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大正藏第 14 册 No. 0551 佛说摩邓女经 No. 551 [No. 552] 佛说摩邓女经 后汉安息国三藏安世高译 闻如是： 一时，佛在舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 时阿难持钵行乞食。食已，阿难随水边而行，见一女人在水边担水而去，阿难从女丐水，女即与水；女便随阿难，视阿难所止处。女归告其母，母名摩邓，女于家委地卧而啼。母问女：“何为悲啼？”女言：“母欲嫁我者，莫与他人，我于水边见一沙门从我丐水，我问何字？名阿难。我得阿难乃嫁，母不得者，我不嫁也。” 母出行问阿难，阿难者承事佛。母已知，还告女言：“阿难事佛道，不肯为汝作夫。”女啼，不饮食言：“母能知蛊道。”母出，请阿难归饭，女大喜。 母语阿难：“我女欲为卿作妻。”阿难言：“我持戒，不畜妻。”复言：“我女不得卿为夫者，便自杀。”阿难言：“我师佛，不得与女人共交通。” 母入语女：“阿难不肯为汝作夫，言其有经道者不得畜妇。”女对母啼言：“母道所在。”母言：“天下道，无有能过佛道及阿罗汉道。”摩邓女复言：“但为我闭门户，无令得出，暮自当为我作夫。”母闭门以蛊道缚阿难。 至晡时，母 现代汉语译本 《佛说摩邓女经》 后汉安息国三藏安世高译 我听闻是这样的： 一时，佛陀在舍卫国祇树给孤独园（Jetavana Anathapindika-arama）说法。 当时，阿难（Ananda，佛陀的十大弟子之一，以记忆力强著称）持钵乞食。乞食完毕后，阿难沿着水边行走，看见一个女子在水边打水，阿难向女子乞水，女子便给了他水；女子便跟随阿难，观察阿难所去的地方。女子回家告诉她的母亲，母亲名叫摩邓（Matangi），女子在家中躺在地上哭泣。母亲问女儿：‘为何如此悲伤哭泣？’女儿说：‘母亲如果想嫁我，不要嫁给别人，我在水边看见一个沙门（Sramana，指佛教出家修行者）向我乞水，我问他叫什么名字？他说名叫阿难。我如果能嫁给阿难就嫁，母亲如果不能让我嫁给他，我就不嫁。’ 母亲出门打听阿难，得知阿难是服侍佛陀的人。母亲知道后，回来告诉女儿说：‘阿难修习佛道，不会娶你做妻子的。’女儿哭泣，不吃不喝地说：‘母亲一定懂得蛊术。’母亲出门，邀请阿难回家吃饭，女儿非常高兴。 母亲对阿难说：‘我的女儿想嫁给你做妻子。’阿难说：‘我持守戒律，不娶妻。’母亲又说：‘我的女儿如果不能嫁给你做丈夫，就会自杀。’阿难说：‘我的老师是佛陀，我不能与女人发生性关系。’ 母亲进屋告诉女儿：‘阿难不肯娶你做妻子，他说修习经道的人不能娶妻。’女儿对着母亲哭泣说：‘母亲的道术在哪里？’母亲说：‘天下的道术，没有能超过佛道以及阿罗汉（Arhat，断尽烦恼，证得解脱的圣者）道的。’摩邓女又说：‘只要为我关闭门户，不要让他出去，晚上自然会成为我的丈夫。’母亲关闭门户，用蛊术束缚阿难。 到了傍晚时分，母亲
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English version The Sutra of Matangi Woman Spoken by the Buddha Translated by An Shih-kao, a Tripitaka Master from An息 Kingdom of the Later Han Dynasty Thus have I heard: At one time, the Buddha was in the Jeta Grove of the Anathapindika-arama (祇樹給孤獨園) in Shravasti (舍衛國). At that time, Ananda (阿難, one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his excellent memory) was carrying his bowl to beg for food. After eating, Ananda walked along the water's edge and saw a woman drawing water. Ananda asked the woman for water, and she gave it to him. The woman then followed Ananda, observing where he stopped. The woman returned home and told her mother, whose name was Matangi (摩鄧). The woman lay on the ground at home and wept. Her mother asked her, 'Why are you weeping so sadly?' The woman said, 'Mother, if you wish to marry me off, do not give me to another. I saw a Sramana (沙門, a Buddhist monastic) by the water's edge who asked me for water. I asked him his name, and he said it was Ananda. I will only marry Ananda; if you cannot get him for me, I will not marry.' The mother went out to inquire about Ananda, and learned that Ananda served the Buddha. Knowing this, the mother returned and told her daughter, 'Ananda practices the Buddha's path; he will not take you as his wife.' The daughter wept, refusing to eat or drink, and said, 'My mother must know the art of蛊 (gu, a kind of black magic).' The mother went out and invited Ananda to her home for a meal, which greatly pleased the daughter. The mother said to Ananda, 'My daughter wishes to take you as her husband.' Ananda said, 'I observe the precepts and do not keep a wife.' The mother then said, 'If my daughter cannot have you as her husband, she will kill herself.' Ananda said, 'My teacher is the Buddha; I cannot have sexual relations with a woman.' The mother went inside and told her daughter, 'Ananda will not take you as his wife; he says that those who practice the scriptures cannot keep a wife.' The daughter wept to her mother and said, 'Where is my mother's magic?' The mother said, 'In all the world, there is no magic that can surpass the Buddha's path or the path of an Arhat (阿羅漢, a perfected being who has attained liberation).' Matangi then said, 'Just close the doors for me, do not let him out, and by evening he will naturally become my husband.' The mother closed the doors and bound Ananda with the magic of 蛊. As evening approached, the mother --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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为女布席卧处，女大喜自庄饰，阿难不肯前就卧处，母令中庭地出火，前牵阿难衣语阿难言：“汝不为我女作夫，我掷汝火中。” 阿难自鄙为佛作沙门，今日反在是中不能得出。佛即持神，心知阿难。阿难还至佛所，白言：“我昨日行丐食，于水边见一女人，我从丐水，我还到佛所，明日有一女人名摩邓，请我，欲得归饭我，出便牵我，欲持女与我作妻。我言：‘我持佛戒不得畜妻。’” 女见阿难得脱去，于家啼哭，母言：“其有事佛者，我道不能胜，我本不语汝耶！”女啼不止，续念阿难。 女明日自行求索阿难，复见阿难行丐食，随阿难背后，视阿难足、视阿难面；阿难惭而避之，女复随不止。阿难还归佛所，女守门，阿难不出，女啼而去。 阿难前白佛：“摩邓女今日复随我。”佛使追呼摩邓女见之。佛问：“汝追逐阿难，何等索？”女言：“我闻阿难无妇，我又无夫，我欲为阿难作妇也。”佛告女言：“阿难沙门无发，汝有发，汝宁能剃汝头发不？我使阿难为汝作夫。” 女言：“我能剃头发。”佛言：“归报汝母，剃头发来。” 女归到母所言：“母不能为我致阿难，佛言：‘剃汝头发来，我使阿难为汝作夫。’”母言：“子我生汝，护汝头发，汝何为欲为沙门 现代汉语译本 一个女人为阿难铺设床铺，想让阿难在那里休息。那女子非常高兴，精心打扮自己。阿难不肯上前到床铺处休息。那女子的母亲便在院子里放出火，上前拉着阿难的衣服对阿难说：‘你如果不做我女儿的丈夫，我就把你扔到火里。’ 阿难自责，身为佛陀的沙门弟子，今天反而落入这种境地，无法脱身。佛陀以神通力，心中知晓阿难的困境。阿难回到佛陀处，禀告说：‘我昨天去乞食，在水边见到一个女人，我向她乞水。我回到佛陀处后，今天有一个名叫摩邓伽（Matanggi，一个女子的名字）的女人，邀请我去她家吃饭。我一出门，她就拉住我，想把女儿嫁给我做妻子。我说：“我受持佛陀的戒律，不能娶妻。”’ 那女子见阿难脱身离去，就在家里啼哭。她的母亲说：‘和信奉佛陀的人打交道，我说过我们是无法胜过的，我不是早就告诉过你了吗！’那女子哭泣不止，继续思念阿难。 第二天，那女子亲自去寻找阿难，又看见阿难在乞食，就跟在阿难身后，看着阿难的脚，看着阿难的脸。阿难感到惭愧，躲避她，那女子还是不停地跟随。阿难回到佛陀处，那女子守在门外，阿难不出来，那女子哭着离开了。 阿难上前禀告佛陀：‘摩邓伽（Matanggi）女子今天又跟随我。’佛陀派人追回摩邓伽（Matanggi）女子并召见她。佛陀问：‘你追逐阿难，想要什么？’女子说：‘我听说阿难没有妻子，我又没有丈夫，我想做阿难的妻子。’佛陀告诉那女子说：‘阿难是沙门，没有头发，你有头发，你能够剃掉你的头发吗？我就可以让阿难做你的丈夫。’ 女子说：‘我能剃掉头发。’佛陀说：‘回去禀告你的母亲，剃掉头发再来。’ 女子回到母亲那里说：‘母亲不能为我请到阿难，佛陀说：“剃掉你的头发再来，我就可以让阿难做你的丈夫。”’母亲说：‘女儿啊，我生养你，保护你的头发，你为什么要去做沙门
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English version A woman prepared a bed for Ananda, wanting him to rest there. The woman was very happy and adorned herself elaborately. Ananda refused to go forward to the bed to rest. The woman's mother then set fire in the courtyard and, grabbing Ananda's robe, said to Ananda, 'If you do not become my daughter's husband, I will throw you into the fire.' Ananda reproached himself, being a Shramana disciple of the Buddha, yet today he had fallen into this situation and could not escape. The Buddha, with his divine power, knew Ananda's plight in his heart. Ananda returned to the Buddha and reported, 'Yesterday I went to beg for food and saw a woman by the water. I asked her for water. After I returned to the Buddha, today a woman named Matanggi (Matanggi, a woman's name) invited me to her house for a meal. As soon as I went out, she grabbed me, wanting to give her daughter to me as a wife. I said, "I uphold the Buddha's precepts and cannot take a wife."' When the woman saw Ananda escape, she wept at home. Her mother said, 'Dealing with those who believe in the Buddha, I told you we cannot win, didn't I tell you that long ago!' The woman cried incessantly, continuing to think of Ananda. The next day, the woman personally went to seek Ananda and again saw Ananda begging for food. She followed behind Ananda, looking at Ananda's feet, looking at Ananda's face. Ananda felt ashamed and avoided her, but the woman still followed relentlessly. Ananda returned to the Buddha, and the woman guarded the door. Ananda did not come out, and the woman left crying. Ananda went forward and reported to the Buddha, 'The woman Matanggi (Matanggi) is following me again today.' The Buddha sent someone to call back the woman Matanggi (Matanggi) and summoned her. The Buddha asked, 'What do you want by chasing after Ananda?' The woman said, 'I heard that Ananda has no wife, and I have no husband. I want to be Ananda's wife.' The Buddha told the woman, 'Ananda is a Shramana and has no hair, but you have hair. Can you shave your hair? I can then make Ananda your husband.' The woman said, 'I can shave my hair.' The Buddha said, 'Go back and report to your mother, and come back after shaving your hair.' The woman returned to her mother and said, 'Mother cannot get Ananda for me. The Buddha said, "Come back after shaving your hair, and I can make Ananda your husband."’ The mother said, 'Daughter, I gave birth to you and protected your hair. Why do you want to become a Shramana --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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作妇？国中有大豪富家，我自能嫁汝与之。”女言：“我生死当为阿难作妇。”母言：“汝何为辱我种？”女言：“母爱我者，当随我心所喜。”母啼泣下刀剃女头发。 女还到佛所言：“我已剃头发。”佛言：“汝爱阿难何等？”女言：“我爱阿难眼、爱阿难鼻、爱阿难口、爱阿难耳、爱阿难声、爱阿难行步。”佛言：“眼中但有泪、鼻中但有洟、口中但有唾、耳中但有垢、身中但有屎尿臭处不净。其有夫妻者，便有恶露，恶露中便有子，已有子便有死亡，已有死亡便有哭泣，于是身有何益？”女即自思念身中恶露，便自正心，即得阿罗汉道。 佛知已得阿罗汉道，即告女言：“汝起至阿难所。”女即惭而低头，长跪于佛前言：“实愚痴故逐阿难耳。今我心已开，如冥中有灯火；如人乘船船坏依岸；如盲人得扶；如老人持杖行。今佛与我道，令我心开如是。” 诸比丘俱问佛：“是女人母作蛊道，何因缘是女得阿罗汉道？” 佛告诸比丘：“汝欲闻知是女不？” 诸比丘言：“我曹当受教。” 佛言：“是摩邓女，先世时五百世为阿难作妇，五百世中常相敬相重相贪相爱，同于我经戒中得道，于今夫妻相见如兄弟，如是佛道何用不为？” 佛说是经，诸比丘闻皆欢喜。 现代汉语译本： 母亲问：‘你打算做什么？我们国家有许多富豪之家，我自然能把你嫁给他们。’女儿说：‘我生生世世都要做阿难（Ānanda，佛陀的十大弟子之一，以记忆力强著称）的妻子。’母亲说：‘你为什么要羞辱我的家族？’女儿说：‘母亲如果爱我，就应该顺从我喜欢的心意。’母亲哭泣着，用刀剃掉了女儿的头发。 女儿回到佛陀那里说：‘我已经剃了头发。’佛陀问：‘你爱阿难（Ānanda）什么？’女儿说：‘我爱阿难（Ānanda）的眼睛、爱阿难（Ānanda）的鼻子、爱阿难（Ānanda）的嘴巴、爱阿难（Ānanda）的耳朵、爱阿难（Ānanda）的声音、爱阿难（Ānanda）的行走姿态。’佛陀说：‘眼睛里只有眼泪、鼻子里只有鼻涕、嘴里只有唾沫、耳朵里只有污垢、身体里只有屎尿，臭秽不干净。有了夫妻，便会有恶露，恶露中便会有孩子，有了孩子便会有死亡，有了死亡便会有哭泣，这样的身体有什么益处？’女儿立刻思念身体中的污秽，便端正了自己的心念，立刻证得了阿罗汉（Arhat，小乘佛教的最高果位）的境界。 佛陀知道她已经证得阿罗汉（Arhat）的境界，就告诉她说：‘你起身到阿难（Ānanda）那里去吧。’女儿惭愧地低下头，长跪在佛陀面前说：‘实在是因为愚痴才追逐阿难（Ānanda）啊。现在我的心已经开悟，就像黑暗中有灯火；像人乘船，船坏了依靠岸边；像盲人得到了搀扶；像老人拄着拐杖行走。现在佛陀给了我正道，让我的心开悟如此。’ 众比丘一起问佛陀：‘这个女人的母亲使用了蛊术，是什么因缘让这个女人证得了阿罗汉（Arhat）的境界？’ 佛陀告诉众比丘：‘你们想知道这个女人的事情吗？’ 众比丘说：‘我们愿意接受教诲。’ 佛陀说：‘这个摩邓女（Mātangī，一个种族的名字），前世五百世都做阿难（Ānanda）的妻子，五百世中常常互相尊敬、互相看重、互相贪恋、互相爱慕，一同在我的经戒中得道，如今夫妻相见如同兄弟，这样的佛道有什么不能成就的呢？’ 佛陀说完这部经，众比丘听了都非常欢喜。
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English version: The mother asked: 'What do you intend to do? There are many wealthy families in our country, and I can naturally marry you to one of them.' The daughter said: 'In life after life, I will be Ānanda's (one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his excellent memory) wife.' The mother said: 'Why do you want to disgrace my family?' The daughter said: 'If mother loves me, she should follow what my heart desires.' The mother wept and shaved off her daughter's hair with a knife. The daughter returned to the Buddha and said: 'I have already shaved my head.' The Buddha asked: 'What do you love about Ānanda?' The daughter said: 'I love Ānanda's eyes, I love Ānanda's nose, I love Ānanda's mouth, I love Ānanda's ears, I love Ānanda's voice, I love Ānanda's way of walking.' The Buddha said: 'In the eyes, there are only tears; in the nose, there is only mucus; in the mouth, there is only saliva; in the ears, there is only dirt; in the body, there is only excrement and urine, foul and unclean. When there is a husband and wife, there will be foul discharge; in the foul discharge, there will be children; when there are children, there will be death; when there is death, there will be weeping. What benefit is there in such a body?' The daughter immediately contemplated the foulness within her body, and she straightened her mind and immediately attained the state of an Arhat (the perfected one who has attained Nirvana). Knowing that she had attained the state of an Arhat, the Buddha told her: 'Arise and go to Ānanda.' The daughter lowered her head in shame and knelt before the Buddha, saying: 'It was truly out of ignorance that I pursued Ānanda. Now my mind is enlightened, like a lamp in the darkness; like a person on a boat who relies on the shore when the boat breaks; like a blind person who receives support; like an old person walking with a cane. Now the Buddha has given me the path, causing my mind to be enlightened in this way.' The Bhikkhus (monks) together asked the Buddha: 'The mother of this woman used witchcraft. What is the cause and condition that allowed this woman to attain the state of an Arhat?' The Buddha told the Bhikkhus: 'Do you want to know about this woman?' The Bhikkhus said: 'We are willing to receive your teachings.' The Buddha said: 'This Mātangī (name of a caste) woman, in her previous lives, was Ānanda's wife for five hundred lifetimes. In those five hundred lifetimes, they often respected each other, valued each other, were greedy for each other, and loved each other. Together, they attained the path in my teachings and precepts. Now, husband and wife see each other as brothers. What Buddhist path cannot be achieved in this way?' After the Buddha finished speaking this sutra, all the Bhikkhus were delighted to hear it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------