[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) › 58.23 # 法苑珠林 58.23 法苑珠林 58.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [58.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58.23) 又涅槃經云。佛在世時。瞻波城中有大長者。無有繼嗣。共事六師請求子息。於後不久其婦懷妊。長者知已往六師所問言。為男為女。六師答言。生必是女。長者愁惱。復有知識。語長者言。先不聞優樓迦葉兄弟為誰弟子。六師若是一切智者。迦葉何故捨之從佛。 > Also, the \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\* says: When the Buddha was in the world, there was a great elder in the city of Campā who had no heir. Together \[with his wife\] he served the six teachers to pray for a child. Soon after, his wife became pregnant. When the elder learned of this, he went to the six teachers and asked: "Is it a boy or a girl?" The six teachers replied: "It will definitely be a girl." The elder was distressed. Then an acquaintance said to the elder: "Have you not heard whose disciples the brothers Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa were? If the six teachers were omniscient, why would Kāśyapa abandon them to follow the Buddha?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 58.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58.22) - [Next: 58.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58.24) - [Up: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.58.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.58.23) · Pramāṇa