[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) › 42.5 # 法苑珠林 42.5 法苑珠林 42.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42.5) 如昔有樹提伽長者。造旃檀鉢著絡囊中。懸高象牙杙上。作是言。若沙門婆羅門。不以梯杖能得者即與之。諸外道知欲現神通。無智挑頭而去。賓頭盧聞是事。問目連言。實爾不。答言。實爾。汝師子吼中第一。便往取之。其目連懼佛教不肯取。賓頭盧即往其舍入禪定。便於座上申手取鉢。依四分律。當時坐於方石縱廣極大。逐身飛空。得鉢已還去。佛聞呵責。云何比丘為外道鉢而於未受戒人前現神通力。從今盡形擯汝。不得住閻浮提。於是賓頭盧如佛教勅往西瞿耶尼。教化四眾廣宣佛法。閻浮提四部弟子思見賓頭盧白佛。佛聽還坐。現神足故不聽涅槃。勅令為末世四部眾作福田。其亦自誓。三天下有請悉赴。又阿育王經。海意比丘從鑊乘空為王說偈云。 > In the past, the elder Jyotiṣka fashioned a sandalwood bowl, placed it in a netted bag, and hung it high on an ivory peg, saying, 'If any śramaṇa or brāhmaṇa can reach it without using a ladder or staff, I will give it to them.' Knowing this, various non-Buddhists wished to manifest supernormal powers, but lacking wisdom, they only turned their heads and left. Pindola-bhāradvāja heard of this and asked Maudgalyāyana, 'Is this true or not?' Maudgalyāyana answered, 'It is true. You are foremost among those who roar the lion's roar; go and take it.' Maudgalyāyana himself feared the Buddha's admonition and was unwilling to take it. Pindola immediately went to the house, entered meditative absorption, and simply stretched out his hand from his seat to take the bowl. According to the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya, he was sitting at that time upon a square boulder of immense proportions, which flew through the air following his body; having obtained the bowl, he returned. When the Buddha heard of this, he reproached him: 'How can a bhikṣu manifest supernormal powers before unordained people for the sake of a non-Buddhist's bowl? From now on, for the rest of your life, you are expelled and may not dwell in Jambudvīpa.' Thereupon, Pindola followed the Buddha's instructions and went to Aparagodānīya, converting the fourfold assembly and broadly proclaiming the Buddha's Dharma. When the disciples of the four assemblies in Jambudvīpa longed to see Pindola, they addressed the Buddha, and the Buddha permitted him to return to his seat. Because he had manifested his supernormal feet, he was not permitted to enter nirvāṇa, and was commanded to serve as a field of merit for the fourfold assembly of the final age. He also vowed that wherever he was invited across the three continents, he would go. Furthermore, the Aśoka-avadāna records that the bhikṣu Samudramati, riding through the air out of a boiling cauldron, spoke a verse to the king, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42.4) - [Next: 42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42.6) - [Up: 42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.42.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.5.55) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.42.5) · Pramāṇa