[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) › 8.19 # 諸經要集 8.19 諸經要集 8.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.19) 又雜寶藏經云。時提婆達多心常懷惡。欲害世尊。乃雇五百善射婆羅門。使持弓箭詣世尊所。挽弓射佛。所射之箭變成諸華。五百婆羅門。見是神變皆大怖畏。即投弓箭禮佛懺悔。佛為說法。皆得須陀洹道。復白佛言。願聽我等出家學道。佛言。善來比丘。鬚髮自落法服著體。重為說法得阿羅漢道。諸比丘白佛言。世尊神力甚為希有。提婆達多常欲害佛。然佛恒生大慈。佛言非但今日如是。於過去時。波羅奈國有一商主。名不識恩。共五百賈客入海採寶。得寶還返到淵洄處。遇水羅剎。而捉其船不能得前。眾商人等極大驚怖。皆共唱言。天神地神日月諸神。誰能慈救濟我也。有一大龜背廣一里。心生悲愍來向船所。負載眾人即得度海。時龜小睡。不識恩者。欲以大石打龜頭殺。諸賈人言。我等蒙龜濟難活命。殺之不祥不識恩也。不識恩曰。我停飢急。誰能念恩。輒便殺龜而食其肉。即日夜中。有大群象蹋殺眾人。爾時大龜我身是也。爾時不識恩者。提婆達多是也。五百賈人者。五百婆羅門。出家得道是也。我於往昔濟彼免難。今復拔其生死之患也。 > Furthermore, the Zabaozang jing says: At that time, Devadatta constantly harboured malice and wished to harm the Bhagavat. He then hired five hundred brahmins skilled in archery, directing them to take bows and arrows, go to the Bhagavat, draw their bows, and shoot the Buddha. The arrows that were shot transformed into flowers. When the five hundred brahmins saw this supernatural transformation, they were all greatly terrified; they immediately cast down their bows and arrows, bowed to the Buddha, and repented. The Buddha expounded the Dharma for them, and they all attained the path of the srotāpanna. They further addressed the Buddha, saying, "We pray that you will permit us to leave the household life and study the path." The Buddha said, "Welcome, bhikṣus!" Their hair and beards fell off of themselves, and the robes of the Dharma wrapped their bodies. He again expounded the Dharma for them, and they attained the path of the arhat. The bhikṣus said to the Buddha, "The Bhagavat's spiritual power is extremely rare! Devadatta constantly wishes to harm the Buddha, yet the Buddha always generates great benevolence." The Buddha said, "Not only today is it like this. In the past, there was a caravan leader in the city of Vārāṇasī named Unmindful-of-Kindness. Together with five hundred merchants, he entered the sea to gather jewels. Having obtained the jewels, on their return they reached a swirling whirlpool, where they encountered a water-rākṣasa who seized their ship so that it could not move forward. The merchants were all greatly terrified and cried out together, 'Gods of heaven, gods of earth, gods of the sun and moon! Who can compassionately rescue and deliver us?' There was a great turtle whose back was one league across. It generated pity, came to the ship, carried the crowd, and delivered them across the sea. At that time, the turtle took a short nap. Unmindful-of-Kindness wished to strike the turtle's head with a great rock and kill it. The merchants said, 'We received this turtle's deliverance from hardship and our lives were spared; to kill it is inauspicious and ungrateful.' Unmindful-of-Kindness said, 'I am pressed by urgent hunger; who can think of kindness?' He promptly killed the turtle and ate its flesh. That very night, a great herd of elephants trampled and killed all those people. At that time, the great turtle was myself; Unmindful-of-Kindness was Devadatta; and the five hundred merchants were these five hundred brahmins who have left the household life and attained the path. In the past, I delivered them from peril; today, I have once again uprooted their affliction of birth and death." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.18) - [Next: 8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.20) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.8.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.50.35) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.19) · Pramāṇa