諸經要集 16.13

16.13

如雜寶藏經云。時提婆達多。作種種因緣。欲得殺佛。然不能得。時南天竺國。有婆羅門來。善知呪術和合毒藥。提婆即合毒藥以散佛上。風吹此藥反墮己頭上。即便悶絕躄地欲死。醫不能治。阿難白佛言。世尊。提婆達多。被毒欲死。佛憐愍故。為說實語。我從菩薩成佛已來。於提婆達多。常生慈悲無有惡心者。毒當自滅。作是語已。毒即消滅。諸比丘言。希有世尊。提婆達多。恒起惡心於如來。如來云何。猶故活之。佛言。非但今日惡心向我。過去亦爾。即問佛言。惡心於佛其事云何。佛言。過去之世。迦尸國中。有波羅柰城。有二輔相。一名斯那。二名惡意斯那常順法行。惡意恒作惡行。好為讒構。而語王言。斯那欲作惡逆。王即收閉。諸天善神。於虛空中出聲而言。如此賢人實無過罪。云何拘縛。第二惡意。劫王庫藏反著斯那。王亦不信。王言捉此惡意。付與斯那。仰使斷之。斯那即教惡意。向王懺悔。惡意自知有罪。便走向毘提醯王所。作一寶篋盛二惡蛇。見毒具足。令毘提醯王遣使。送與彼國王。并及斯那。二人共看。莫示餘人。王見寶篋極以嚴飾。心大歡喜。即喚斯那欲共發看。斯那答言。遠來之物不得自看。遠來果食不得即食。何以故。彼有惡人。或能以惡來見中傷。王言。我必欲看。慇懃三諫王不用語。復白王言。不用臣語王自看之。臣不能看。王即發看。兩眼盲冥不見於物。斯那憂苦愁悴欲死。遣人四出。遍歷諸國遠覓良藥。既得好藥。以治王眼平復如故。爾時王者舍利弗是。爾時斯那者我身是。爾時惡意者提婆達多是也。

As the Zabaozang jing states: At that time, Devadatta made use of various means, wishing to kill the Buddha, yet he could not do so. At that time, in a southern Indian kingdom, there was a brāhmaṇa who came, who was adept in mantras and the compounding of poisonous drugs. Devadatta then compounded a poisonous drug to scatter over the Buddha. The wind blew this drug so that it fell back onto his own head. Thereupon he fainted, falling to the ground on the verge of death; physicians could not cure him. Ānanda addressed the Buddha, saying, 'Bhagavat! Devadatta has been poisoned and is on the verge of death.' Because the Buddha felt pity, he made an utterance of truth for his sake: 'From the time when, as a bodhisattva, I attained buddhahood down to the present, I have always generated loving-kindness and compassion toward Devadatta without any malicious intent; may the poison naturally disappear!' Having spoken these words, the poison immediately dissolved. The monks said, 'It is rare, Bhagavat! Devadatta constantly gives rise to malicious intent toward the Tathāgata. Why does the Tathāgata nevertheless save his life?' The Buddha said, 'Not only today does he bear malicious intent toward me; in the past it was also like this.' They then asked the Buddha, saying, 'What were the circumstances of his malicious intent toward the Buddha?' The Buddha said, 'In a past age, in the kingdom of Kāśi, there was the city of Vārāṇasī. There were two ministers: the first was named Senā, and the second was named Malice (Durbuddhi). Senā always acted in accordance with the Dharma, while Malice constantly committed evil deeds, being fond of slanderous schemes. He said to the king, "Senā intends to commit treason." The king then had [Senā] seized and imprisoned. Devas and benevolent spirits cried out in the empty air, saying, "Such a worthy person has truly committed no fault or transgression; why is he bound and detained?" Next, Malice plundered the king's treasury and falsely accused Senā of it, but the king still did not believe him. The king said, "Seize this Malice, hand him over to Senā, and order him to execute judgment upon him." Senā then instructed Malice to repent before the king. Malice, knowing himself to be guilty, fled to the King of Videha. He crafted a jeweled chest containing two vicious serpents, endowed with lethal gaze. He had the King of Videha send an envoy to deliver it to that king and Senā, [saying], "Let the two of them view it together; do not show it to other people." When the king saw that the jeweled chest was exceedingly adorned, his heart was greatly delighted. He immediately summoned Senā, wishing to open and view it together. Senā replied, saying, "Objects that come from afar must not be inspected carelessly; fruits and foods that come from afar must not be eaten immediately. For what reason? Over there are evil persons who may perhaps come to harm us with evil." The king said, "I must look at it." [Senā] earnestly admonished him three times, but the king would not heed his words. He further addressed the king, saying, "If you do not heed your subject's words, Your Majesty may look at it yourself; your subject cannot look at it." The king then opened and looked at it, and both of his eyes were blinded into darkness so that he could not see objects. Senā was full of sorrow and distress, emaciated on the verge of death. He sent people out in the four directions, traveling extensively through all countries to seek far and wide for good medicine. Once they obtained good medicine, they cured the king's eyes, restoring them as before. The king at that time was Śāriputra; Senā at that time was myself; and Malice at that time was Devadatta.'