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大正藏第 32 册 No. 1689 请宾头卢法 No. 1689 请宾头卢法 宋沙门释慧简译 天竺国有优婆塞国王长者。若设一切会。常请宾头卢颇罗堕誓阿罗汉宾头卢者字也。颇罗堕誓者姓也。其人为树提长者现神足故。佛摈之不听涅槃。敕令为末法四部众作福田。请时于静处烧香礼拜。向天竺摩梨山。至心称名言。大德宾头卢颇罗堕誓。受佛教敕。为末法人作福田。愿受我请。于此处食。若新作屋舍。亦应请之言。愿受我请。于此舍床敷止宿。若普请众僧澡浴时。亦应请之言。愿受我请。于此洗浴。及未明前具香汤净水澡豆杨枝。香油调和冷暖。如人浴法。开户请入。然后闭户。如人浴讫顷。众僧乃入。凡会食澡浴。要须一切请僧至心求解脱。不疑不昧。信心清净。然后可屈。近世有一长者闻说宾头卢阿罗汉受佛教敕为末法人作福田。即如法施设大会。至心请宾头卢。氍氀下遍布华。欲以验之。大众食讫。发氍氀华皆萎。懊恼自责。不知过所从来。更复精竭。审问经师。重设大会。如前华亦复皆萎。复更倾竭尽家财产。复作大会。犹亦如前。懊恼自责。更请百余法师。求请所失。忏谢罪过。如向上座一人年老。四布悔其愆咎。上座告之。汝三会请我。我皆受请。汝自 现代汉语译本 大正藏第 32 册 No. 1689 请宾头卢法 No. 1689 请宾头卢法 宋沙门释慧简译 天竺（India）国有优婆塞（Upasaka，在家男居士）国王长者。若设一切会，常请宾头卢·颇罗堕誓（Pindola Bharadvaja）（阿罗汉，宾头卢是他的名字，颇罗堕誓是他的姓氏）。其人为树提长者现神足（神通）故，佛摈之不听涅槃（Nirvana）。敕令为末法（Dharma-ending Age）四部众（比丘、比丘尼、优婆塞、优婆夷）作福田。请时于静处烧香礼拜，向天竺摩梨山，至心称名言：‘大德宾头卢·颇罗堕誓，受佛教敕，为末法人作福田，愿受我请，于此处食。’若新作屋舍，亦应请之言：‘愿受我请，于此舍床敷止宿。’若普请众僧澡浴时，亦应请之言：‘愿受我请，于此洗浴。’及未明前具香汤净水澡豆杨枝，香油调和冷暖，如人浴法，开户请入，然后闭户，如人浴讫顷，众僧乃入。凡会食澡浴，要须一切请僧至心求解脱，不疑不昧，信心清净，然后可屈。近世有一长者闻说宾头卢阿罗汉受佛教敕为末法人作福田，即如法施设大会，至心请宾头卢，氍氀（一种毛织地毯）下遍布华，欲以验之。大众食讫，发氍氀华皆萎，懊恼自责，不知过所从来。更复精竭，审问经师，重设大会，如前华亦复皆萎。复更倾竭尽家财产，复作大会，犹亦如前。懊恼自责，更请百余法师，求请所失，忏谢罪过。如向上座一人年老，四布悔其愆咎。上座告之：‘汝三会请我，我皆受请，汝自'
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English version Tripitaka Volume 32 No. 1689 The Method of Inviting Pindola No. 1689 The Method of Inviting Pindola Translated by Śramaṇa Shi Huijian of the Song Dynasty In India, there was a Upasaka (layman) king and elder. Whenever he held any gathering, he would always invite Pindola Bharadvaja (an Arhat, Pindola being his name and Bharadvaja his surname). Because he displayed his divine powers for the Elder Sudatta, the Buddha forbade him from entering Nirvana and ordered him to be a field of merit for the fourfold assembly (bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas, and upasikas) in the Dharma-ending Age. When inviting him, one should burn incense and prostrate in a quiet place, facing Mount Malaya in India, sincerely calling his name, saying: 'Venerable Pindola Bharadvaja, having received the Buddha's command to be a field of merit for the people of the Dharma-ending Age, I beseech you to accept my invitation and dine here.' If newly building a house, one should also invite him, saying: 'I beseech you to accept my invitation and rest on this bed in this house.' If universally inviting the Sangha for bathing, one should also invite him, saying: 'I beseech you to accept my invitation and bathe here.' Before dawn, prepare fragrant soup, clean water, soap beans, willow branches, and fragrant oil, adjusting the temperature to be warm, according to the custom of bathing. Open the door and invite him in, then close the door. After a time as if a person had finished bathing, the Sangha may then enter. For all gatherings for dining and bathing, it is necessary to sincerely seek liberation by inviting the Sangha, without doubt or ignorance, with pure faith, and then one may invite him. In recent times, there was an elder who heard that Arhat Pindola had received the Buddha's command to be a field of merit for the people of the Dharma-ending Age. He then arranged a grand gathering according to the Dharma, sincerely inviting Pindola, and spread flowers under a rug to test him. After the assembly had finished eating, when the rug was lifted, all the flowers had withered. He was distressed and blamed himself, not knowing where the fault came from. He further exhausted himself, carefully questioning the sutra masters, and held another grand