling. Madhyāntika entered the samādhi of loving-kindness. The dragon king raised a wind to blow upon him, but the hem of his kāṣāya did not move. He again raised thunder, lightning, and weapons, and held up a great mountain wishing to crush him, but through divine power it immediately transformed into heavenly flowers. Then a verse was heard in the air, saying:

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