[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) › 6.29 # 諸經要集 6.29 諸經要集 6.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.29) 又法句喻經云。佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園精舍中。為天龍鬼說法。東方有國。名欝多羅婆提。有婆羅門等五百人。相率欲詣恒水岸邊。有三祠神池。沐浴垢穢裸形求仙。如尼揵法。由大澤迷不得過。中道乏糧。遙望見一大樹。如有神氣。想有人居。馳趣樹下。可無所見。婆羅門舉聲大哭。飢渴委厄窮死斯澤。樹神現身。問諸梵志。道士那來今欲何行。同聲答曰。欲詣神池澡浴望仙。今日飢渴幸哀矜濟。樹神舉手。百味飲食從手流溢。給眾飲食皆得飽滿。其餘飲食足供道糧。臨當別去。詣神請問。本行何德致此巍巍。神答梵志。吾本所居在舍衛國。時國大臣名須達。飯佛眾僧。於市買酪無提酪者。倩我提之。往到精舍使我酙酌訖行澡水。儼然聽法。一切歡喜稱善無量。時我奉齋。暮還不飡。婦怪問我。不審何恨也。見長者須達。於園飯佛。請我往齋。齋名八關。其婦瞋恚忿然言曰。瞿曇亂俗。奚足採納。君毀遺則禍從此釁。踧迫不已。便共俱食。時我爾夜年壽算盡。終於夜半。神來生此。為此愚婦破我齋法。不卒其業。來生斯澤作此樹神。提酪之福手出飲食。若終齋法應生天上封受自然。即為梵志而作頌曰。 > Furthermore, the Dharmapada-avadāna-sūtra states: The Buddha was dwelling in the vihāra of the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍada Park in the country of Śrāvastī, preaching the Dharma for gods, nāgas, and spirits. To the east was a country named Uttaravatī, where five hundred brahmins led one another intending to go to the bank of the Gaṅgā River, where there was a divine pond with three shrines, to bathe away impurities and, naked, seek immortality according to the Nirgrantha practice. Because they were lost in a great marsh, they could not cross it, and their provisions ran out halfway. Looking into the distance, they saw a large tree that appeared to possess divine presence, and thinking someone lived there, they ran toward it, but could see no one. The brahmins raised their voices in loud weeping, being exhausted by hunger and thirst and facing death in this marsh. The tree spirit manifested its body and asked the brahmacārins, 'Whence come you ascetics, and where do you wish to go now?' They answered in one voice, saying, 'We wish to go to the divine pond to bathe and seek immortality. Today we are hungry and thirsty; we pray that you will show mercy and save us.' The tree spirit raised its hands, and food and drink of a hundred flavours flowed forth from them, providing food and drink to the multitude so that all were sated, with remaining provisions sufficient for their journey. As they were about to depart, they approached the spirit and asked, 'What virtue did you practice in the past that brought about such magnificent power?' The spirit answered the brahmacārins, 'The place where I formerly dwelt was in the country of Śrāvastī. At that time, a great minister of the state named Sudatta provided a meal for the Buddha and the Saṅgha. He bought curd in the marketplace, but had no one to carry the curd, so he hired me to carry it. Going to the vihāra, he had me pour it out, and when that was done, distribute washing water. Stately, I listened to the Dharma; all rejoiced and praised it as immeasurably good. At that time, I upheld the fast, and returning home in the evening, I did not eat. My wife questioned me with suspicion: "I do not know what grievance you hold." \[I said:\] "I saw the elder Sudatta offering a meal to the Buddha in the park, and he invited me to take the fast; the fast is called the Eight Precepts." His wife became angry and said with indignation, "Gautama disrupts worldly customs; why should his words be heeded? You violate ancestral rules, and calamity will arise from this fault!" Under her unrelenting pressure, I then ate with her. That very night, my allotted lifespan was exhausted, and I died at midnight; my spirit came and was born here. Because this foolish woman broke my fast precepts, I did not complete that practice, and was born in this marsh as this tree spirit. Due to the merit of carrying the curd, food and drink issue from my hands; had I completed the fast precepts, I should have been born in heaven to enjoy spontaneous pleasures.' Then he spoke a verse for the brahmacārins, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.28) - [Next: 6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.30) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.6.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.2.65) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.29) · Pramāṇa