本生故事，讲婆罗门青年憍兰地耶以“欲令大地平坦”自喻其师“欲令举世向善”之志；此事对应舍利弗有教无类、对一切来求教者皆倾囊相授之举。

A birth story of a brahmin youth who defended his ambition to throw stones into a cave to level it, comparing it to his teacher’s ambition to make the whole world moral, told regarding Sāriputta’s willingness to teach all who came to him.