[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) › 2.29 # 諸經要集 2.29 諸經要集 2.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.29) 又賢愚經云。昔佛在世時。舍衛國中須達長者。信敬佛法為僧檀越。眾僧所須一切供給。須達家內有二鸚鵡。一名律提。二名賒律提。稟性黠慧解人言語。見比丘來。先告家內令出迎逆。阿難後時到長者家。見鳥聰黠。為說四諦苦集滅道。門前有樹二鳥聞法。飛向樹上歡喜誦持。夜在樹宿野狸所食。緣此善根生四天王天。盡彼天壽生忉利天。忉利天壽盡生夜摩天。夜摩壽盡生兜率天。兜率壽盡生化樂天。化樂壽盡生於第六他化自在天。他化壽盡還生化樂天。如是次第還復下至四天王天。四天壽盡還復上至他化自在天。如是上下經於七返。生六欲天自恣受樂。六天之壽而無中夭。後時命終來生人中。出家修道得辟支佛。一名曇摩。二名修曇摩。 > Furthermore, the Xianyu jing says: In the past, when the Buddha was in the world, in the country of Śrāvastī there was the elder Sudatta. He had faithful reverence for the Buddha-Dharma and acted as a dānapati to the saṃgha, supplying everything the saṃgha needed. Within Sudatta's household there were two parrots: one was named Luti, and the other was named Sheluti. By nature they were clever and intelligent, and they understood human speech. When they saw bhikṣus coming, they would first inform the household so that they would come out to welcome them. Later, Ānanda came to the elder's house. Seeing that the birds were intelligent and clever, he explained the four truths to them: suffering, accumulation, cessation, and the path. In front of the gate there was a tree; the two birds, having heard the Dharma, flew up into the tree, joyfully reciting and retaining it. Staying the night in the tree, they were eaten by a wild cat. By virtue of these wholesome roots, they were born in the Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings. Exhausting their lifespans in that heaven, they were born in Trāyastriṃśa Heaven; when their lifespans in Trāyastriṃśa Heaven were exhausted, they were born in Yāma Heaven; when their lifespans in Yāma Heaven were exhausted, they were born in Tuṣita Heaven; when their lifespans in Tuṣita Heaven were exhausted, they were born in Nirmāṇarati Heaven; when their lifespans in Nirmāṇarati Heaven were exhausted, they were born in the sixth heaven, Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. When their lifespans in Paranirmitavaśavartin were exhausted, they were reborn in Nirmāṇarati Heaven. In this order they repeatedly descended all the way back down to the Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings. When their lifespans in the Four Heavens were exhausted, they repeatedly ascended back up to Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. In this way they went up and down through seven cycles, born in the six desire heavens, freely enjoying pleasures, living out the full lifespans of the six heavens without untimely death. Later, when their lives ended, they were born among humans, left the home life to cultivate the path, and attained \[the fruit of\] pratyekabuddhas: one was named Damo (Dharma), and the other was named Xiudamo (Sudharma). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.30) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.2.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.36) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.29) · Pramāṇa