[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) › 94.51 # 法苑珠林 94.51 法苑珠林 94.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [94.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94.51) 又賢愚經云。佛在世時。羅閱城邊有一汪水。污泥不淨。多諸糞穢。國中人民以屎尿投中。有一大蟲其形像蛇。加有四足。於其汪水東西馳走。或沒或出。經歷年載。常處其中。受苦無量。爾時世尊將諸比丘。至彼坑所問諸比丘。汝識此蟲宿緣行不。諸比丘咸言。不知。佛言。毘婆尸佛時。有眾賈客入海取寶。大獲珍寶平安還到。選寶上者用施眾僧。規俟僧食。僧受其寶付授摩摩帝。於後僧食向盡。從其求索不與。眾僧苦索。摩摩帝瞋恚而語之言。汝曹噉𡱁。此寶屬我。何緣乃索。由其欺僧惡口罵故。身壞命終墮阿鼻地獄。身常宛轉沸𡱁之中。九十一劫乃從獄出。今墮此中。自從七佛已來皆作其蟲。至賢劫千佛各各皆爾。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish states: When the Buddha was in the world, beside the city of Rājagṛha there was a pool of water, muddy and impure, with much excrement and filth. The people of the realm cast their feces and urine into it. There was a large worm shaped like a snake, but with four legs, running east and west in that pool of water, now sinking, now surfacing. Many years passed, and it constantly dwelled in it, suffering immeasurable torment. At that time, the World-Honoured One took the bhikṣus to that pit and asked the bhikṣus: 'Do you know the past karma and conduct of this worm?' The bhikṣus all said: 'We do not know.' The Buddha said: 'In the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, there were merchants who entered the sea to gather jewels. Having acquired great treasures, they returned safely. They selected the finest jewels to offer to the Saṃgha, intending them to provide for the monks' meals. The Saṃgha accepted the jewels and entrusted them to the karmadāna. Later, when the Saṃgha's food was running low, they requested \[provisions\] from him, but he would not give them. When the Saṃgha pressed their demand, the karmadāna was enraged and said to them: 'You eat shit! These jewels belong to me. On what grounds do you demand them?' Because he deceived the Saṃgha and reviled them with evil speech, upon the dissolution of his body at death he fell into the Avīci Hell. His body constantly rolled about in boiling feces. Only after ninety-one kalpas did he emerge from hell, and now he has fallen into this place. Ever since the time of the Seven Buddhas, he has continually been this worm, and so it will be for each of the thousand Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 94.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94.50) - [Next: 94.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94.52) - [Up: 94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.94.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.94.51) · Pramāṇa