佛說木槍刺脚因緣經第六
Sutra on the Causes and Conditions of the Wooden Spear Piercing the Foot, Chapter 6
聞如是：
Thus have I heard:
一時佛在羅閱祇竹園精舍，與大比丘僧五百人俱。世尊晨旦著衣持鉢，與五百比丘僧及阿難圍遶，共入羅閱祇城乞食，家家遍至。見此里中，有破剛木者，有一片木，長尺二，迸在一邊，於佛前立。佛便心念：「此是宿緣，我自作是，自當受之。」眾人聞見，皆共聚觀，大眾見之，驚愕失聲。佛復心念：「今當現償宿緣，使眾人見，信解殃對，不敢造惡。」
Once, the Buddha was staying at the Bamboo Grove Monastery in Rajagriha, together with a community of five hundred great monks. Early in the morning, the World-Honored One put on his robe, took his bowl, and, surrounded by the five hundred monks and Ananda, entered the city of Rajagriha to walk for alms, visiting every household. In this neighborhood, they saw a man splitting hardwood. One piece of wood, about one foot and two inches long, flew off to the side and stood upright in front of the Buddha. The Buddha then thought to himself, "This is a karmic connection from a past life. I created this myself, and I must accept it myself." When the people heard and saw this, they all gathered around to look. Seeing this, the crowd was startled and cried out in shock. The Buddha again thought to himself, "Now I should visibly repay this past karmic debt, so that these people may see, understand, and believe in the consequences of karmic retribution, and thus refrain from committing evil."
佛便踊在虛空，去地一刃，木槍逐佛，亦高一刃，於佛前立；佛復上二刃、三刃、四刃乃至七刃，槍亦隨上七刃；世尊復上高一多羅，槍亦高一多羅；佛復上乃至七多羅，槍亦隨上，立於佛前；佛復上高七里，槍亦高七里；佛復上高十里，槍亦如是；佛復上高一由延，槍亦隨之；佛復上七由延，槍亦上隨之。
The Buddha then rose into the sky, soaring one fathom above the ground. The wooden spear followed him, also rising one fathom, and stood before the Buddha. The Buddha then ascended two, three, four, and up to seven fathoms, and the spear rose with him each time, reaching seven fathoms. The World-Honored One then climbed higher, to the height of one tāla tree, and the spear matched that height as well. The Buddha continued upward to seven tāla trees, and the spear rose alongside him, standing before him. The Buddha then ascended seven miles into the air, and the spear also rose seven miles. He went up ten miles, and the spear did the same. The Buddha then soared one yojana high, and the spear followed; he went up seven yojanas, and the spear rose with him, keeping pace at every step.
佛於空中，化作青石，厚六由延，縱廣十二由延，佛於上立，槍便穿石，出在佛前立；佛復於空中，化作水，縱廣十二由延，深六由延，於水上立，槍復過水，於佛前立；佛復於空中，化作大火，縱廣十二由延，高六由延，於焰上立，槍亦過焰，至佛前立；佛復於空中，化作旋風，縱廣十二由延，高六由延，於風上立，槍從傍邊斜來，趣佛前立。
The Buddha, in the sky, created a blue stone, six yojanas thick and twelve yojanas in length and width. The Buddha stood upon it, and the spear pierced through the stone, emerging before the Buddha. Again, the Buddha created water in the sky, twelve yojanas in length and width, six yojanas deep. Standing on the water, the spear passed through it and stood before the Buddha. The Buddha then created a great fire in the sky, twelve yojanas in length and width, six yojanas high. Standing on the flames, the spear passed through the flames and stood before the Buddha. Finally, the Buddha created a whirlwind in the sky, twelve yojanas in length and width, six yojanas high. Standing on the wind, the spear came slanting from the side, reaching the front of the Buddha and stopping there.
佛復上至四天王宮殿中住，槍亦來上，至佛前立。佛復上至三十三天，上壁方一由延琉璃石，佛於上立，槍亦來上，在佛前立。佛去後，四天王相告曰：「佛畏此木槍，槍亦逐不置。」皆共僉然不悅，從三十三天化去。至焰天，焰天化去；至兜率，兜率化去；至涅磨羅他，涅磨羅他化去；至婆羅尼蜜，婆羅尼蜜化去；至梵天；木槍從三十三天，以次來上，乃至梵天，於佛前立。諸天皆相謂曰：「佛畏此槍，捨走，然槍逐不置。」
The Buddha then rose to the palaces of the Four Heavenly Kings and took his place there—but the spear also rose, coming to stand before him. The Buddha then ascended to the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he stood upon a crystal platform spanning one yojana. Yet the spear rose as well, stopping in front of him.
