[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) › 55.20 # 法苑珠林 55.20 法苑珠林 55.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.20) 時天帝釋即取乳滿鉢。阿難得乳意甚歡喜。於是梵志從邑中來者。聞此牛子母所說皆共驚怪。此牛弊惡人不得近。今日何故柔善乃爾。想是阿難所感發耳。瞿曇弟子尚猶如此。何況佛德威神變化。而我等不信其教。時梵志男女合萬餘人。皆悉踊躍。遠塵離垢逮得法眼。阿難持乳還至佛所。具白所由。佛告阿難。實如牛子母所說。此牛子母。乃昔宿命時曾為長者。大富饒財。復慳不施。不信佛戒。不知生死。常喜出財。外人從舉。日月適至。喜多責息。無有道理。既償錢畢。復謗牴人。言其未畢。但坐是故墮畜生中十六劫。今聞我名歡喜者何。畜生之罪亦當畢。是此牛子母却後命盡。七返生兜術天及梵天上。七返生世間。當為豪富家不生惡道。所在常當通識宿命。當供養諸佛燒香持經。牛母從是因緣。最後當值見彌勒佛作沙門。精進不久得羅漢道。犢子亦當如是上下二十劫竟當得作佛。號曰乳光。牛母之子俱得度脫。會中五百長者子悉發無上道意。三千八百梵志應時得須陀洹道。 > Then Śakra, king of the gods, drew the milk and filled the bowl. Ānanda received the milk and was exceedingly joyful. Thereupon the brahmans who had come from the village, hearing what this cow and her calf said, were all astonished: "This cow was vicious and wicked, so that no one could approach her; why is she so gentle and docile today? Surely she has been moved by Ānanda. If a disciple of Gautama is like this, how much more so must be the Buddha's virtues, majesty, and supernatural transformations! Yet we did not believe his teachings." Then more than ten thousand brahman men and women rejoiced together; far from the dust and free from defilement, they attained the Dharma-eye. Ānanda carried the milk back to the Buddha and related the whole story. The Buddha said to Ānanda: "It is indeed as the cow and calf said. In a past life, this cow and calf were once a householder, immensely wealthy with vast riches, yet stingy and not giving, disbelieving the Buddha's precepts, and ignorant of saṃsāra. He always loved lending out wealth, and outsiders borrowed from him. When the appointed day came, he liked charging heavy interest without any fairness. Even when they had fully repaid the money, he would falsely contest it, claiming it was not yet paid. Solely for this reason he fell among beasts for sixteen kalpas. Why do they rejoice now upon hearing my name? Because their beastly retribution is also about to end. When this cow and calf's lives come to an end hereafter, they will be reborn seven times in Tuṣita Heaven and in the Brahmā heavens, and seven times in the human world. They will be born into wealthy households and will not go to the evil destinies. Wherever they are, they will always have recollection of past lives; they will make offerings to all Buddhas, burn incense, and uphold the scriptures. Through these causes and conditions, the mother cow will at last meet Maitreya Buddha, become a śramaṇa, and through diligent practice soon attain arhatship. The calf will likewise go through twenty kalpas of rebirths above and below, after which it will become a Buddha named Milk Radiance (Dugdhaprabha). The cow and her calf will both be delivered." In the assembly, five hundred sons of elders all generated the resolve for unsurpassed bodhi, and three thousand eight hundred brahmans immediately attained the fruit of stream-enterer (srotāpanna). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.19) - [Next: 55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.21) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.55.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說乳光佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.narrative.vatsasutra-t809*zh-dharmaraksa.1.33) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.20) · Pramāṇa