[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) › 43.38 # 法苑珠林 43.38 法苑珠林 43.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.38) 又雜阿含經云。阿育王問諸比丘言。誰於如來法中行大布施諸比丘白言。給孤獨長者最行大施。王復問曰。彼施幾許寶物。比丘答曰。以億千金。王聞是已。彼長者尚能捨億千金。我今為王。何緣復以億千金施。當以億百千金施。時王起八萬四千佛塔。於彼一一塔中復施百千金。復作五歲大會。會有三百千比丘。用三百億金供養於彼。彼眾中第一分是阿羅漢。第二分是學人。第三分是真實凡夫。除私庫藏此閻浮提夫人婇女。太子大臣施與聖僧。四十億金還贖取。如是計較用九十六億千金。乃至王得病欲以滿億百千金作功德。今願不得滿足。便就後世。時計較前後所施金銀珍寶。唯減四億未滿。王即辦諸珍寶送與雞雀寺中。法益之子名三波提為太子。諸臣等啟太子言。大王將終不久。今以此珍寶送與寺中。今庫藏財寶已竭。諸王法以物為尊。太子今宜斷之。勿使大王用之。時大王自知索諸物不復能得。所食金器送與寺中。時太子令斷金器。勅以銀器。王食已復送寺中。又斷銀器給以銅器。王亦送寺中。又斷銅器給以瓦器。時大王手中有半阿摩勒果。悲淚告諸大臣。今誰為地主。時諸臣啟白大王。王為地主。王即說偈答曰。 > Furthermore, the Saṃyuktāgama states: King Aśoka asked the bhikṣus, saying, "Who has practiced great giving in the Tathāgata's Dharma?" The bhikṣus replied, saying, "The householder Anāthapiṇḍada practiced the greatest giving." The king asked again, saying, "How much treasure did he give?" The bhikṣus replied, saying, "One hundred thousand times ten million \[in pieces of\] gold." When the king heard this, \[he thought\], "Even that householder could give away that much gold; now that I am king, why should I give only that much? I should give one hundred million times one hundred thousand \[pieces of\] gold." Then the king erected eighty-four thousand stūpas for the Buddha, and at every single stūpa he further gave one hundred thousand \[pieces of\] gold. He also held a five-year grand assembly (pañcavārṣika), where there were three hundred thousand bhikṣus, and used thirty billion \[pieces of\] gold to make offerings to them. Among that assembly, the first portion were arhats, the second portion were trainees (śaikṣa), and the third portion were genuine ordinary people (pṛthagjana). Except for his personal treasury, this Jambudvīpa, the queen, the court ladies, the crown prince, and the great ministers were given away to the noble Saṃgha, and redeemed for forty billion \[pieces of\] gold. Calculating in this manner, he expended ninety-six thousand times ten million \[pieces of\] gold. Eventually, the king fell ill; he had wished to complete one hundred million times one hundred thousand \[pieces of\] gold to make merit, but now his vow could not be fulfilled before departing for the next life. At that time, when calculating the gold, silver, and precious jewels given earlier and later, it was short by only four billion. The king immediately prepared various precious jewels to send to the Kukkuṭārāma monastery. The son of Fayid, named Saṃprati, was the crown prince. The ministers addressed the crown prince, saying, "The Great King will not live long; now he sends these precious jewels to the monastery, and the treasury's wealth is already exhausted. By royal law, material wealth is paramount; the crown prince should now stop this, and not allow the Great King to spend it." Then the Great King knew himself that when he demanded various goods, he could no longer obtain them; so he sent the golden vessels from which he ate to the monastery. Then the crown prince had the golden vessels stopped, ordering silver vessels to be provided. When the king finished eating, he again sent them to the monastery. Silver vessels were then stopped and copper vessels were provided; the king sent them to the monastery as well. Then copper vessels were stopped and earthenware vessels were provided. At that time, holding half an āmalaka fruit in his hand, the Great King wept tears of sorrow and said to the ministers, "Who is the master of the earth now?" Then the ministers addressed the Great King, saying, "The king is the master of the earth." The king then spoke a verse in reply, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.37) - [Next: 43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.39) - [Up: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.43.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.641.16) — Classical Chinese - [釋迦譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.5.21) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.38) · Pramāṇa