[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) › 37.41 # 法苑珠林 37.41 法苑珠林 37.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.41) 又譬喻經云。昔佛涅槃後。阿育王國有迦羅越。其人福德世間希有。意有所須應念即至。其家舍宅七寶所成。閤內婦女端正少雙。晝夜娛樂快樂無極。其人信心每常供養二萬餘僧。阿育王聞便召見之。而語之言。聞卿大富家有何物。即答王言。家無所有。王不信之。便遣人看。使至唯見門閤七重舍宅堂宇。七寶莊嚴巍巍無量。使入室中不見餘物。唯見婦女端正少雙。使見即還具以白王。王意漸解。時迦羅越知王解已。便於王前以手東指。即時空中七寶雨下不可限量。指餘三方亦復如是。王見乃知是大福德。王即詣寺請問此事。寺有上座得阿羅漢三明六通。王問上座。此迦羅越宿殖何福。所須自然應念即至。上座答王。乃往過去九十一劫。毘婆尸佛入涅槃後。迦羅越爾時與其四人同共造塔。用心偏殷。造塔成已。復以七寶及取好花上塔頭上。四面散下而以供養。發誓願言。使我世世食福自然常不斷絕。緣是功德。從是以來九十一劫不墮惡道。天上人中食福自然快樂無極。爾時但願食福無盡不願度脫。故至今日唯受勝福未得道迹。 > Furthermore, the Dṛṣṭānta-sūtra says: In the past, after the Buddha entered nirvāṇa, there was a gṛhapati in the kingdom of King Aśoka. That man's blessed virtues were rare in the world; whatever he had in mind would arrive as soon as he thought of it. His family dwelling was made of the seven jewels, and the women in his inner chambers were upright, fair, and with few equals; day and night they enjoyed boundless pleasures. That man had faith in his heart and regularly made offerings to more than twenty thousand monks. King Aśoka, hearing of this, summoned him for an audience and said to him: "I hear that you are very wealthy; what things do you have in your house?" He replied to the king: "My house has nothing at all." The king did not believe him, so he dispatched a person to inspect. When the envoy arrived, he saw only seven-tiered gateways, halls, and pavilions, their seven-jewelled adornments towering and boundless. The envoy entered the rooms and saw no other goods, seeing only women who were upright, fair, and with few equals. The envoy, having seen this, returned and reported everything to the king. The king's mind was gradually cleared of doubt. At that time, the gṛhapati, knowing that the king understood, pointed with his hand to the east before the king; immediately an immeasurable rain of the seven jewels fell from the sky. He pointed to the other three directions, and it was also like this. When the king saw this, he knew that this was a person of great blessed virtue. The king then went to a monastery to inquire about this matter. In the monastery there was an elder (sthavira) who had attained arhatship, the three knowledges, and the six supernormal powers. The king asked the elder: "What blessings did this gṛhapati plant in past lives that whatever he requires comes naturally as soon as he thinks of it?" The elder replied to the king: "Ninety-one kalpas ago in the distant past, after Vipaśyin Buddha entered nirvāṇa, this gṛhapati at that time built a stūpa together with four others, his own intention being particularly earnest. When the stūpa was completed, he took the seven jewels and beautiful flowers, climbed to the top of the stūpa, and scattered them down on all four sides to make offerings. He made a vow, saying: 'May I, life after life, naturally enjoy blessings without interruption.' By virtue of this merit, from then on for ninety-one kalpas he did not fall into the evil destinies; among gods and humans he naturally enjoyed blessings, his happiness boundless. At that time, he only wished to enjoy unending blessings and did not wish for liberation; therefore, up to the present day, he only receives supreme blessings and has not yet attained the traces of the Way." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.40) - [Next: 37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.42) - [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.37.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.41) · Pramāṇa