The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.16

15.16

「梵志！時，我右旋告善宿曰：『汝意愚人！寧可自稱為釋子耶？』善宿白佛言：『世尊！何故稱我為愚？不應自稱為釋子耶？』佛告善宿言：『汝愚人！觀此究羅帝蹲糞堆上伏食糠糟，汝見已，作是念：諸世間阿羅漢及向羅漢者，此究羅帝最為尊上，所以者何？今此究羅帝乃能苦行，除捨憍慢，蹲糞堆上伏舐糠糟。汝有是念不？』答我言：『實爾。』善宿又言：『何故？世尊！於阿羅漢所生嫉妬心。』佛告愚人：『我不於羅漢所生嫉妬心，何為於羅漢所生嫉妬心？汝今愚人！謂究羅帝真阿羅漢，此人却後七日當腹脹命終，生起屍餓鬼中，常苦飢餓，其命終後，以葦索繫抴於塚間。汝若不信者，可先往語之。』

“Wanderer, when he was walking on my right, I told Sunakṣatra, ‘You fool, wouldn’t you rather call yourself a Śākyan disciple?’

“Sunakṣatra said to me, ‘Why do you call me a fool, Bhagavān? Shouldn’t I call myself a Śākyan disciple?’

“I told Sunakṣatra, ‘You fool, look at this Khoradattika squatting on a mound of refuse eating coarse food. Seeing that, you thought, “Whether the world has arhats and those who follow the arhat’s path, this Khoradattika is supreme. Why is that? Now, this Khoradattika’s asceticism can abandon pride and squat on a mound of refuse licking up coarse food.” Didn’t you have that thought?’

“He answered me, ‘That’s true.’

“Sunakṣatra also said, ‘Why does the Bhagavān feel jealous of an arhat?’

“I told that fool, ‘It’s not that I feel jealous of an arhat. How could I be jealous of an arhat? You’re a fool, taking that Khoradattika to be a real arhat. In seven days, that man’s belly will swell up, and his life will end. He’ll be born as a corporeal hungry ghost that constantly suffers from hunger and thirst. After his life ends, he’ll be dragged to the cemetery with a reed cord. If you don’t believe me, you can go and tell him beforehand.’