[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) › 37.40 # 法苑珠林 37.40 法苑珠林 37.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.40) 又法句喻經云。昔佛在世時。遣一羅漢。名曰須曼。持佛髮爪至罽賓國南山之中造佛塔。寺中常有五百羅漢。旦夕燒香繞塔禮拜。時山中有五百獼猴。見僧繞塔禮拜供養。即共負石學僧作塔繞之禮拜。于時天雨山水瀑漲。五百獼猴一時沒死。生忉利天。七寶宮殿巍巍無量。衣食自然快樂無極。既得生天各自念言。我等何緣得來生此。即以天眼觀見前身。作其獼猴。由學眾僧戲為作塔。山水所漂命終生此。即共相將齎持香華。從天下來供養死屍。迴詣佛所禮拜問訊。佛為說法。五百天子一時皆得須陀洹果。既得果已還歸天上。獼猴學僧戲為作塔。尚獲福報巍巍乃爾。豈況於人信心造塔寧無果報。 > Furthermore, the Avadāna-sūtra of the Dharmapada says: In the past when the Buddha was in the world, he sent an arhat named Sumana to take hair and nail \[relics\] of the Buddha into the southern mountains of the kingdom of Kaśmīra to construct a Buddha stūpa. In the monastery there were constantly five hundred arhats who morning and evening burned incense, circumambulated the stūpa, and bowed in worship. At that time there were five hundred macaques in the mountains who saw the monks circumambulating the stūpa, bowing and making offerings; they then joined together to carry stones, imitating the monks in building a stūpa, circumambulating it, and bowing. At that time, heavy rain fell and a mountain torrent suddenly surged; the five hundred macaques all drowned and died at once. They were reborn in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, in towering and boundless seven-jewelled palaces, their food and clothing coming naturally, and their joy boundless. Having attained rebirth in heaven, each reflected: "By what cause have we come to be born here?" With the divine eye they immediately observed their previous lives, seeing that they had been macaques who had imitated the saṃgha and playfully built a stūpa, had been swept away by the mountain flood, and upon dying were born here. They then went together, bringing incense and flowers down from heaven to make offerings to their dead corpses. They returned to the Buddha's abode to bow and inquire after his health. The Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and all five hundred sons of heaven attained the fruit of srotāpanna simultaneously. Having attained the fruit, they returned to heaven. If macaques imitating monks playfully building a stūpa could obtain such towering karmic rewards, how much more so for a human being who builds a stūpa with a faithful heart—how could there be no karmic result? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.39) - [Next: 37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.41) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.37.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.40) · Pramāṇa