[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 10.142 # 諸經要集 10.142 諸經要集 10.142 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.142) 又增一阿含經云。若有人懈惰種不善行。於事有損。若能不懈惰。此最精妙。所以然者。彌勒菩薩。經三十劫。應當作佛。我以精進力勇猛之心。使彌勒在後成佛。是故當念精進。勿有懈怠。又譬喻經云。迦葉佛時。有兄弟二人。俱為沙門。兄持戒坐禪。一心求道而不布施。弟布施修福。而喜破戒。兄從釋迦出家。得阿羅漢果。衣常不充食常不飽。弟生象中。為象多力能却怨敵。國王所愛。金銀珍寶瓔珞。其身封數百戶邑。供給此象隨其所須。時兄比丘。值世大儉。遊行乞食七日不得。末後得少麁食。劣得存命。先知此象是前世弟。便往詣象。手捉象耳而語之言。我昔與汝俱有罪也。象思比丘語。即識宿命已前因緣。愁憂不食。象子怖懼。便往白王。王問象子。先無人犯此象不。象子答曰。無他異人。唯一沙門。來至象邊須臾便去。王即遣人覓得沙門。問言至象邊何所道耶。沙門答曰。我語象云。我與汝俱有罪耳。沙門白王具說如上。王意便悟。即放沙門。 > Furthermore, the \*Ekottarika-āgama\* states: “If someone is indolent and plants unwholesome deeds, there will be loss in his affairs. If one can avoid being indolent, this is most exquisite. Why is this so? Maitreya Bodhisattva, after thirty kalpas, was supposed to become a Buddha. By the power of my diligence and a valiant mind, I caused Maitreya to become a Buddha after me. Therefore, one should be mindful of diligence and have no indolence.” Furthermore, the \*Dṛṣṭānta-sūtra\* states: In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, there were two brothers who both became śramaṇas. The elder brother upheld the precepts and sat in meditation, single-mindedly seeking the Way without practicing dāna. The younger brother gave dāna and cultivated merit, but was fond of breaking the precepts. The elder brother left home under Śākyamuni and attained the fruit of arhatship, yet his clothing was never sufficient and his food was never filling. The younger brother was born among elephants; because as an elephant he was very strong and could repel enemies, he was cherished by the king of the country, who adorned his body with gold, silver, and precious jewels, and enfeoffed him with several hundred households to supply this elephant with whatever he needed. At that time, the elder brother bhikṣu encountered a great famine in the world; he wandered begging for food for seven days without receiving any. Finally he obtained a small amount of coarse food, barely managing to keep himself alive. Knowing beforehand that this elephant was his younger brother in a former life, he went to the elephant, held the elephant’s ear with his hand, and said to him: “In the past, you and I both committed faults.” The elephant pondered the bhikṣu’s words and immediately recognized the causes and conditions of his past lives; he became despondent and would not eat. The elephant keeper was frightened and went to inform the king. The king asked the elephant keeper: “Has anyone offended this elephant before?” The keeper replied: “There was no other person, only a single śramaṇa who came to the elephant’s side and left shortly thereafter.” The king immediately dispatched men who found the śramaṇa, and asked him: “When you went to the elephant’s side, what did you say?” The śramaṇa replied: “I said to the elephant, ‘You and I both committed faults,’ and nothing more.” The śramaṇa explained fully to the king as above. The king’s mind was awakened, and he immediately released the śramaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.141) - [Next: 10.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.143) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.10.142) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.20.6.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.142) · Pramāṇa