[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) › 16.56 # 諸經要集 16.56 諸經要集 16.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.56) 如薩婆多論云。波羅提木叉之戒。五道而言。唯人道得戒。餘四不得。如天道。以著樂深重不能得戒。如昔一時大目連。以弟子有病。上忉利天以問耆婆。正值諸天入歡喜園。爾時目連。在於路側立待。一切諸天。無顧看者。唯耆婆後至。顧見目連。向舉一手乘車直過。目連自念。此本人間是我弟子。今受天福。以著天樂都失本心。即以神力制車令住。耆婆下車。禮目連足。目連種種因緣呵責。耆婆答目連曰。以我人中為大德弟子。是故舉手問訊。頗見諸天。有爾者不。爾時目連。勸誡釋提桓因。佛世難值。何不數數相近。諮受正法。帝釋欲解目連意。故遣使勅一天子令來。返覆三喚猶故不來。後不應已而來。帝白目連曰。此天子。唯有一天女一伎樂。以自娛樂。以染欲情深。雖復命重不能自割。故不肯來。況作天王。種種宮觀無數天女。須食自然百味。百千伎樂以自娛樂。視東忘西。雖知佛世難遇正法難聞。而以染樂纏縛。不得自在。知復如何三塗苦難。無緣得戒。人中唯三天下得戒。北欝單越。無有佛法。不得戒。以福報障并愚癡故。不受聖法。 > As the Sarvāstivāda Treatise says: Regarding the prātimokṣa precepts across the five realms of rebirth, only those in the human realm can receive the precepts; the other four cannot. As for the heavenly realm, because their attachment to pleasure is deep and heavy, they cannot receive the precepts. For example, once in the past, Mahāmaudgalyāyana, whose disciple was ill, ascended to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to ask Jīvaka. It happened that the devas were entering the Nandana Grove. At that time, Maudgalyāyana stood waiting by the roadside. Among all the devas, none looked back at him. Only Jīvaka arrived later; seeing Maudgalyāyana, he merely raised one hand toward him and rode his chariot straight past. Maudgalyāyana thought to himself, “He was originally in the human world as my disciple. Now enjoying heavenly blessings, because he is attached to heavenly pleasures, he has completely lost his original mind.” He then used his supernormal powers to stop the chariot. Jīvaka descended from the chariot and bowed at Maudgalyāyana's feet. Maudgalyāyana rebuked him on various grounds. Jīvaka answered Maudgalyāyana, saying, “Because I was the Venerable's disciple in the human world, I raised my hand to greet you. Have you seen any among the devas who would do even that?” At that time, Maudgalyāyana admonished and advised Śakra Devānām Indra, “A Buddha's era is difficult to encounter; why do you not frequently approach him to inquire about and receive the true Dharma?” Śakra, wishing to satisfy Maudgalyāyana's mind, dispatched a messenger to command a devaputra to come. After calling him back and forth three times, he still did not come. Only after being unable to refuse did he finally arrive. Śakra said to Maudgalyāyana, “This devaputra has only one goddess and one musical performer with whom to entertain himself. Because his defiled desire is so deep, even though the order was serious, he could not tear himself away, and thus was unwilling to come. How much more so for a heavenly king with all kinds of palaces, countless goddesses, spontaneously appearing foods of a hundred flavors, and hundreds of thousands of musical performers with which to entertain himself! Looking eastward, he forgets the west. Although he knows that a Buddha's era is hard to encounter and the true Dharma is hard to hear, because he is entangled in defiled pleasures, he cannot attain self-mastery. What else could be done? In the suffering and distress of the three evil paths, there is no opportunity to receive the precepts. In the human realm, only three of the continents can receive the precepts; in Uttarakuru, there is no Buddha-dharma, so they cannot receive the precepts: because they are hindered by karmic rewards and due to foolishness, they do not receive the noble Dharma.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.55) - [Next: 16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.57) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.16.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.56) · Pramāṇa