gathering. As before, the flowers withered again. He further exhausted all his family's wealth and held another grand gathering, but it was still the same as before. Distressed and blaming himself, he invited over a hundred Dharma masters to seek what was lost and repent for his transgressions. An elderly senior monk then publicly confessed his faults. The senior monk told him: 'You invited me to three gatherings, and I accepted all the invitations. You yourself' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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使奴门中见遮。以我年老衣服弊坏。谓是被摈。赖提沙门不肯见前。我以汝请欲强入。汝奴以杖打我。头破额右角疮。是第二会亦来。复不见前。我又欲强入。复打我头额中疮。是第三会亦来。如前被打。头额左角疮。是皆汝自为之。何所懊惋。言已不现。长者乃知是宾头卢。自尔以来。诸人设福皆不敢复遮门。若得宾头卢。其坐华即不萎。若新立房舍床榻。欲请宾头卢时。皆当香汤洒地。燃香油灯。新床新褥奋绵敷之。以白练覆绵上。初夜如法请之。还闭房户。慎勿轻慢窥看。皆各至心信其必来。精诚感彻。无不至也。来则耨上现有卧处。浴室亦现用汤水处。受大会请时。或在上坐。或在中坐。或在下坐。现作随处僧形。人求其异终不可得。去后见坐处华不萎乃知之矣。 请宾头卢法 现代汉语译本：他（宾头卢 Pindola，十六阿罗汉之一）让我从奴仆的门进入，因为我年老且衣衫褴褛，他们认为我被驱逐了。幸亏提沙沙门（Tissa，一位僧人）不愿意见我。我因为你的请求想要强行进入，你的奴仆用杖打我，头破了，右额角受伤。第二次集会我也来了，仍然不让我进去。我又想强行进入，又被打伤了头部，额头中间受伤。第三次集会我也来了，像之前一样被打，头额左角受伤。这些都是你亲自造成的，你有什么可懊恼的呢？’说完就不见了。长者这才知道是宾头卢。从那以后，人们设斋供养时，都不敢再阻拦宾度罗进入。如果能请到宾度罗，他坐过的花就不会凋谢。如果新建了房屋和床榻，想要邀请宾度罗时，都应当用香汤洒地，点燃香油灯，用新床新褥铺设好，用白色的丝绸覆盖在棉絮上。初夜时按照仪轨迎请他，然后关上房门，切勿轻慢窥视。大家都应该至诚相信他一定会来。只要精诚感应，没有不来的。他来之后，褥子上会显现出卧过的痕迹，浴室里也会显现出用过的汤水痕迹。接受大型斋会邀请时，他或者坐在上座，或者坐在中座，或者坐在下座，显现出随处可见的僧人形象，人们想要发现他的特殊之处，最终也无法找到。他离开后，看到他坐过的地方花朵没有凋谢，才知道是他来了。 迎请宾度罗的方法
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English version: 'He (Pindola, one of the Sixteen Arhats) made me enter through the servants' gate because I am old and my clothes are tattered, and they thought I was being banished. Fortunately, the Shramana Tissa (a monk) was unwilling to see me. Because of your request, I wanted to force my way in, and your servant struck me with a staff, breaking my head and injuring my right forehead. I came to the second assembly as well, but they still wouldn't let me in. I wanted to force my way in again, and I was struck on the head again, injuring the middle of my forehead. I came to the third assembly as well, and I was struck as before, injuring the left corner of my forehead. All of this you did yourself, so what is there to regret?' Having said this, he disappeared. The elder then realized it was Pindola. From then on, when people held feasts, they dared not prevent Pindola from entering again. If Pindola could be invited, the flowers he sat on would not wither. If new houses and beds were built, and they wanted to invite Pindola, they should sprinkle the ground with fragrant water, light fragrant oil lamps, and spread new beds and mattresses, covering the cotton with white silk. On the first night, invite him according to the ritual, and then close the door, being careful not to disrespectfully peek. Everyone should sincerely believe that he will surely come. As long as there is sincere resonance, there is no one who will not come. After he comes, there will be traces of lying down on the mattress, and traces of used hot water in the bathroom. When accepting invitations to large feasts, he may sit in the upper seat, or in the middle seat, or in the lower seat, appearing as a monk in any place, and people who want to find his special characteristics will ultimately not be able to find them. After he leaves, seeing that the flowers in the place where he sat have not withered, they will know that it was him. The Method of Inviting Pindola --------------------------------------------------------------------------------