法苑珠林 62.17

62.17

說此偈已。地即為之六反大動。佛便入城。空中鬼神升空退散。地行鬼神諍門競出。城門不容各各奔突。崩城而出。於時城中諸有不淨。廁穢臭惡下沈入地。高卑相從溝坑皆平。盲視聾聽。瘂語躄行。狂者得正。病者除愈。象馬牛畜。悲鳴相和。箜篌樂器。不鼓自鳴。宮商調和。婦女珠環相𢾛妙響。器物瓨甖自然有聲。柔軟清和暢妙法音。地中伏藏自然發出。一切眾生如遭熱渴得清涼水。服飲澡浴泰然蘇息。舉眾病除皆得解脫。亦復如是。述曰。當知諸佛神力不可思議。眾生業力亦不可思議。故莊嚴論云。若有善業。自然力故。受好業報。雖有國王黨援之力。不知業力所獲果報。我昔曾聞。有一貧人作是思惟。當詣天祀求於現世饒益財寶。作是念已語其弟言。汝可勤作田好為生計。勿令家中有所乏短。便將其弟往至田中。此處可種胡麻。此處可種大小麥。此處可種禾大小豆等。示彼種處已向天祀中為祀弟子作天齋會。香華供養香泥塗地。晝夜禮拜求恩請福。悕望現世增益財產。爾時天神作是思惟。觀彼貧人於先世中頗有布施功德因緣不。若少有緣當設方便使有饒益。觀彼人已了無布施少許因緣。復作是念。彼人既無因緣。而今精勤求請於我。徒作勤苦將無有益。復當怨我。便化為弟。來向祀中。時兄語言。汝何所種來復何為。化弟白言。我亦欲來求請天神。使神歡喜求索衣食。我雖不種以天神力。田中穀麥自然足得。兄責弟言。何有田中不下種子望有收獲。無有是事。即說偈言。

When he had spoken this verse, the earth shook greatly in six ways. The Buddha then entered the city. The ghosts and spirits in the air scattered and retreated into the sky. The ghosts and spirits moving on the ground vied for the gates and rushed out together; the city gates could not contain them, so they scrambled against each other, breached the city walls, and fled. At that time, all impurities, cesspools, foulness, and stench in the city sank down into the earth; high and low became level, and ditches and pits were all smoothed out. The blind could see and the deaf could hear; the mute could speak and the crippled could walk; the mad regained their sanity and the sick were cured. Elephants, horses, cattle, and livestock neighed and called to one another in harmonious sounds. Konghou harps and musical instruments sounded on their own without being plucked, in harmonious gong and shang notes. The pearls and rings of women chimed against each other with wondrous resonance. Vessels, jars, and urns naturally produced sounds, gentle, pure, and harmonious, voicing the wondrous sound of the Dharma. Hidden treasures in the ground emerged of their own accord. All sentient beings, as if suffering from burning thirst and obtaining cool water, drank, bathed, and recovered in peaceful refreshment. The illnesses of the entire assembly were eliminated, and all attained liberation in just this manner. The exposition states: One should know that the divine power of the Buddhas is inconceivable, and the karmic power of sentient beings is also inconceivable. Hence the Alaṃkāra-śāstra states: 'If there is wholesome karma, by its natural power, one receives a good karmic retribution. Though one may have the power of a king's faction and support, this does not know the fruition obtained by karmic power.' I once heard in the past that there was a poor man who thought to himself: 'I should go to the shrine of a deva to seek an abundance of wealth and treasures in this present life.' Having had this thought, he said to his younger brother: 'You must diligently till the fields and properly make a living, and do not let the household lack anything.' He then took his brother to the fields: 'Here you may sow sesame; here you may sow barley and wheat; here you may sow grain, beans, and peas.' Having shown him where to sow, he went to the deva's shrine to hold a religious feast for the devas as a sacrificial disciple. With fragrant flowers for offering and fragrant mud smeared on the ground, he bowed day and night to plead for grace and pray for blessings, hoping to increase his property in this present life. At that time, the deva thought to himself: 'Let me examine whether this poor man has any cause and condition of merit from giving in his past lives or not. If there is a slight condition, I will devise an expedient means to make him prosperous.' Having examined that man, he saw that he had no cause or condition of giving whatsoever. He further thought: 'Since that man lacks the cause and condition, yet now diligently begs of me, his toiling will be in vain and of no benefit, and he will again resent me.' The deva then transformed himself into the younger brother and came to the shrine. The elder brother then said to him: 'What have you sown? Why have you come here again?' The transformed brother said: 'I too wish to come and pray to the deva, to please the deity and seek clothing and food. Though I do not sow, by the power of the deva, the grain and wheat in the field will naturally be obtained in abundance.' The elder brother scolded the younger brother: 'Where in a field could one not sow seeds and expect a harvest? There is no such thing!' He then spoke a verse: