大三摩惹經

Thus have I heard:

At one time the Buddha was dwelling in the Kapila Forest, together with a great assembly of bhikṣus, all of whom were Arhats. Their defilements were exhausted, what was to be done had been done, they had attained their own benefit, had cut off all bonds, and their minds had attained sovereign mastery; thus there were altogether five thousand five hundred persons fully present.

At that time, from the ten directions there came also the devas, Śakra, and Brahmā, endowed with great majestic virtue, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha. Their bodily forms were upright and dignified, their halos shone brightly, and they came to the Kapila Forest. Arriving before the World-Honored One, they bowed their heads and faces at his feet, and stood to one side. Then the four Great Brahmā Kings, each with a single verse, praised the merits of the Buddha. The first Brahmā King recited:

This Great Samājña,

Proclaims the wondrous sound of the Dharma.

My Buddha is supreme above all.

Devas and humans all gather together.

The second Brahmā King:

Through countless kalpas,

Cultivating practice, his mind believes deeply.

He guards the eyes and all the faculties.

He is not attached to the dusts of the sense-realms.

The third Brahmā King:

Precepts, concentration, and wisdom are true and real.

Pure and without defilement.

Like the vajra of Indra,

Firm and solid, indestructible.

The fourth Brahmā King:

If anyone takes refuge in the Buddha,

He will never fall into the evil destinies.

That person, when his life comes to an end,

Will straightway be born in the heavenly realms.

At that time the World-Honored One, with his pure heavenly eye, surveyed the whole great assembly—the multitudes of devas and humans, immeasurable and innumerable—and said to the bhikṣus:

"In times past the Tathāgatas, the Worthy of Offerings, the Perfectly Enlightened Ones, gathered together devas and humans to expound the Dharma, just as it is now. Today I have assembled devas and humans here in order to expound the Dharma; you should all receive and uphold it. If anyone is valiant, resolute, and without fear, like a lion, possessing deep and firm faith yet without attachment, then from the human world up to the realm of Brahmā, all will attain Nirvāṇa."

When this Dharma was expounded, there came again one thousand seven hundred devas and humans who were still in training (those of the learner's stage), together with innumerable devas whose halos shone brightly, who came to the place of the Buddha. The Buddha said to the bhikṣus:

"Listen carefully, all of you. I observe that the heavenly multitudes who have just come here should be liberated by means of the Dharma delighted in by the Śrāvakas."

At that time there came also seven thousand Great Yakṣas, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest.

There were also six thousand Great Yakṣas standing upon the Golden Mountain, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest.

There were also three thousand Great Yakṣas standing upon Mount Sātā, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest.

There were also a hundred thousand Yakṣas, Kumbhīra and others, standing upon Mount Vipula at the city of Rājagṛha, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest.

There were also Śvāmitra, Pañcaśikha, Viśvāmitra, and other great Yakṣa generals, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, came to the Kapila Forest.

There was also the World-Protecting Deva King, lord of the Gandharvas in the Eastern direction, named Dhṛtarāṣṭra, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, his bodily form beautiful and his halo shining brilliantly, who, together with his retinue, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma. The World-Protecting Deva King, lord of the Kumbhāṇḍas in the Southern direction, named Virūḍhaka, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, his bodily form beautiful and his halo shining brilliantly, together with his retinue, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

The World-Protecting Deva King of the Western direction, the Great Dragon Lord named Virūpākṣa, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, his bodily form beautiful and his halo shining brilliantly, together with his retinue, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma. The World-Protecting Deva King of the Northern direction, the Great Yakṣa Lord named Kubera, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, his bodily form beautiful and his halo shining brilliantly, together with his retinue, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the ghosts and spirits attending upon the Four Great Deva Kings, namely Māya, Kaṭi, Vikaṭi, Bhṛgu, Bhṛkuṭi, and others, all possessing the awesome might of spiritual powers, full of arrogance and ignorance, ugly in appearance, transforming into all kinds of shapes, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the Yakṣa spirit-generals, namely Indra, Mavaruṇa, Prajāpati, Bāravajva, Īśāna, Sānanda, Kāma, Pṛṣṭha, Kuṇḍikaṇṭha, Niṣkaṇṭha, Maṇimaṇicara, Pranda, Upapañcaka, Sātāgiri, Haimavata-Pūraṇa-Khaṇḍira-Kuvīṭa-Gupāra Yakṣa, Āṭavaka-Naranāja-niṣi, Nṛsabha, Citrasena, Gandharva, Nirdhaśatī-mātṛ, Pañcara, Khaṇḍa-Soma-mānamīrgu, together with their retinues Triphalī, Trikaṇṭakī, and so on down to those who wander throughout the world, possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the Great Venom-Dragons, namely the Dragon Takṣaka, Kambalāśvatara, Prabādha, Prajāgu, Sāgunasahāsodaku, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Kutsura, Airāvaṇa, and others—wrathful and violent, possessing the majestic virtue of great spiritual powers, their halos shining brilliantly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There was also the Golden-Winged Bird named Fearless (Abhaya), together with all kinds of flying beasts having pure eyes, and their retinues, who likewise possessed majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There was also Vajrapāṇi the Invincible (Aparājita), and all the Frightful Yakṣas in the great ocean, together with their retinues, all possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the multitudes of Asuras, namely Vimacitra, Sucitra, Praha, Namucāli, and a hundred sons of Bali the Asura, together with their retinues, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the Four Great Deva Kings, the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, the Yāma Heaven, the Tuṣita Heaven, the Nirmāṇarati Heaven, the Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven, and the heavenly multitudes, all possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the famous devas, namely the Varuṇa Deva, the Vāruṇī Deva, the Soma Deva, the Pṛṣṭha Deva, the Agama Deva, the Mitra-Vāruṇī Deva, the Earth Deva, the Water Deva, the Fire Deva, and the Wind Deva—ten devas such as these, possessing great majestic virtue and the transformations of spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the Nārāyaṇa Deva, the Sāhalica Deva, the Sun Deva, the Moon Deva, the Constellation Deva, the Indra Deva, the Magha Deva, and all the most venerable sage and saintly devas, together with their retinues—ten devas such as these, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the heavenly maidens, namely the Sāhikā devī, the Like-Fire-Flame devī, the Ariṣṭā devī, the Soma devī, the Udama devī, the Puṣpavāsinī devī, the Cāraka devī, the Subhadrā devī, the Yakṣa-Acyutā devī, the Pradyumnā devī, the Sāṇikā, and innumerable heavenly maidens such as these, together with their retinues, possessing great spiritual powers and immeasurable majestic virtue, their bodily forms upright and dignified, their halos shining brightly, reverently surrounding the Buddha, who came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also the Great Yakṣa-women, namely the Śama Yakṣa-woman, the Mahāśama Yakṣa-woman, the Manuṣa Yakṣa-woman, the Manuṣottama Yakṣa-woman, the Kṛṇā Yakṣa-woman, the Pramūṣā Yakṣa-woman, the Manāpranūṣaka Yakṣa-woman, the Maraha Yakṣa-woman, the Mahābala Yakṣa-woman, the Bhikṣu-munikā Yakṣa-woman—twelve great Yakṣa-women such as these, likewise possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There were also ten Great Yakṣa-women, namely the Śukra Yakṣa-woman, the Karṇamāla Yakṣa-woman, the Karuṇā Yakṣa-woman, the Nīraka-vāsinī Yakṣa-woman, the Avanata-keśa Yakṣa-woman, the Pramukha-pīta-ka-vāsinī Yakṣa-woman, the Sanamatā Yakṣa-woman, the Hārītī Yakṣa-woman, the Rocika Yakṣa-woman—Yakṣa-women such as these likewise possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

There was also Hārītī, together with her retinue of young boys and young girls, likewise possessing majestic virtue and spiritual powers, their halos shining brightly, who, together with their retinues, reverently surrounded the Buddha and came to the Kapila Forest, to the place of the assembly, to hear the Dharma.

Thus the Brahmā Kings, Śakra, devas and humans of the ten directions, the eight classes of beings, and the great bhikṣus, immeasurable and innumerable, all came to the place of the assembly.

At that time, in the assembly there was a Great Black Spirit named Sūcīroma, who possessed great spiritual powers, was valiant and violent, ever causing affliction and harm to devas and humans, and obstructing the cultivation of wholesome practices. He struck the surface of the earth with his hand and emitted a great and evil sound; up in the open sky he conjured forth great winds, great clouds, great thunderbolts, great hailstones, great thunder, and lightning bolts with great thunder—all manner of evil and inauspicious portents that caused everyone to be terrified.

The Buddha then contemplated and expounded the Dharma of the Śrāvakas; having heard it, the demon straightway took refuge and put an end to all those evils, and together with the bhikṣus abode peacefully in the Śrāvaka Vehicle.

At that time, the assembly, seeing that the Buddha had subdued the evil demons, were all uplifted and rejoiced, and with faith and reverence they undertook to practice accordingly.

THE BUDDHA SPEAKS THE GREAT SAMĀJÑA SŪTRA