[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) › [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384) › 6.13 # 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.13 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6.13) 「吾從無數阿僧祇劫，或為日月王，或為臣佐，周旋往來形骸朽敗，無真實道。後來人間或為轉輪聖王、雜散小王，或為長者居士，求清淨道謂為真實，皆是虛行不合真道。吾昔一時入山求道，見諸仙學五千人俱集在一處，或翹一足叉手合掌隨日轉身，或有事月叉手合掌隨月轉身，或臥棘刺或服沙石，或持土梟、牛、馬、鹿戒，或在山頂投身深壑，或抱石自沈入於深水，或五火自炙求生梵天，或解身支節求神所在，或發頭頂以腦燃燈持供養天，或投身沸油酥，或江右殺無量眾生，或江左燒香，令命過眾生盡得生天，或自念言：『曼我今在先度父母。』即以父母擲於火中唱生梵天。或食牛糞或食菓蓏，或七日一食，或時不食形骸枯燥，或編樹葉以為衣服，或連髑髏以為衣服，或以髑髏以為食器，或服刺針，刺心持心令住，或時聚會一處，互相破腹洗腸去垢，唱生梵天。吾昔苦行不可稱計。於樹王下六年學道，日食一麻一米，青鴿飛雀頂上生乳（丹本卵），蛇虺纏身，牧牛獵師瓦石撩擲，或時斫刺破壞形體，或時以杖柱腹乃至於臍，遭此百千萬痛不以為苦。何以故？吾當於爾時，謂為是道，實非真道。 > "Throughout countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas, I was at times a king of the sun and moon, and at times a ministering counselor. Circling around in transmigration, my corporeal frame decayed and perished, without the real path. Later, arriving in the human realm, I was at times a wheel-turning sage king, or a minor regional king, or an elder or householder, seeking the pure path and presuming it to be the truth; yet these were all vain practices that did not accord with the real path. In the past, once entering the mountains to seek the path, I saw five thousand ascetics pursuing their studies, all gathered together in one place. Some balanced on one leg with palms joined, turning their bodies along with the sun. Some worshipped the moon with palms joined, turning their bodies along with the moon. Some lay upon thorns or consumed sand and stones. Some maintained the precepts of owls, oxen, horses, or deer. Some hurled themselves from mountaintops into deep chasms. Some clasped rocks and sank themselves into deep waters. Some scorched themselves with five fires, seeking birth in the Brahmā Heaven. Some dismembered their limbs to seek where the spirit resided. Some uncovered the crowns of their heads to light lamps with their brains to make offerings to the gods. Some cast their bodies into boiling oil and butter. Some slaughtered immeasurable sentient beings on the right bank of a river, while on the left bank burning incense so that the deceased beings might all attain rebirth in heaven. Some thought to themselves, 'While I am still alive, let me first deliver my parents,' whereupon they threw their parents into fire, chanting that they be born in the Brahmā Heaven. Some ate cow dung or wild fruits; some ate once every seven days; and some at times did not eat at all, their corporeal frames dried and shriveled. Some wove tree leaves into clothing; some strung together human skulls for clothing, or used skulls as eating vessels. Some swallowed sharp needles, or pierced their hearts to hold the mind and make it abide. Some assembled in one place, cutting open one another's bellies to wash the intestines and remove impurities, chanting that they be born in the Brahmā Heaven. In the past, my austerities were beyond count. Practicing the path for six years beneath the king of trees, I ate a single hemp seed and a single grain of rice each day. Blue doves and flying sparrows nested upon the crown of my head; vipers and serpents wound about my body; cowherds and hunters pelted me with tiles and stones; at times they struck and pierced me, harming my physical body; and at times they prodded my abdomen, even to the navel, with a staff. Suffering these hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands of agonies, I did not consider them suffering. Why is that? Because at that time I presumed this was the path, yet it was truly not the real path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6.12) - [Next: 6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6.14) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384~en-mt.6.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.6.13) · Pramāṇa