[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) › 59.28 # 法苑珠林 59.28 法苑珠林 59.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [59.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59.28) 於是阿闍世王。聞佛說法。啼泣悲感。佛問王曰。何為啼耶。王答佛曰。為眾生無智不解三事常有折減。是故悲耳。此眾生等但謂身口為大。不知意為深奧。如人殺生偷盜婬泆。天下盡見。口行四事天下所聞。意家三事。非耳所聞非眼所見。是故眾生以眼見耳聞為大。今佛說乃知心意為大身口為小。以是故身口二事繫於意釘。如多舌女欲謗毀佛先心思念當以繫杅起腹在大眾中說是謗事。故知意大身口小也。佛言。善哉善哉。大王。善解此事。常當學此意大身口小事。說是法時。八千比丘漏盡意解。二百比丘得阿那含道。四百比丘得斯陀含道。八百比丘得須陀洹道。八萬天人得法眼淨。十萬人及非人皆受五戒。二十萬鬼神受三自歸。 > Thereupon King Ajātaśatru, hearing the Buddha preach the Dharma, wept in sorrow and was deeply moved. The Buddha asked the king: “Why do you weep?” The king answered the Buddha: “Because sentient beings lack wisdom and do not understand these three matters, they constantly suffer diminution and loss; therefore I am sorrowful. These sentient beings merely consider body and speech to be paramount, not knowing that the mind is deep and profound. Just as when people kill, steal, and commit sexual misconduct, all under heaven see it; when they commit the four actions of speech, all under heaven hear it. As for the three actions of the mind, they are not heard by the ear nor seen by the eye. Therefore sentient beings consider what is seen by the eye and heard by the ear to be paramount. Now that the Buddha has explained it, I know that the mind is paramount and body and speech are secondary. For this reason, the two matters of body and speech are bound to the peg of the mind. Just as the slanderous woman wished to slander and disparage the Buddha, her mind first thought of tying a basin to swell her belly and uttering this slander in the great assembly. Therefore we know that the mind is paramount and body and speech are secondary.” The Buddha said: “Excellent, excellent! Great King, you understand this matter well. You should constantly learn this matter of the mind being paramount and body and speech being secondary.” When he preached this Dharma, eight thousand bhikṣus ended their outflows and their minds were liberated; two hundred bhikṣus attained the path of anāgāmin; four hundred bhikṣus attained the path of sakṛdāgāmin; eight hundred bhikṣus attained the path of srotāpanna; eighty thousand heavenly beings attained the purity of the Dharma eye; one hundred thousand humans and non-humans all received the five precepts; and two hundred thousand ghosts and spirits took the three refuges. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 59.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59.27) - [Next: 59.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59.29) - [Up: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.59.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說興起行經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmaplotisutra*zh-kang-mengxiang.2.40) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.59.28) · Pramāṇa