治禪病祕要法 2.64

2.64

爾時，阿難聞此語已，白佛言：「世尊！今此長者子比丘因世尊說治垖惕鬼以免諸惡，不為鬼魅之所縛著。後世比丘——佛涅槃後，過千歲已——欲教比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷數息靜處，念定安般。若諸鬼神為亂道故，化作鼠形，或黑、或赤，掊行者心、搔行者脚、兩手、兩耳，無處不至；或作鳥聲、或作鬼吟、或復竊語；或有狐魅作新婦形莊嚴其身，為於行者按摩調身、說於非法；或現作狗，號哭無度；或作鵰；鷲百類眾鳥，作種種聲，竊語大喚，其音不同；或作小兒，百千為行，十十五五若一、二、三，作種種聲至行者所；或見虻、蠅、蟲、蚤、蛇、蚖，或入耳中如蜂王鳴、或入眼中如迸酪沙、或復觸心作種種亂事。因是發狂，捨離靜處，作放逸行，當云何治？」

At that time, Ānanda, having heard these words, said to the Buddha: "World-Honoured One! Now these monks who are sons of elders are freed from evils and not bound or possessed by demonic spirits because the World-Honoured One explained how to cure the Duti ghost. In future ages, monks—after the Buddha's nirvāṇa, past a thousand years—will wish to teach monks, nuns, upāsakas, and upāsikās counting the breath in a quiet place and recollecting the samādhi of ānāpāna. If spirits, in order to disrupt the path, transform into the shapes of mice, either black or red, striking the practitioner's heart, scratching the practitioner's feet, hands, and ears, reaching everywhere; or make bird calls, or ghost groans, or whisper; or if there are fox spirits that take the form of brides with adorned bodies, massaging and adjusting the practitioner's body, preaching unwholesome teachings; or appear as dogs howling incessantly; or as eagles, vultures, or hundreds of kinds of birds making various sounds, whispering or crying loudly with varying voices; or as young children in rows of hundreds or thousands, in groups of ten or fifteen, or in ones, twos, and threes, making various noises and coming to the practitioner's place; or if one sees horseflies, flies, bugs, fleas, snakes, or vipers, either entering the ears like the buzzing of a queen bee, or entering the eyes like splashing curds and sand, or touching the heart to cause various disturbances, and because of this one goes mad, abandons the quiet place, and practices laxity—how should this be cured?"