After the Buddha had moved on, the Four Heavenly Kings said to one another, "The Buddha is afraid of this wooden spear—it pursues him without rest." All of them were disheartened. The Buddha then vanished from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three and appeared in the Heaven of Flaming Radiance; from the Heaven of Flaming Radiance, he vanished to the Heaven of Contentment; from the Heaven of Contentment, to the Heaven of Delighting in Creation; from there, to the Heaven of Controlling Others' Creations; and finally, to the Heaven of Brahma. But the spear, following from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three onward, kept rising with him, step by step, until it too reached the Heaven of Brahma, where it stood before him.
All the gods then remarked, "The Buddha is fleeing this spear in fear—yet it will not let him go."
爾時，世尊與諸梵天說自宿緣法；從梵天還，至婆羅尼蜜；婆羅尼蜜，下至涅摩羅他；涅摩羅他，下至兜率；兜率，下至焰天；焰天，下至三十三天；三十三天，下至四天王；四天王，下還至羅閱祇；所過諸天，皆為說宿緣法，槍亦復從上下至羅閱祇，佛亦為羅閱祇人說宿緣法。
At that time, the World-Honored One spoke with the Brahma heavens about the Dharma of past conditions. Returning from the Brahma heavens, he came down to the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven; from Paranirmitavaśavartin, down to the Nirmāṇarati Heaven; from Nirmāṇarati, down to Tuṣita; from Tuṣita, down to the Yāma Heaven; from Yāma, down to the Heaven of the Thirty-Three; from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, down to the Heaven of the Four Great Kings; and from the Four Great Kings, he returned to Rājagṛha. In each of the heavens he passed through, he spoke on the Dharma of past conditions, and the spear also followed, descending from above to Rājagṛha. The Buddha likewise taught the people of Rājagṛha the Dharma of past conditions.
佛與比丘僧出羅閱祇城，槍亦尋佛後，國人盡逐佛出城。佛問眾人：「汝等欲何至？」
The Buddha together with the community of monks left the city of Rajagriha, and the spear also followed behind the Buddha. All the townspeople chased after the Buddha out of the city. The Buddha asked the crowd, "Where do you all wish to go?"
眾人答曰：「欲隨如來，看此因緣。」
Everyone replied, "We wish to follow the Tathagata and witness this karmic connection."
佛語眾人：「各自還歸，如來自知時節。」
The Buddha told the assembly, "Each of you, return to your own place; the Thus Come One knows the right time himself."
阿難問佛：「如來！何以遣眾人還？」
Ānanda asked the Buddha, "World-Honored One, why did you send the people away?"
佛語阿難：「若眾人見我償此緣者，皆當盟死墮地。」阿難便默。
The Buddha said to Ananda, "If people see me repay this karmic debt, they will all vow to die and fall into the lower realms." Ananda remained silent.
世尊即還竹園僧伽藍，自處己房，勅諸比丘：「各自還房。」各受教還房。
The World-Honored One then returned to the Bamboo Grove Monastery, entered his own dwelling, and instructed the monks, "Each of you, return to your quarters." They acknowledged his instruction and went to their respective rooms.
阿難問佛：「我當云何？」
Ananda asked the Buddha, "What should I do?"
