[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) › 22.31 # 法苑珠林 22.31 法苑珠林 22.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22.31) 又出家功德經云。昔佛在世時。佛與阿難入毘舍離城。時到乞食。有一王子。字鞞羅羡那。與諸婇女在高樓上共相娛樂。佛聞樂音語阿難言。我知此人却後七日必當命終。若不出家或墮地獄。阿難聞已即往教化。勸其出家。王子聞勸於六日中極意受樂。至第七日求佛出家。一日一夜修持淨戒。即便命終生四天王。為北天王毘沙門子。與諸婇女受五欲樂。極天之壽滿五百歲。後生忉利為帝釋子。壽天千歲。次生焰摩復為王子。壽二千歲。後生兜率亦為王子。壽四千歲。次生化樂為天王子。壽八千歲。化樂壽盡復生第六他化自在為天王子。與諸婇女所受五欲。於下最勝。盡天壽命萬六千歲。如是受樂。於六欲天往來七返而無中夭。一日出家滿二十劫不墮惡道。常生天上受福自然。最後人中生富樂家財寶具足。壯年已過臨老厭世。出家修道成辟支佛。名毘流帝梨。廣度天人不可限量。以是因緣出家功德。無量無邊不可為喻。假使羅漢滿四天下。若有一人一百歲中盡心供養四事無乏。乃至涅槃各為起塔。華香瓔珞種種供養所得功德。不如有人為求涅槃。一日一夜出家持戒之功德也。以斯而言。出家之法真可尊貴。不得以少財色貪著俗事流浪生死自苦其身。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Merits of Renunciation says: In the past, when the Buddha was in the world, the Buddha and Ānanda entered the city of Vaiśālī when the time came for begging food. There was a prince named Vairasena who, together with various palace maidens, was making merry on a high tower. The Buddha heard the sound of the music and said to Ānanda, 'I know that seven days from now this person must end his life. If he does not leave the household life, he will fall into hell.' Having heard this, Ānanda went at once to instruct and transform him, urging him to leave the household life. Hearing this exhortation, the prince indulged his desires to the utmost for six days. On the seventh day he besought the Buddha to let him leave the household life. For one day and one night he practiced and maintained the pure precepts, whereupon his life ended and he was born among the Four Heavenly Kings as the son of the northern Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa, enjoying the pleasures of the five desires together with palace maidens for the full heavenly lifespan of five hundred years. Later he was born in Trāyastriṃśa as a son of Śakra, with a heavenly lifespan of one thousand years. Next he was born in Yāma, again as a prince, with a lifespan of two thousand years. Later he was born in Tuṣita, likewise as a prince, with a lifespan of four thousand years. Next he was born in Nirmāṇarati as a heavenly prince, with a lifespan of eight thousand years. When his lifespan in Nirmāṇarati was exhausted, he was reborn in the sixth \[heaven\], Paranirmitavaśavartin, as a heavenly prince; the pleasures of the five desires that he enjoyed with palace maidens were the most supreme among those below, for the full heavenly lifespan of sixteen thousand years. Enjoying pleasure in this way, he went back and forth seven times through the six heavens of the desire realm without untimely death. Having left the household life for a single day, for a full twenty kalpas he did not fall into the evil destinies, always born in heaven to receive natural blessings. Finally, born among humans into a wealthy and happy family, fully endowed with wealth and treasures, when his prime of life had passed and old age approached, he grew weary of the world, left the household life to cultivate the Way, and became a pratyekabuddha named Viruteja, extensively delivering devas and humans beyond measure. On account of this cause and condition, the merit of leaving the household life is limitless, boundless, and beyond comparison. Even if arhats filled the four continents, and someone were to serve them wholeheartedly for a hundred years with the four requisites without deficiency, and even build stūpas for each upon their nirvāṇa, offering flowers, incense, necklaces, and all kinds of offerings—the merit obtained thereby would not equal the merit of a person who, seeking nirvāṇa, leaves the household life and upholds the precepts for a single day and single night. Judging by this, the practice of leaving the household life is truly worthy of honor and veneration; one must not, for a little wealth and sex, covet mundane affairs, drift through saṃsāra, and torment oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22.30) - [Next: 22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22.32) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.22.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.22.31) · Pramāṇa