[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) › 25.11 # 法苑珠林 25.11 法苑珠林 25.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.11) 如密迹金剛力士經云。目連承佛聖旨。西方有一世界名光明幡。佛名光明王。現在說法。目連到彼聽佛語。見其身長四十里。諸菩薩身長二十里。其諸菩薩所食鉢器。其高一里。目連行鉢際上。時諸菩薩白世尊曰。唯然大聖。此蟲從何而來。被沙門服行鉢際上。於時彼佛言。諸族姓子。慎勿發心輕慢此賢。所以者何。今斯少年名大目連。是釋迦文佛聲聞弟子中神足第一。時光明佛告大目連。吾土菩薩及諸聲聞。見卿身小咸發輕慢。仁當顯神足力承釋迦文威德。目連稽首足下。繞佛七匝踴身在空。廣現神足已復住佛前。諸菩薩歎未曾有。佛言。欲試釋迦文佛音響遠近。故到此土。仁者不宜試如來音響。如來音響無限。無遠無近。廣遠無量。不可為喻。世尊告曰。云何以汝神力到此世界。故是世尊釋迦文佛威德所立。當遙禮釋迦文佛。自當至彼。假使卿身以己神足欲還本國。一劫不至。目連右膝著地。向於東方禮釋迦文佛。叉手自歸屈申臂頃即時得至。故知目連神足中第一也。 > As the Guhyakādhipati-vajrapāṇi-sūtra states: Maudgalyāyana received the Buddha’s holy instruction that in the west there was a world named Banner of Light, where a Buddha named King of Light was currently preaching the Dharma. Maudgalyāyana went there to listen to that Buddha's words. He saw that that Buddha's body was forty li tall, and the bodhisattvas were twenty li tall. The alms-bowls used by those bodhisattvas were one li tall. Maudgalyāyana walked upon the rim of a bowl. At that time, the bodhisattvas addressed the World-Honoured One: 'Indeed, Great Sage, where does this insect come from, wearing the robes of a śramaṇa and walking on the rim of the bowl?' Then that Buddha said: 'Noble sons, beware of conceiving slight or contempt toward this worthy one. Why is that? This youth is named Mahāmaudgalyāyana, and is the foremost in supernatural powers among the śrāvaka disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha.' Then the Buddha King of Light addressed Mahāmaudgalyāyana: 'The bodhisattvas and śrāvakas of my land see your small body and all give rise to slight. Good sir, you should display your power of supernatural feats, relying upon the majestic virtue of Śākyamuni.' Maudgalyāyana bowed his head at the feet of the Buddha, circumambulated him seven times, leaped into the air, broadly displayed his supernatural feats, and then stopped before the Buddha. The bodhisattvas marveled, saying it was unprecedented. That Buddha said: 'Desiring to test the distance of Śākyamuni Buddha's voice, he arrived in this land. Worthy sir, you should not test the voice of a Tathāgata. The voice of a Tathāgata is boundless, neither far nor near, vast and immeasurable, beyond compare.' The World-Honoured One said to him: 'How could you reach this world by your own spiritual power? It was indeed established by the majestic virtue of the World-Honoured One Śākyamuni Buddha. You should bow toward Śākyamuni Buddha from afar, and you will naturally reach there. Were you to use your own supernatural powers to return to your native land, you would not arrive in an entire kalpa.' Maudgalyāyana touched his right knee to the ground, bowed toward the east to Śākyamuni Buddha, joined his palms in taking refuge, and in the time it takes to bend and extend an arm, he instantly arrived. Thus we know Maudgalyāyana is foremost in supernatural powers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.10) - [Next: 25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.12) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.25.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.11) · Pramāṇa