佛語阿難：「汝亦還房。」阿難即還。
佛便心念：「是緣我宿自造，必當償之。」即取大衣，四疊襞之，還坐本座。佛便展右足，木槍便從足趺上下入，徹過入地，地深六萬八千由延；過此地至水，水深亦六萬八千由延；過水至火，火高六萬八千由延；至火乃燋。當爾時，地六反震動。阿難、諸比丘，各自心念：「今此地動，槍必刺佛脚也。」
佛被刺已，苦痛、辛痛、疼痛、斷氣痛。阿難即至佛所，見佛脚槍刺瘡，便悶死倒地。佛便以水灑阿難，阿難乃起。起已，禮佛足、摩拭佛足、嗚佛足，涕泣墮淚曰：「佛以是脚，行至樹下降魔，上至三十三天，為母說法。世尊金剛之身，作何因緣，為此小木所害乃爾？」
佛語阿難：「且止，勿憂涕泣。世間因緣，輪轉生死，有是苦患。」
阿難問佛：「今者，瘡痛增損何如？」
佛語阿難：「漸漸有降。」
舍利弗將諸比丘僧來詣佛所，稽首佛足，禮已，一面住。舍利弗問佛：「不審瘡痛，增損云何？」
佛報舍利弗：「瘡痛漸漸有損。」
爾時，比丘眾中，漏未盡者，見此瘡，皆悲喚號泣曰：「世尊大悲，無物不濟，而云何有此痛緣也？」
佛語此等比丘：「且止，莫涕。我乃先世自造此緣，要當受之，無可逃避處。此對亦非父作、亦非母作、亦非王作、亦非天作、亦非沙門、婆羅門所作，本我自造，今自受之。」諸漏盡神通者，各自默然思惟佛往日曾所說偈曰：
「世人所作行， 或作善惡事，
此行還歸身， 終不朽敗亡。」
耆婆聞佛為木槍所刺，涕泣至阿闍世王所。阿闍世王曰：「卿何以涕泣？」
耆婆答曰：「我聞佛為木槍刺脚，是以涕耳。」
阿闍世王聞此語，便從床上，悶死墮地，良久乃穌。舉宮內外，咸皆驚怖。王起涕泣，勅諸臣曰：「速疾嚴駕，欲至佛所。」諸臣受教，即便嚴駕，白王曰：「嚴駕已訖。」王即便上車，出羅閱祇城。
城內四姓宗族、清信士女，聞佛為木槍所刺，王與弟耆婆，及此人眾，百千圍遶，共至佛所。下車、脫冠、解劍、退蓋，步進詣佛。佛右脇側臥，王禮佛已，手捉佛足，摩抆、口嗚，自稱國號姓名曰：「摩竭王阿闍世，問訊世尊，瘡痛寧有小損不？」
佛報阿闍世：「當使大王，常得安隱，長壽無病。王當治以正法，莫行非法。」佛便命王使坐，王即就座。
王問佛言：「我從如來所聞，佛身金剛，不可毀壞。不審今者，何為此木槍所刺耶？」
佛告王曰：「一切諸法，皆為緣對所壞。我身雖是金剛，非木槍能壞，宿對所壞。」
於是，世尊即說頌曰：
「世人所為作， 各自見其行，
行善得善報， 行惡得惡報。
「是故，大王！當學捨惡、從善。愚騃不學問，未識真道者，戲笑輕作罪，後當號泣受。是故，大王！不可以戲笑作罪，王當學如是。」
王語耆婆：「汝合好藥，洗瘡呪治，必令時差。」
耆婆曰：「諾。」耆婆即便禮佛、洗足、著生肌藥已，復讀止痛呪。耆婆出百千價㲲，用裹佛足，以手摩足，以口嗚之曰：「願佛老壽，此患早除。一切眾生，長夜之苦，亦得解脫。」即起禮佛，於一面住。
佛於是為阿闍世王、一切眾會故，說四諦法：「何謂四諦？苦諦、苦習諦、苦盡諦、苦盡道諦，是為四諦。」說是時，六十比丘，得漏盡、意解；萬一千人，得法眼淨。
王於是辭曰：「國事多故，欲還請辭。」
佛言：「可，宜知是時。」
王即起，稽首佛足，遶三匝而歸。諸眾亦各禮佛，遶三匝而還。
於是暮，夜半，有七天人，人人能出百種音聲，來詣佛所，稽首佛足，遶床一匝而立。一天白佛：「瞿曇沙門！如師子受瘡，能忍苦痛，不告他人。」
一天又曰：「瞿曇沙門！如象受瘡，能忍苦痛，不語他人。」
一天復曰：「瞿曇沙門！如犎牛號時，亦不覺苦痛。」
一天復曰：「瞿曇沙門！如水牛號時，亦不覺痛。」
一天復曰：「瞿曇沙門！如八臂天王受瘡，能忍苦痛。」
一天復曰：「瞿曇沙門！如寶馬不覺苦痛。」
一天復曰：「瞿曇沙門！審諦清淨，不覺苦痛。」
