[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) › 56.11 # 法苑珠林 56.11 法苑珠林 56.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [56.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.11) 又百緣經云。佛在世時。舍衛城中有一長者。名曰善賢。財寶無量不可稱計。其婦生女端正殊妙世所希有。頂上自然有一寶珠。光曜城內。父母歡喜。因為立字。名曰寶光。年漸長大體性調順。好喜施惠。頂上寶珠有來乞者。即取施與。尋復還生。父母歡喜將詣佛所。以生喜樂求索出家。佛告善來比丘尼。鬢髮自落法服著身成比丘尼。精勤修習得阿羅漢。諸天世人所見敬仰。時諸比丘見是事已請問因緣。佛告比丘。乃往過去九十一劫。有佛出世。號毘婆尸。入涅槃後有王。名曰梵摩達多。收取舍利起四寶塔而供養之。時有一人入此塔中。持一寶珠繫著棖頭發願而去。緣是功德九十一劫不墮惡趣。天上人中常有寶珠。隨共俱生受天快樂。乃至今者遭值於我出家得道。比丘聞已歡喜奉行。 > The Sūtra of a Hundred Avadānas also says: When the Buddha was in the world, there was an elder in the city of Śrāvastī named Subhadra, whose wealth and treasures were boundless and beyond calculation. His wife gave birth to a daughter, upright and exquisite, rare in the world. Upon the crown of her head was naturally a precious gem whose light illuminated the inside of the city. The parents were delighted and accordingly gave her a name, calling her Jewel Light (Ratnaprabhā). As she gradually grew older, her nature became gentle and compliant, and she loved to practice giving. When beggars came seeking the precious gem upon her head, she would immediately take it and give it away, and soon another would grow back. Her parents rejoiced, brought her to the Buddha's place, and out of joy she sought to leave the household life. The Buddha said to her, "Come, bhikṣuṇī!" Her hair naturally fell away, the Dharma robes appeared upon her body, and she became a bhikṣuṇī. Diligently cultivating and practicing, she attained arhatship, revered and admired by devas and worldly humans. When the monks saw this, they asked about the causes and conditions. The Buddha told the monks, "In the distant past, ninety-one kalpas ago, a Buddha appeared in the world named Vipaśyin. After he entered nirvāṇa, there was a king named Brahmadatta who collected the śarīra and erected a four-jewelled stūpa to make offerings to them. At that time, a person entered this stūpa, tied a precious gem to the tip of the pillar, made a vow, and departed. By virtue of this merit, for ninety-one kalpas he did not fall into the evil destinies; among devas and humans he always possessed a precious gem that was born along with him, and he enjoyed heavenly bliss, until today when she met me, left the household life, and attained the Way." Having heard this, the monks rejoiced and put it into practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 56.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.10) - [Next: 56.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.12) - [Up: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.56.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.11) · Pramāṇa