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# 法苑珠林 53.37

法苑珠林 53.37

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.37)

爾時周羅般陀。遙聞此偈即得阿羅漢果。又增一阿含經云。朱利般特。佛教執掃篲令誦。誦掃忘篲。誦篲忘掃。乃經數日始得掃篲。復名除垢。般特思念。灰土瓦石。若除即清淨也。結縛是垢。智慧能除。我今以智慧篲掃除諸結縛。

> At that time, hearing this verse from afar, Cūḍapanthaka immediately attained the fruit of arhatship. Furthermore, the \*Ekottarika-āgama\* states: The Buddha taught Cūlikapanthaka to hold a broom and recite \[its name\]. When reciting 'sweep', he forgot 'broom'; when reciting 'broom', he forgot 'sweep'. Only after several days did he manage to remember 'sweep-broom'. It was also called 'removing defilement'. Panthaka reflected: 'Dirt, earth, tiles, and stones: if removed, there is purity. The fetters are defilements; wisdom can remove them. I now use the broom of wisdom to sweep away all fetters.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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