SĀ 981
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 981（九八一） 幢
Parallel to: SN 11.2 (~) / SN 11.3 / EĀ 24.1
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī. | 一时，佛住舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 |
At that time the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "If a bhikṣu dwells in an empty and quiet place, under a tree, or in an empty house, and sometimes feels terror and his hair stands on end, he should contemplate the matters of the Tathāgata, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha..." and so on, as explained in detail above. "When contemplating the matters of the Tathāgata, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha, the terror is immediately dispelled. | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「若比丘住于空闲、树下、空舍，有时恐怖，心惊毛竖者，当念如来事及法事、僧事……」如前广说。「念如来事、法事、僧事之时，恐怖即除。 |
"Bhikṣus! In the past, when Śakra, Lord of the Devas, was fighting with the asuras, he told the thirty-three devas, 'Good sirs, when the devas and asuras are fighting, if you feel terror and your hair stands on end, you should contemplate my banner of subduing the enemy. When you contemplate that banner, the terror will be dispelled.' In this way, bhikṣus, if you feel terror and your hair stands on end while dwelling in an empty and quiet place, under a tree, or in an empty house, you should contemplate the Tathāgata: 'The Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One, up to the Buddha, the World-Honored One.' When you contemplate him, the terror will be dispelled. Why is that? Although that Śakra, Lord of the Devas, is still bound by greed, anger, and delusion, and has not attained liberation from birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, and distress, and still feels terror, fear, and the need to flee and take refuge, he still tells the thirty-three devas to contemplate his banner of subduing the enemy. How much more so the Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One, up to the Buddha, the World-Honored One, who is free from greed, anger, and delusion, and has attained liberation from birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, and distress, and is free from all terror, fear, and the need to flee and take refuge. How could he not be able to dispel all terror when contemplated?" | 「诸比丘！过去世时，释提桓因与阿修罗共战。尔时，帝释语诸三十三天言：『诸仁者，诸天阿修罗共鬪战时，若生恐怖，心惊毛竖者，汝当念我伏敌之幢。念彼幢时，恐怖即除。』如是。比丘！若于空闲、树下、空舍而生恐怖，心惊毛竖者，当念如来：『如来、应、等正觉，乃至佛世尊。』彼当念时，恐怖即除。所以者何？彼天帝释怀贪、恚、痴，于生、老、病、死、忧、悲、恼、苦不得解脱，有恐怖、畏惧、逃窜、避难，而犹告诸三十三天令念我摧伏敌幢，况复如来、应、等正觉，乃至佛世尊，离贪、恚、痴，解脱生、老、病、死、忧、悲、恼、苦，无诸恐怖、畏惧、逃避，而不能令其念如来者，除诸恐怖？」 |
After the Buddha had spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus who heard what the Buddha had said rejoiced and received it respectfully. | 佛说是经已，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Saṃyuktāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).