[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) › [釋家觀化還愚經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918) › 1.1 # 釋家觀化還愚經 1.1 釋家觀化還愚經 1.1 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918.1.1) 昔舍衛國有一貧家。夫婦慳惡不信道德。佛愍其愚現為沙門。詣門分衛。時夫不在。其婦罵詈無有道理。沙門語曰。吾為道士。乞匃自活。不惡罵詈。唯望一食耳。主人婦曰。若汝立死食尚叵得。況今平健欲望我食。但稽留時節不如早去。於是沙門住立其前。載眼杼氣便現立死。身體膖脹鼻口蟲出。腹潰腸爛不淨流漫。其婦見此恐怖失聲棄而捨走。於是道人忽然捨去。去捨數里坐樹下息。其夫來歸道中見婦。怪其驚怖。其婦語夫。有一沙門見怖如此。夫大瞋恚問為所在。婦曰已去。想亦未遠。夫即執弓帶刀尋迹往逐。張弓拔刀奔走。直前欲斫道人。道人即化作瑠璃城。以自圍繞。其人遶城數匝不能得入。問道人何不開門。道人曰。欲所門開棄汝弓刀。其人自念當隨其語。若當得入手拳加之。尋棄弓刀。門故不開。語道人曰。已棄弓刀。門何不開。道人曰。吾使汝棄心中惡意弓刀耳。非謂手中弓刀也。於是其人心驚體悸。道人神聖乃知我心。即便叩頭悔過。啟道人曰。我有弊妻不識真人。使我與怨。願小垂慈莫便捨。今欲將來勸令修道。即起還歸。其妻問曰。沙門所在。其夫具說神之德。今者在彼鄉。宜自往改悔滅罪。於是夫妻至道人所。五體悔過願為弟子。長跪問曰。道人神變聖達乃爾。有瑠璃城堅固難踰。志明意定永無憂患。行何道德致此神妙也。道人答曰。吾博學無厭奉法。不懈精進持戒慧不放逸。緣是得道。自到泥洹。於是道人因說偈言。 > Formerly, in the country of Śrāvastī, there was a poor household. The husband and wife were stingy and malicious, having no faith in the Way and virtue. The Buddha, taking pity on their ignorance, manifested as a śramaṇa and went to their gate to beg for alms. At that time, the husband was not at home. The wife cursed and reviled him without reason. The śramaṇa said to her: "I am a practitioner of the Way, begging for alms to sustain myself. I do not harbor ill will toward your cursing and reviling; I hope only for a single meal." The mistress of the house said: "Even if you were to drop dead where you stand, you still would not get any food! How much less now, while you are sound and healthy, can you hope for my food? You are only wasting time; it would be better for you to leave early." Thereupon, the śramaṇa stood before her, rolled back his eyes, held his breath, and immediately manifested dying on the spot. His body swelled and bloated, maggots emerged from his nose and mouth, his belly burst open and his intestines rotted, with foul impurities spilling everywhere. Seeing this, the woman was terrified, shrieked, and fled, abandoning the house. Thereupon, the practitioner of the Way suddenly left the place, walked several li away from the house, and sat down to rest beneath a tree. The husband, returning home, met his wife on the road. Wondering at her alarm and terror, the wife told her husband: "There was a śramaṇa who frightened me like this." The husband was greatly enraged and asked where he was. The wife said: "He has already left, but I think he cannot be far." The husband then seized his bow, strapped on his sword, and followed his tracks to pursue him. Drawing his bow and pulling his sword, he ran forward, rushing straight ahead intending to strike down the practitioner of the Way. The practitioner of the Way immediately transformed himself into a city of lapis lazuli to surround himself. The man circled the city several times but could not get in. He asked the practitioner of the Way: "Why will you not open the gate?" The practitioner of the Way said: "If you wish the gate to open, cast away your bow and sword." The man thought to himself: "I should follow his words. Once I get in, I will strike him with my fists." He immediately cast away his bow and sword, yet the gate remained unopened. He said to the practitioner of the Way: "I have already cast away my bow and sword. Why is the gate not open?" The practitioner of the Way said: "I had you cast away the bow and sword of the evil intentions in your mind; I did not mean the bow and sword in your hands." Thereupon, the man's heart was alarmed and his body trembled: "The practitioner of the Way is so spiritual and sagacious that he knows my mind!" He immediately knocked his head and repented of his fault. He addressed the practitioner of the Way, saying: "I have a lowly wife who did not recognize a true person, which led me to enmity. May you grant a little mercy and not abandon us just yet. Now I wish to bring her here to encourage her to practice the Way." He then rose and returned home. His wife asked: "Where is the śramaṇa?" Her husband recounted in detail the virtue of his spiritual powers: "He is now in that vicinity. You should go in person to repent and extinguish your offenses." Thereupon, husband and wife went to the practitioner of the Way, prostrated their five limbs in repentance, and wished to become his disciples. Kneeling upright, they asked: "The practitioner of the Way's spiritual transformations and sagacious attainment are like this; you have a city of lapis lazuli, firm and insurmountable; your aspiration is luminous and your mind is settled, forever free from grief and distress. What Way and virtue did you cultivate to attain such miraculous power?" The practitioner of the Way answered: "I studied extensively without satiety, upheld the Dharma without indolence, vigorously maintained the precepts and wisdom without negligence. By reason of this, I attained the Way and reached nirvāṇa myself." Thereupon, the practitioner of the Way spoke verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918~en-mt.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.1.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2918.1.1) · Pramāṇa