[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) › 43.40 # 法苑珠林 43.40 法苑珠林 43.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.40) 時阿育王呼侍者言。汝今憶我恩養。汝持此半阿摩勒果送雞雀寺中作我意。禮拜諸比丘僧足。白言。阿育王問訊諸大眾。我是阿育王領此閻浮提。閻浮提是我所有。今者頓盡無有財寶布施眾僧。於一切財而不得自在。今唯此半阿摩勒果我得自由。此是最後布施檀波羅蜜。哀愍我故納受此施。令我得供養僧福。時彼使者受王勅已。即持此半果至雞雀寺中。至上座前五體投地作禮。長跪合掌具向上座說前王教。時彼上座告諸大眾。誰聞是語而不厭世。時彼上座令此半果一切眾僧得其分食。即教令研磨著石榴羹中行已。眾僧一切皆得周遍。時王復問傍臣曰。誰是閻浮提王臣答王言。大王是也。時王從臥起而坐顧望四方。合掌作禮念諸佛德。心念口言。我今復以此閻浮提施與三寶。隨意用之。時王以此語盡書紙上而封緘之。以齒印印之。作是事畢便即就盡。爾時太子臣民葬送王已。諸臣欲立太子紹王位中有大臣。名曰阿㝹羅陀。語諸臣曰。不得立太子為王。大王在時願滿十萬億金作諸功德。唯減四億不滿十萬以是故今捨閻浮提施與三寶欲令滿足。今是大地屬於三寶。云何而立為王。時諸臣聞已即送四億諸金送與寺中。即便立法益之子為王。名三波提。 > Then King Aśoka called his attendant and said, “You now recall my kindness in nurturing you. Take this half-āmalaka fruit, deliver it to Kukkuṭārāma Monastery, and fulfill my intention. Pay homage at the feet of the Saṃgha of monks and say, ‘King Aśoka sends his regards to the great assembly. I am King Aśoka, who ruled this Jambudvīpa. Jambudvīpa was my possession. Now, utterly exhausted of wealth and jewels to give to the assembly of monks, I have no mastery over any possessions. Today, it is only over this half-āmalaka fruit that I have freedom. This is my final dānapāramitā. Out of pity for me, accept this gift, and let me obtain the merit of making offerings to the Saṃgha.’” Having received the king’s order, the messenger took the half-fruit to Kukkuṭārāma Monastery. Coming before the elder (sthavira), he cast himself down on the ground in veneration, knelt upright with palms joined, and reported the king’s instructions in full to the elder. The elder then addressed the great assembly: “Who, hearing these words, would not feel aversion to the world?” The elder then had all the monks of the assembly receive a share of the half-fruit to eat: he ordered it ground up and put into pomegranate soup, and when served, all the monks received a portion throughout. Then the king asked his courtiers again, “Who is the king of Jambudvīpa?” The ministers replied to the king, “Your Majesty is.” The king sat up from his bed, looked out in the four directions, joined his palms in reverence, and contemplated the virtues of the Buddhas. Thinking in his mind and speaking with his mouth, he said, “I now once again give this Jambudvīpa to the Three Jewels, to use as they wish.” The king wrote all these words down on paper, sealed it, and impressed it with his tooth-mark. When he had finished doing this, he passed away. At that time, after the crown prince, ministers, and commoners had buried the king, the ministers wished to enthrone the crown prince to succeed to the royal rank. Among them, a chief minister named Anuruddha spoke to the ministers, saying, “We must not enthrone the crown prince as king. While the great king was alive, he vowed to spend a hundred thousand koṭis of gold performing deeds of merit. He fell short of the hundred thousand only by four koṭis. For this reason, he has now renounced Jambudvīpa and given it to the Three Jewels so as to fulfill his vow. Now this great earth belongs to the Three Jewels; how could we install him as king?” When the ministers heard this, they immediately sent four koṭis of gold to the monastery. Thereupon they enthroned the son of Dharmavivardhana, named Saṃprati, as king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.39) - [Next: 43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.41) - [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.43.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.641.22) — Classical Chinese - [釋迦譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.5.23) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.40) · Pramāṇa