[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) › 8.98 # 諸經要集 8.98 諸經要集 8.98 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.98) 如譬喻經云。佛以臘月八日。神通降伏六師。六師不如。投水而死。仍廣說法度諸外道。外道伏化。白佛言。佛以法水洗我心垢。我今請僧洗浴以除身穢。仍除常緣也（今臘月八日洗僧唯出此經文）又摩訶剎頭經。亦名灌佛形像經云。佛告天下人民。十方諸佛。皆用四月八日夜半時生。皆用四月八日夜半時。去家學道。皆用四月八日夜半時得佛道。皆用四月八日夜半時般泥洹。佛言。所以用四月八日者。為春夏之際。殃罪悉畢。萬物普生。毒氣未行。不寒不熱。時氣和適。今是佛生日故。諸天下人民共念佛功德。浴佛形像如佛在時。以示天下人佛言我為菩薩時。三十六反為天王帝釋。三十六反作金輪王。三十六反。作飛行皇帝。今日諸賢誰有好心。念釋迦佛恩德者。以香華浴佛形像。求第一福者。諸天鬼神所證明知。四月八日浴佛法。時當取三種香。一都梁香二藿香。三艾納香。合三種草香挼而漬之。此則青色水。若香少者。可以紺黛秦皮權代之。又用欝金香。手挼漬之於水中。挼之以。作赤水。以水清淨用灌像訖以白練白綿拭之。斷後自占更灌。名曰清淨。其福第一也。 > As the Sūtra of Avadānas states: On the eighth day of the twelfth month, the Buddha subdued the six teachers with supernormal powers. The six teachers, unable to match him, threw themselves into the water and died. He then extensively preached the Dharma to deliver the heterodox practitioners. The heterodox practitioners submitted and were transformed, saying to the Buddha: 'The Buddha has washed the defilements of my mind with the water of the Dharma. I now invite the Saṃgha to bathe, in order to remove the impurities of their bodies.' This thereupon became a regular occasion (The practice of bathing the Saṃgha on the eighth day of the twelfth month comes only from this sūtra text). Furthermore, the Mahācattā Sūtra, also called the Sūtra on Bathing the Buddha Image, says: The Buddha told the people of the world: 'The Buddhas of the ten directions are all born at midnight on the eighth day of the fourth month; they all leave home to study the Way at midnight on the eighth day of the fourth month; they all attain the Buddha Way at midnight on the eighth day of the fourth month; and they all enter parinirvāṇa at midnight on the eighth day of the fourth month.' The Buddha said: 'The reason why the eighth day of the fourth month is used is that it is the transition between spring and summer, when misfortunes and sins are ended, myriad things universally come to life, venomous vapors have not yet spread, it is neither cold nor hot, and the seasonal climate is mild and pleasant. Because today is the Buddha's birthday, the people under all heavens should jointly contemplate the Buddha's merit and virtue and bathe the Buddha image just as when the Buddha was alive, in order to show this to the people of the world.' The Buddha said: 'When I was a bodhisattva, thirty-six times I was the king of the gods, Śakra; thirty-six times I was a golden-wheel-turning king; and thirty-six times I was a flying emperor. Today, among all the virtuous ones, who has a good mind and remembers the benevolence and virtue of Śākyamuni Buddha? Those who bathe the Buddha image with fragrant flowers to seek the foremost blessings will be attested and known by the devas, ghosts, and spirits. The method for bathing the Buddha on the eighth day of the fourth month: at that time, one should take three kinds of incense: first, duliang incense; second, patchouli incense; third, aina incense. Combine these three herbal incenses, rub them, and soak them; this makes the blue water. If the incense is scarce, one may temporarily substitute indigo and qinpi bark. Furthermore, take saffron incense, rub and soak it in water with the hands to make red water. Cleanse with the pure water, and after finishing the ablution of the image, wipe it with white silk and white cotton. Afterward, draw lots among yourselves to bathe it again; this is called purity, and its blessings are foremost.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.97) - [Next: 8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.99) - [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.8.98) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.98) · Pramāṇa