法苑珠林 22.34

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又增一阿含經云提婆達。白佛言。願聽在道次。佛言。汝宜在家。分檀惠施。夫為沙門實為不易。復再三白佛。復告不宜出家。提婆便生惡念。此沙門懷嫉妬心。我今宜自𩮜頭善修梵行。何用是沙門語為。提婆後犯五逆罪。惡心欲至如來所適。下足在地。地中有大火風起生繞提婆身。為火所燒。便發悔心稱南無佛。然不究竟。便入地獄中。阿難悲泣言。提婆在地獄中為經幾時。佛言。經於大劫。命終生四天王上。展轉至他化自在天。經六十劫不墮三惡趣。最後受身成辟支佛。名曰南無。由命終之時稱南無故。時大目連言。我欲至阿鼻獄中見提婆達慰勞慶賀。佛言。阿鼻罪人不解人間音響。目連白言。我解六十四音。當以此音往語彼人。目連如屈申臂頃至阿鼻獄上。虛空中命曰提婆達。獄卒曰。此間亦有拘樓秦佛迦葉佛時提婆達。今命何者。目連曰。吾命釋迦文佛叔父兒提婆達。獄卒燒炙彼身使令覺寤曰。汝仰觀空中。見大目連坐寶蓮華。語目連曰。尊者何由屈此。目連曰。如來記。汝欲害世尊緣入阿鼻。最後成辟支佛。號名南無。提婆聞已歡喜言。我今日以右脇臥阿鼻獄中。經歷一劫終無勞倦。目連復問苦痛有增損乎。提婆報。以熱鐵輪鑠我身壞。復以鐵杵吹咀我形。有黑暴象蹈蹋我體。復有火山來鎮我面。昔日袈裟化為銅鍱。極為熾盛。今寄頭面禮世尊足。復禮尊者阿難。目連即攝神足還世尊所。又智度論云。提婆達弟子名俱迦離。謗舍利弗及目揵連。命終墮蓮華地獄中。又本起經名衢和離。

The Ekottarika-āgama also says: Devadatta addressed the Buddha, saying, 'I wish that you would allow me to join the ranks of the Way.' The Buddha said, 'You should remain at home, sharing your wealth in almsgiving. To be a śramaṇa is truly not easy.' Devadatta addressed the Buddha again, a second and third time; the Buddha again told him that he was not suited to leave the household life. Devadatta then gave rise to an evil thought: 'This śramaṇa harbors jealousy in his heart. I should now shave my own head and cultivate the pure conduct well. What need have I for this śramaṇa's words?' Devadatta later committed the five sins of immediate retribution. With an evil mind, he wished to go to where the Tathāgata was; as he set foot upon the ground, a great fire and wind arose from the earth, encircling Devadatta's body. Being burned by the fire, he then gave rise to a mind of remorse and proclaimed, 'Homage to the Buddha!' (Namo Buddhāya), but it was not ultimate, and he immediately entered hell. Ānanda wept and said, 'How long will Devadatta remain in hell?' The Buddha said, 'He will pass a mahākalpa. When his life ends, he will be born above the Four Heavenly Kings, passing successively up to Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven; for sixty kalpas he will not fall into the three evil destinies. Finally, receiving a body, he will become a pratyekabuddha named Namo, because at the moment of his death he proclaimed "Namo".' At that time Mahāmaudgalyāyana said, 'I wish to go into the Avīci Hell to see Devadatta, to comfort and congratulate him.' The Buddha said, 'Sinners in Avīci do not understand the sounds of the human world.' Maudgalyāyana addressed the Buddha, 'I understand sixty-four kinds of sounds; I shall use these sounds to go and speak to that person.' In the time it takes to bend and stretch an arm, Maudgalyāyana arrived above the Avīci Hell and called out in the sky, 'Devadatta!' The hell wardens said, 'Here there are also Devadattas from the times of Krakucchanda Buddha and Kāśyapa Buddha. Whom are you calling now?' Maudgalyāyana said, 'I am calling Devadatta, the son of the paternal uncle of Śākyamuni Buddha.' The hell wardens scorched his body to awaken him, saying, 'Look up into the sky!' He saw Mahāmaudgalyāyana seated on a precious lotus flower. Devadatta said to Maudgalyāyana, 'Venerable One, on what account have you condescended to come here?' Maudgalyāyana said, 'The Tathāgata gave a prophecy: because you wished to harm the World-Honoured One, you entered Avīci, but finally you will become a pratyekabuddha named Namo.' Devadatta, hearing this, rejoiced and said, 'Today, lying on my right side in the Avīci Hell throughout an entire kalpa, I will never feel weariness.' Maudgalyāyana asked further, 'Has your suffering and pain increased or decreased?' Devadatta replied, 'Hot iron wheels melt and destroy my body; iron pestles pound and crush my form; fierce black elephants trample my corpse; and volcanic mountains come to crush my face. My kāṣāya of former days has turned into copper sheets, intensely blazingly hot. Now, through you, I bow my head to the feet of the World-Honoured One, and I also pay homage to the Venerable Ānanda.' Maudgalyāyana then withdrew his supernatural power and returned to the World-Honoured One. Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: Devadatta's disciple was named Kokālika. He slandered Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana; when his life ended, he fell into the Lotus Hell. In the Benqi jing, he is named Quheli.