[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) › 35.57 # 法苑珠林 35.57 法苑珠林 35.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.57) 又賢愚經云。阿難白佛。不審世尊。過去世中作何善根。致斯無極燈供果報。佛告阿難。過去二阿僧祇九十一劫。此閻浮提。有大國王。名波塞奇。大夫人生一太子。身紫金色相好具足。後漸長大出家成佛。教化人民度者甚多爾時父王請佛及僧三月供養。有一比丘字阿梨蜜羅（晉言聖友）於三月中作燈檀越。日日入城求索蘇油燈炷之具。時王女名曰牟尼。蹬於高樓見此比丘。日行入城經營所須。心生敬愍。遣人往問何所營理。比丘報言。我今三月與佛及僧作燈。檀越求乞蘇油燈炷之具。使還報命。王女歡喜。自今已往莫復行乞。我當給汝燈炷之具。比丘可之。於是已後常送蘇油燈炷之具。聖及比丘誠心殷著。佛授其記。汝於來世阿僧祇劫。當得作佛名曰定光（餘經名然燈佛）王女牟尼聞聖及比丘授記作佛。心自念言。佛燈之物悉是我有。比丘已記我獨不得作是念已往詣佛所自陳所懷。佛復授記。告牟尼曰。汝於來世二阿僧祇九十一劫。當得作佛名釋迦牟尼。十號具足。王女聞記歡喜發心。化成男子。重禮佛足。求為沙門。佛便聽之精修不息。由昔燈明布施。從是已來無數劫中。天上人間受福自然。身體殊異超絕餘人。至今成佛。受此燈明之報。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish states: Ānanda said to the Buddha, 'I wonder, World-Honoured One, what roots of goodness you planted in past lives to attain this limitless karmic reward of lamp-offerings?' The Buddha told Ānanda, 'Two asaṃkhyeya and ninety-one kalpas ago, in this Jambudvīpa, there was a great king named Prasenajit. His principal queen gave birth to a prince whose body was purplish-golden, complete with the marks and signs. Later, as he grew up, he renounced the household life and attained Buddhahood, teaching and transforming the people and delivering exceedingly many. At that time, the royal father invited the Buddha and the saṃgha to receive offerings for three months. There was a bhikṣu named Arimitra (in the language of Jin: Shengyou, "Noble Friend") who acted as the dānapati of the lamps during these three months, entering the city day after day to seek out clarified butter, oil, and wicks. At that time, the king's daughter, named Muni, climbed a high tower and saw this bhikṣu entering the city daily to manage what was needed. Her heart was moved with reverence and pity, and she sent someone to ask what he was managing. The bhikṣu replied, 'For these three months I am providing lamps for the Buddha and the saṃgha, acting as dānapati and begging for clarified butter, oil, and wicks.' The messenger returned and reported back. The princess was delighted \[and said\], 'From now on, do not go begging again; I will provide you with the supplies of lamps and wicks.' The bhikṣu agreed. From then on, she constantly sent supplies of clarified butter, oil, and wicks. The devotion of the bhikṣu Noble Friend was earnest and profound, and the Buddha bestowed a prediction upon him: 'In a future asaṃkhyeya kalpa, you will become a Buddha named Dīpaṅkara' (in other sūtras called the Lamp-Lighting Buddha). When Princess Muni heard that the bhikṣu Noble Friend had received a prediction to become a Buddha, she thought to herself, 'The materials for the Buddha's lamps were all mine; the bhikṣu has already received a prediction, so why haven't I alone received one?' Having thought this, she went to the Buddha's presence and expressed her feelings. The Buddha also bestowed a prediction upon her, telling Muni, 'In a future time, after two asaṃkhyeya and ninety-one kalpas, you will become a Buddha named Śākyamuni, complete with the ten epithets.' Hearing the prediction, the princess rejoiced and generated the \[bodhi-\]mind; she transformed into a man, again bowed down to the Buddha's feet, and requested to become a śramaṇa. The Buddha then permitted it, and he cultivated diligently without cessation. Due to that past dāna of lamp illumination, from that time onward across countless kalpas, he received natural blessings in the heavens and among humans, his physical body extraordinary and surpassing that of other people, until now when he attained Buddhahood, receiving this retribution of lamp illumination.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.56) - [Next: 35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.58) - [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.35.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.35.57) · Pramāṇa