[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) › 4.113 # 諸經要集 4.113 諸經要集 4.113 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.113) 又譬喻經云。昔佛在世時。諸弟子中德各不同。如舍利弗智慧第一。大目連神通第一。如阿那律。天眼第一。能見三千大千世界。乃至微細。無幽不覩。阿難見已而白佛言。此阿那律宿有何業天眼乃爾。佛告阿難。乃往過去九十一劫。毘婆尸佛入涅槃後。此人爾時身作劫賊入佛塔中欲盜塔物。時佛塔中佛前然燈。其燈欲滅。賊即以箭正燈使明。見佛威光。㱇然毛竪。即自念言。他人尚能捨物求福。我云何盜。便捨而去。緣正燈炷福德因緣從是以來九十一劫。恒生善處。漸捨諸惡福祐日增。今得值我。出家修道得阿羅漢。於眾人中天眼徹視最為第一。何況有人。生心割捨然燈佛前。所獲福德難可稱量。又智度論云。若人盜佛塔中珠。及盜燈明死墮地獄。若出為人世世生盲。 > Furthermore, the Piyu jing (Avadāna-sūtra) says: Formerly, when the Buddha was in the world, the virtues among his disciples were each different: such as Śāriputra being foremost in wisdom; Mahāmaudgalyāyana being foremost in supernatural powers; and Aniruddha being foremost in the divine eye, able to see the trichiliocosm down to the microscopic, with nothing hidden that he could not perceive. Ānanda, having seen this, said to the Buddha, "What past karma did this Aniruddha have that his divine eye is like this?" The Buddha told Ānanda, "Ninety-one kalpas ago in the past, after the Buddha Vipaśyin entered nirvāṇa, this person was at that time a bandit. He entered a Buddha's stūpa wanting to steal the stūpa's property. At that time, a lamp was burning before the Buddha in the stūpa, and its light was about to go out. The bandit then used an arrow to straighten the lamp, causing it to burn brightly. Seeing the Buddha's majestic light, his hairs bristled with awe. He then thought to himself, 'Other people are even able to renounce property to seek merit; why should I steal?' He then abandoned it and departed. Due to the causal condition of the merit of straightening the lamp wick, from that time onward for ninety-one kalpas, he was constantly born in good realms, gradually abandoning all evils as his merit and blessings increased day by day. Now he has met me, gone forth to practice the path, attained arhatship, and among all the assembly his clear-sighted divine eye is foremost. How much more so for one who, giving rise to the intention of renunciation, burns a lamp before the Buddha! The merit obtained is difficult to measure." Furthermore, the Zhidu lun (Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom) says: If a person steals jewels from a Buddha's stūpa, or steals lamp light, upon death they fall into hell; if they emerge to become human, they are born blind lifetime after lifetime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.112) - [Next: 4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.114) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.4.113) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.113) · Pramāṇa