[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) › 10.139 # 法苑珠林 10.139 法苑珠林 10.139 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.139) 又毘尼母經云。佛告諸人。此髮不可故衣故器盛之。當用新物。有瞿波羅王子。從世尊乞髮。佛言。應用七寶器盛之供養。又四分律云。時阿難持故器收世尊髮。佛言。不應以故器盛如來髮。應用新器新衣繒綵若鉢衣裹盛之。時有王子瞿波離將軍。欲往四方有所征伐。來索世尊髮。佛言。聽彼得已不知安處。佛言。聽安金塔中。若銀塔中。若寶塔中。若雜繒綵衣裹。不知云何持。佛言。聽象馬車乘頭上肩上擔。時王子持世尊髮去。所往征伐得勝還國。為世尊起髮塔。亦聽比丘持世尊髮。行如上安置彼不洗大小便處。持世尊塔。佛言。不應爾。令淨者持。彼安如來塔。置不好房中。己在上好房中宿。佛言。不應爾。應安如來塔置上好房中。己不好房宿。彼安如來塔置下房。己在上房宿。佛言。不應爾。應安如來塔在上房己在下房中。彼共如來塔同屋宿。佛言不應爾。彼為守護堅牢故。而畏慎不敢共宿。佛言。聽安杙上。若杙上若頭邊眠。為守護塔故聽塔內宿。亦為堅牢塔內藏物故聽宿。彼著革屣及捉入塔內。佛言。不應爾。佛言。聽塔下坐食。不令污穢不淨。若有不淨眾物。聚著脚邊。食已持去（比數有征伐人。雖不見佛髮將行。然有俗人好心造小像。及將舍利及寫小字經卷。並安頭髮內。未知許不。答曰。聖教無文。然有好心欲將經像舍利。時准前往將取世尊髮法。用安置作小塔子。內安彌善。貧無物造。亦聽淨繒帛裹內將行。至處上好杙上如前安置。若安髮內。恐髮垢穢臭氣不淨。又軍行在道。大小便利急卒不可臨時解頭取之。如前佛髮。不許便利穢處安置。准此經像亦同前法也）。 > Furthermore, the Pinimu jing states: The Buddha told the people, “This hair must not be contained in old cloth or old vessels; new articles should be used.” There was Prince Gopāla, who begged hair from the World-Honoured One. The Buddha said, “You should contain it in a vessel of the seven jewels and make offerings to it.” Furthermore, the Sifen lü states: At that time Ānanda held an old vessel to collect the World-Honoured One’s hair. The Buddha said, “You should not contain the Tathāgata’s hair in an old vessel; you should use a new vessel, new cloth, patterned silks, or wrap and contain it in a bowl-cloth.” At that time there was a prince, General Gopālī, who wished to go to the four quarters on a military expedition; he came to request the World-Honoured One’s hair. The Buddha said, “I permit it.” After obtaining it, he did not know where to place it. The Buddha said, “I permit placing it in a gold stupa, or in a silver stupa, or in a jeweled stupa, or wrapped in variegated silk cloth.” He did not know how to carry it. The Buddha said, “I permit carrying it on elephants, horses, carts, upon the head, or bearing it on the shoulders.” Then the prince took the World-Honoured One’s hair and went; in the military campaign he went on, he gained victory and returned to the kingdom, and built a hair-stupa for the World-Honoured One. He also permitted monks to carry the World-Honoured One’s hair and proceed, placing it as above. Someone, without washing after defecating or urinating, carried the World-Honoured One’s stupa. The Buddha said, “It should not be so; let one who is pure carry it.” Someone placed the Tathāgata’s stupa in an inferior room while staying overnight in a superior room himself. The Buddha said, “It should not be so; one should place the Tathāgata’s stupa in a superior room, and stay overnight in an inferior room oneself.” Someone placed the Tathāgata’s stupa in a lower room while staying overnight in an upper room himself. The Buddha said, “It should not be so; one should place the Tathāgata’s stupa in an upper room, and be in a lower room oneself.” Someone stayed overnight in the same room together with the Tathāgata’s stupa. The Buddha said, “It should not be so.” Someone, for the sake of safeguarding it securely, was fearful and cautious, not daring to stay together with it. The Buddha said, “I permit placing it upon a peg; whether on a peg or sleeping beside one's head, for the sake of safeguarding the stupa, I permit staying overnight inside the stupa; also for the sake of keeping articles safely within the stupa, I permit staying overnight.” Someone put on leather sandals and carried it inside the stupa. The Buddha said, “It should not be so.” The Buddha said, “I permit sitting beneath the stupa to eat, without letting it be defiled or made impure. If there are various impure things, gather them at one's feet and take them away after eating.” (In recent times there are people on military campaigns who, although they do not possess the Buddha’s hair to carry along, yet there are laypeople with good intentions who make small images, carry śarīras, or copy small-character scriptural scrolls, and place them all inside their hair. It is not known whether this is permitted or not. The answer is: In the sacred teachings there is no explicit text. However, if one has good intentions and wishes to take scriptures, images, or śarīras, one should at that time model oneself on the previous method for taking the World-Honoured One’s hair, using it to build a small stupa and placing them inside, which is even better. If one is poor and lacks the means to make one, it is also permitted to wrap them in pure silk and carry them along, placing them upon an excellent peg at the destination as previously described. If placed inside the hair, one fears the hair's grime and foul odor are impure. Moreover, when marching with an army on the road, defecation and urination are urgent and sudden, and it is impossible on the spur of the moment to untie the hair and remove them. Just as previously with the Buddha’s hair, it was not permitted to place it in defiled places of urination or defecation; by this analogy, scriptures and images follow the same rule.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.138) - [Next: 10.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.140) - [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.10.139) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.139) · Pramāṇa