法苑珠林 77.34

77.34

時目連祝願已受此白㲲。使長者受福無窮。在一面坐已。目連漸與說法施戒生天之論。呵欲不淨出要為樂。即於座上得法眼淨。以得見法無有狐疑。而受五戒自歸佛法聖眾。時目連以見得法眼淨。便說此偈。

Having made this blessing, Maudgalyāyana accepted this white cloth, enabling the elder to receive inexhaustible merit. After he sat to one side, Maudgalyāyana gradually explained the Dharma to him, delivering discourses on giving, moral discipline, and rebirth in heaven; rebuking desire as impure, and teaching that transcendence is bliss. Thereupon, right on his seat, [the elder] attained the pure Dharma eye; having seen the Dharma without doubts, he received the five precepts and took refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the holy Saṃgha. When Maudgalyāyana saw that he had attained the pure Dharma eye, he spoke this verse: