[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) › 17.36 # 法苑珠林 17.36 法苑珠林 17.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.36) 賢愚經云。昔佛在世時。舍衛國中須達長者。信敬佛法為僧檀越。眾僧所須一切供給。須達家內有二鸚䳇。一名律提。二名賒律提。稟性黠慧解人言語。見比丘來。先告家內令出迎逆。阿難後時到長者家。見鳥聰黠為說四諦苦集滅道。門前有樹。二鳥聞法飛向樹上。歡喜誦持。夜在樹宿。野貍所食。緣此善根生四天王。盡彼天壽生忉利天。忉利壽盡生夜摩天。夜摩壽盡生兜率天。兜率壽盡生化樂天。化樂壽盡生於第六他化自在天。他化壽盡還生化樂。如是次第還復下至四天王天。四天壽盡還復上至他化自在天。如是上下經於七返生六欲天。自恣受樂。極天之壽而無中夭。後時命終來生人中。出家修道得辟支佛。一名曇摩。二名修曇摩。 > The Scripture of the Wise and the Foolish states: In the past, when the Buddha was in the world, the elder Sudatta in the country of Śrāvastī faithfully revered the Buddha's Dharma and was a dānapati to the saṃgha, providing whatever the assembly of monks needed. Within Sudatta's household there were two parrots, one named Riti and the other named Śariti. By nature they were clever and intelligent, and understood human speech. Seeing a monk arrive, they would first inform the household so they would come out to welcome him. Later, Ānanda came to the elder's house. Seeing that the birds were intelligent, he expounded to them the four noble truths: suffering, its arising, its cessation, and the path. In front of the gate there was a tree. Having heard the Dharma, the two birds flew up into the tree and joyfully recited and upheld it. At night, while roosting in the tree, they were eaten by a wild cat. By virtue of this good root, they were reborn among the Four Heavenly Kings. Having exhausted their lifespan in that heaven, they were reborn in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven. When their life in Trāyastriṃśa ended, they were reborn in the Yāma Heaven. When their life in Yāma ended, they were reborn in the Tuṣita Heaven. When their life in Tuṣita ended, they were reborn in the Nirmāṇarati Heaven. When their life in Nirmāṇarati ended, they were reborn in the sixth heaven, the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. When their life in Paranirmitavaśavartin ended, they were reborn back in the Nirmāṇarati Heaven. Descending sequentially in this manner, they returned down to the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings. When their life in the Four Heavenly Kings ended, they returned up to the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. Going up and down in this manner, they passed through seven cycles of rebirth in the six desire heavens, freely enjoying pleasures, living out the full heavenly lifespans without dying prematurely. Later, when their lives ended, they were born among humans, left the household life to cultivate the way, and attained pratyekabuddhahood. One was named Dharma and the other was named Sudharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.35) - [Next: 17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.37) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.17.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.36) · Pramāṇa