[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 10.138 # 法苑珠林 10.138 法苑珠林 10.138 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.138) 如觀佛三昧經云。如來頭上有八萬四千毛。皆兩向靡右旋而生。分齊分明四觚分明。一一毛孔旋生五色光。入前十四色光中。昔我在宮。乳母為我沐頭。時大愛道來至我所。悉達生時多諸奇特。人若問我汝子之髮為長幾許。我云何答。今當量髮知其尺度。即勅我申髮。母以尺量。長一丈三尺五寸。放已右旋成螺文。欲納妃時。復更量之。長一丈三尺五寸。我出家時。天神捧去。亦長一丈三尺五寸。今者父王。看如來髮。即以手申。從尼拘樓陀精舍。至父王宮。如紺琉璃繞城七匝於佛髮中。大眾皆見若干色光。不可具說。斂髮捲光右旋宛轉。還住佛頂即成螺文。又僧祇律云。佛在時。每四月一𩮜髮。依薩婆多論。雖四月一𩮜。如凡人七日𩮜髮狀。又文殊師利問經云。凡人髮長二指當𩮜。或二月日若短而𩮜。是無學菩薩。若過二指亦是無學菩薩。爪不得長。得如一橫穀。何以故。為搔痒故。又四分律云。佛言。聽諸比丘皮次剪爪。極長如一麥應剪髮。半月一𩮜。極長兩指。若二月一𩮜（二月者。白黑各有十五日。當此間三十日為二月也）。 > As the Guanfo sanmei jing states: On the Tathāgata’s head there are 84,000 hairs, all falling to both sides and coiling to the right as they grow; the boundaries are distinct and the four corners are clear. Each hair-pore spirally generates five-colored light, entering into the aforementioned fourteen colors of light. \[The Buddha said,\] “Formerly when I was in the palace, my wet nurse washed my head. At that time Mahāprajāpatī came to my place and said, ‘When Siddhārtha was born, there were many marvelous wonders. If someone asks me, “How long is your son’s hair?”, how should I answer? Now I shall measure the hair to know its length.’ She then bade me stretch out my hair. Mother measured it with a ruler: it was one zhang, three chi, and five cun long. When released, it curled to the right into snail-like spirals. When about to take a consort, she measured it once more: it was one zhang, three chi, and five cun long. When I went forth from home, the gods received it and carried it away: it was also one zhang, three chi, and five cun long. Now, father king, look at the Tathāgata’s hair.” He then stretched it with his hand: from the Nyagrodha Monastery to his father the king's palace, like dark lapis lazuli, it circled the city seven times. Within the Buddha’s hair, the great assembly all saw multiple colors of light, which cannot be fully described. Drawing in the hair and rolling up the light, turning and winding to the right, it returned to rest on the Buddha’s uṣṇīṣa, immediately forming snail-like spirals. Furthermore, the Sengqi lü (Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya) states: While the Buddha was in the world, he shaved his hair once every four months. According to the Sarvāstivāda treatises, although he shaved it once every four months, it was like an ordinary person's appearance of shaving the hair every seven days. Furthermore, the Wenshushili wen jing states: For ordinary people, when the hair is two fingers long, it should be shaved, or in two months’ time. If it is shaved when short, this is an aśaikṣa bodhisattva; if it exceeds two fingers, this is also an aśaikṣa bodhisattva. The nails must not be long; they may be \[as long as\] the breadth of a single grain of cereal. Why? For the sake of scratching an itch. Furthermore, the Sifen lü (Dharmaguptaka-vinaya) states: The Buddha said, “I permit the monks to cut their nails close to the skin. At the longest, they may be like \[the breadth of\] a barleycorn. They should cut their hair, shaving it once a half-month; at the longest, it may be two fingers, or they may shave it once every two months (as for ‘two months’, the white and black fortnights each have fifteen days, so thirty days in this region constitutes two months).” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.137) - [Next: 10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.139) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.10.138) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.138) · Pramāṇa