[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) › 46.8 # 法苑珠林 46.8 法苑珠林 46.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.8) 修行道地經云。昔有國王。選擇一國明智之人以為輔臣。王欲試之。欲知何如以重罪加。勅告臣吏。盛滿鉢油而使擎之。從北門來至於南門。去城二十里。園名調戲。令將到彼。若墮一滴便級其頭。不須啟問。爾時群臣受王重教。盛滿鉢油以與其人。兩手擎之。甚大愁憂。縱有車馬觀者填道。若見是非而不轉移。縱有親族妻子來逼。其人專心不左右視。縱有合國觀者擾攘。其人心端不見眾庶。縱有玉女國內無雙。歌舞相逼。見者皆喜。其人一心擎鉢志不動轉。亦不觀察妄起片心。專精擎鉢不聽其言。於是頌曰。 > The Xiuxing daodi jing says: Formerly there was a king who selected a wise and discerning person from the entire country to be his assisting minister. Wanting to test him and learn what he was like, the king charged him with a severe offense and commanded his ministers and officials to fill a bowl to the brim with oil and make him carry it, walking from the north gate to the south gate, and out twenty li from the city to a park named Joyful Sport, ordering that he be brought there. If even a single drop fell, they were to behead him immediately without needing to ask permission. At that time, the assembled ministers received the king's grave order, filled the bowl brimful with oil, and gave it to that man. Holding it with both hands, he was filled with immense sorrow and dread. Even though there were carriages and horses and onlookers filling the road, though he saw right and wrong, he did not turn aside. Even though his relatives, wife, and children pressed forward, the man concentrated his mind and looked neither to the left nor to the right. Even though the whole country's spectators bustled in confusion, his mind remained upright and he did not see the crowds. Even though there was a fair maiden peerless in the land pressing near with song and dance, so that all who saw her were delighted, the man carried the bowl single-mindedly, his resolve unmoved and unswerving; nor did he look or falsely give rise to the slightest thought, but carried the bowl with focused refinement, paying no heed to their words. Thereupon he uttered a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.7) - [Next: 46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.9) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.46.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.8) · Pramāṇa