[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) › [維摩經疏卷第三．第六](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772) › 3.44 # 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.44 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.44) 佛告阿那律者。亦名阿泥樓馱。亦名阿泥靈豆。此方言不同故有多號。此云無滅。亦云如意。且言無滅者。由八萬劫前曾供辟支佛所得善根至今不滅。譬喻經云。毘婆尸佛入涅槃後。阿那律曾入佛堂以為劫賊。見燈將滅。遂抽一箭挑燈更明。見佛威光色相。毛竪念言。他尚施物求福。我云何盜。遂捨而去。以此善根九十一劫常生善處。今值佛出家修道得羅漢果。天眼第一。稱其願心云如意也。所獲福德曾無滅盡。故云無滅增益阿含經云。是佛堂第。如來父叔合有四人。各有二子。佛父最大名曰淨飯王。有二子。長者俗名悉達多。此云利成。即如來。小者名難陀。第二叔名斛飯王。長子名提婆達多。小名阿難。第三叔名白飯王。長子名阿那律。小者摩訶男。第四叔名甘露飯王。長子名拔提。小者提沙。佛有一阿姑。名甘露味。有一子名尼陀羅。前諸釋子並皆出家。其那律初生之時周匝其舍寶藏自出。後從佛出家。佛邊聽法不覺眠睡。如來說偈呵之。咄咄乎為寐。䗸䗍蚌蛤類。一壽百千年。輪轉無窮已。那律被呵心懷慚愧。立誓不睡遂使失眼。後詣耆婆求療。耆婆問其患眼所由。那律具答。耆婆對曰。睡是眼。食少時不睡。眼便餓死。永不可治。那律聞之遂勤修天眼。半頭見物徹見三千世界。如觀掌中菴摩勒果。雖得天眼不與無相智慧合行。故被呵也。若約行辯。此人修起通行。以其那律未悟二空取相分別。所以教修無相天眼。 > Regarding 'The Buddha told Aniruddha,' he is also named Aniruddha \[transcribed as Aniloutuo\] or Anilingdou. Because the languages of this region vary, there are many names. In Chinese it translates as 'Without Extinction' (Wumie) or 'As One Wishes' (Ruyi). As for 'Without Extinction,' eighty thousand kalpas ago he once made an offering to a pratyekabuddha, and the good roots attained have remained unextinguished down to the present. The \*Avadāna Sūtra\* says that after Vipaśyin Buddha entered nirvāṇa, Aniruddha once entered the Buddha hall as a robber. Seeing that a lamp was about to go out, he drew an arrow and trimmed the wick to make it brighter. Seeing the majestic light and bodily marks of the Buddha, his hair stood on end and he thought: 'Others even bestow gifts to seek merit; why should I steal?' He then abandoned \[his theft\] and left. Because of this root of goodness, for ninety-one kalpas he was always reborn in good realms. Now meeting the Buddha, he left home, cultivated the path, and attained the fruit of arhatship, becoming foremost in the divine eye. Fulfilling the wish of his mind, he is called 'As One Wishes.' The merits he attained have never been extinguished, hence he is called 'Without Extinction.' The \*Ekottarika Āgama\* says he was the Buddha's cousin. The Tathāgata's father and uncles totaled four men, each with two sons. The Buddha's father was the eldest, named King Śuddhodana, who had two sons: the elder was named in worldly life Siddhārtha, which translates as 'Attaining Benefit', namely the Tathāgata; the younger was named Nanda. The second uncle was named King Droṇodana, whose elder son was named Devadatta and younger son Ānanda. The third uncle was named King Śuklodana, whose elder son was named Aniruddha and younger son Mahānāma. The fourth uncle was named King Amṛtodana, whose elder son was named Bhadrika and younger son Tiṣya. The Buddha had an aunt named Amṛtā, who had a son named Nidāna. These Śākya sons all left home. When Aniruddha was first born, jewel treasuries naturally emerged all around his house. Later he left home under the Buddha. While listening to the Dharma beside the Buddha, he unwittingly fell asleep. The Tathāgata spoke a verse reprimanding him: 'Alas, alas, why do you sleep? / Of the kind of snails, clams, and oysters! / In a single lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, / Revolving without end!' Being reprimanded, Aniruddha felt shame in his heart, made a vow not to sleep, and consequently lost his sight. Later he went to Jīvaka to seek a cure. Jīvaka asked the cause of his eye affliction, and Aniruddha answered in full. Jīvaka replied: 'Sleep is food for the eyes. If one does not sleep for even a short time, the eyes will starve to death and can never be cured.' Hearing this, Aniruddha diligently cultivated the divine eye; half his head could see things, penetratingly seeing the trichiliocosm as if viewing an āmalaka fruit in his palm. Although he attained the divine eye, it was not practiced in conjunction with signless wisdom; therefore he was reprimanded. In terms of practice, this person had cultivated and initiated generic powers, but because Aniruddha had not awakened to the two emptinesses and engaged in discrimination grasping at signs, he was instructed to cultivate the signless divine eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.43) - [Next: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.45) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772~en-mt.3.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.138) — Classical Chinese - [說無垢稱經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1782.3.347) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.449) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.44) · Pramāṇa