第一天曰：「佛！人中師子、人中象、人中犎牛、人中水牛、人中八臂天王、人中寶馬、人中審諦清淨，世尊如此等，能忍苦痛。此輩愚耐痛，世尊以慧耐。不如外學、梵志，已過中年，懈廢取婦，故望度苦，無由得度。何以故？不能究竟故也。如來法中，清淨究竟，斷諸愛欲，滅盡涅槃，如此乃度三界穢海也。何以故？是輩心意正定，從四諦求涅槃故也。」
天於是以偈頌曰：
「凶獷難降伏， 癡疑無定智，
志荒處野露， 不度生死淵。
定智除凶愚， 調意眾縛解，
志寂無狂惑， 是度生死海。」
於是，天說偈已，佛默然可之。諸天見佛默然，知為可意，即稽首佛足，遶三匝已，忽然化去。
至清旦，佛語舍利弗：「往昔無數阿僧祇劫前，爾時，有兩部賈客，各有五百人，在波羅㮈國，各撰合資財，欲嚴船渡海。裝捒已訖，解繫張帆，便引而去。乘風徑往，即至寶渚。渚上豐饒，多有衣被、飲食、床臥、坐具，及妙婇女，種種雜寶，無物不有。一部賈客主語眾人曰：『我等以資財故，勤身苦體，渡海至此，所求已獲，今當住此，以五樂自娛。』第二薩薄告其部眾：『此間雖饒眾寶、五樂、婇女、衣食無乏，不當於此久住。』
「是時，於虛空中，有天女慈愍此輩賈客，欲使從心所願，多得財寶，無為還歸，便於空中，語眾賈人曰：『此間雖有財寶、五樂、婇女、衣被、飲食，不足久住，當早還去。何以故？却後七日，此地皆當沒水。』語訖化去。復有魔天女，意欲使此賈客於此沒盡，不得還歸，於空中告曰：『卿等不足嚴駕欲還去，此間快樂，極可娛樂。此地初無水至，設當有水至此，此之眾寶、飲食、衣被、婇女、五樂，何由而有？前天所說，水當沒此，皆是虛妄，不足信之。』說已化去。
「第一薩薄聞天女語已，勅其部眾：『卿等勿復嚴駕欲得還去，莫信前天所說，此是虛妄耳。此間快樂，五欲無乏，閻浮勤苦，正欲求此，今已得之，何緣復去？』第二薩薄還告其眾：『卿等莫貪五樂，於此久住。却後七日，水當滿此，速疾市買，裝駕治船。前天所說，至誠不虛。設七日無水，猶當治嚴還去，豈可捨本父、母、妻子乎？若當却後七日，水不至者，便當於此五樂自娛，然後徐歸。若水審來，如前天所說者，治嚴已竟，去復何難？』」
佛語舍利弗：「却後七日，如前天所言，水滿其地。於時，第二薩薄，先已嚴辦，水至之日，所將部眾，即得上船；第一薩薄，先不治嚴，水至之日，與治嚴者爭船，船主護之，不令得前，便著鎧持杖，共相格戰。第二薩薄於船上，以鋑(麤官反)鉾鋑第一薩薄脚，徹過，即便命終。」
佛語舍利弗：「汝知第一薩薄者不？則地婆達兜是；第二薩薄，以鉾鋑第一薩薄者，則我身是；爾時，第一賈客，眾五百人者，則今地婆達兜五百弟子是；爾時，第二賈客，五百眾者，則今五百羅漢是；爾時，第一天女者，則舍利弗是；爾時，第二天女，則今名滿月比丘，婆羅門弟子是。」
佛語舍利弗：「我往昔作薩薄，貪財分死渡海，與彼爭船，以鋑鉾鋑彼薩薄脚。以是因緣，無數千歲，經地獄苦；於地獄中，無數千過，為鋑鉾所刺；無數千歲，墮畜生中，為人所射；無數千歲，在餓鬼中，上鐵錐樹上。今雖得如來金剛之身，以是餘殃故，今為木槍所刺。」
爾時，世尊說宿緣偈曰：
「先世作薩薄， 乘船行渡海。
兩賈共爭船， 以鉾鋑彼脚。
以是因緣故， 地獄受鋑苦，
為畜常被射， 餓鬼上錐樹。
今已成佛道， 愍念眾生故，
雖得金剛身， 不免於木槍。
因緣終不滅， 亦不著虛空。
當護三因緣， 莫犯身、口、意。
今我成尊佛， 得為三界將，
阿耨大泉中， 自說先世緣。」
佛語舍利弗：「汝觀如來，眾惡已盡、諸善普備，諸天、龍、神、帝王、臣民、一切眾生，皆欲度之，猶不免此對，況復愚冥、未得道者？是故，舍利弗！當護身、口、意，莫犯是三事。舍利弗！汝等當學如是。」
佛說是已，舍利弗歡喜受行。
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