[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) › 35.24 # 法苑珠林 35.24 法苑珠林 35.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.24) 如賢愚經云。昔過去無量阿僧祇劫。此閻浮提有大國王。名曰提毘。總領八萬四千小國。時世無佛有辟支佛在山林中。福度眾生禽獸亦附。時有師子。名曰堅誓。軀體金色食菓噉草。不害群生。有一獵師。𩮜除鬚髮。身著袈裟。內佩弓箭行見師子。而心念言。可殺取皮以用上王。足得脫貧。值師子睡。獵師便以毒箭射傷。師子驚覺即往欲害。見著袈裟便自念言。著袈裟人不久在世必得解脫。所以然者。此袈裟乃是三世聖人標相。我若害之則起惡心。向三世諸賢聖人。念已息害。毒箭入體。命在不久。即說偈言。 > As the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish says: Long ago, immeasurable asaṃkhyeya kalpas in the past, in this Jambudvīpa there was a great king named Devī, who had overall command of eighty-four thousand small kingdoms. At that time, there was no Buddha in the world; there was a pratyekabuddha residing in the mountains and forests, blessing and liberating sentient beings, and birds and beasts also attached themselves to him. At that time, there was a lion named Dṛḍhapratijña, whose body was golden-colored, who ate fruits and grazed on grass, and did not harm the multitude of living beings. There was a hunter who shaved off his beard and hair, put on a kāṣāya, and, secretly carrying bow and arrows, went and saw the lion. In his heart he thought: 'I could kill it and take its skin to present to the king; this would be sufficient to escape poverty.' It happened that the lion was asleep; the hunter then shot and wounded it with a poisoned arrow. The lion was startled awake and immediately went to harm him, but seeing him wearing a kāṣāya, it thought to itself: 'A person wearing a kāṣāya will not remain long in the world and will certainly attain liberation. Why is this so? This kāṣāya is the sign of the sages of the three times. If I harm him, I would be giving rise to an evil mind toward all the worthy and holy ones of the three times.' Having so thought, it ceased harming him. The poisoned arrow penetrated its body, and its life was not long for this world. It then spoke a gāthā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.23) - [Next: 35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.25) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.35.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.24) · Pramāṇa