大方便佛報恩經 3.49

3.49

佛告阿難：「善聽！吾當為汝分別解說摩耶夫人宿世行業因緣。乃往過去無量阿僧祇劫，爾時有佛出世，號毘婆尸如來、應供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世間解、無上士、調御丈夫、天人師、佛、世尊，在世教化。滅度之後，於像法中，爾時有國號波羅奈。其國有一婆羅門，唯生一女。其父命終，婆羅門婦養育此女，年轉長大。其家唯有一果園，其母以女守園，自往求食。既自食已，後為其女而送食分，日日如是。其母一日而便稽遲，過時不與。其女悒遲，飢渴所逼，而便恚心言：『我母今日何因緣故，不與我食，不來見看。』乃至煩惋再三，尋復恚言：『我母今者不如畜生。我見畜獸野鹿，子飢渴時，心不捨離。』如是未久，母持食至。正欲飲食，有一辟支佛沙門，從南方來，飛空北過。爾時其女見此比丘，心生歡喜，即起合掌，頭面作禮，即便請之，為敷淨座，取好妙華，減其食分，奉施比丘。比丘食已，為說妙法，示教利喜。爾時其女即發願言：『願我來世，遭遇賢聖，禮事供養，使我面首端正，尊榮豪貴，若經行時，蓮華承足。』」

The Buddha said to Ānanda: “Listen carefully! I shall analyze and explain for you the causes and conditions of Lady Māyā's actions in her past lives. Immeasurable asaṃkhyeya kalpas ago in the past, there was a buddha who appeared in the world named Vipaśyin Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksaṃbuddha, Vidyācaraṇasaṃpanna, Sugata, Lokavid, Anuttara, Puruṣadamyasārathi, Śāstā Devamanuṣyāṇām, Buddha, Bhagavat, who taught and transformed beings while in the world. After his parinirvāṇa, during the semblance dharma age, there was at that time a kingdom named Vārāṇasī. In that kingdom there was a brāhmaṇa who had only one daughter. When her father died, the brāhmaṇa's wife raised this daughter, and she gradually grew up. Their household had only an orchard. The mother had the daughter guard the orchard while she herself went out to seek food. After having eaten herself, she would later bring a portion of food to her daughter; day after day it was like this. One day the mother was delayed, and past the usual time she had not given [her food]. Her daughter was distressed and impatient, and pressed by hunger and thirst, with an angry mind she said: ‘For what reason today does my mother not give me food and not come to check on me?’ and so forth, grieving repeatedly; she soon said in anger again: ‘My mother today is not as good as a beast. I see beasts and wild deer: when their young are hungry and thirsty, in their minds they never abandon them.’ Not long after this, the mother arrived holding the food. Just as she was about to eat and drink, there was a pratyekabuddha śramaṇa who came from the south, flying through the sky northward. At that time the girl saw this bhikṣu and felt joy in her heart; she immediately arose, joined her palms, and bowed with her head and face to the ground. She then invited him, spread a clean seat for him, took fine, wondrous flowers, reduced her portion of food, and offered it to the bhikṣu. When the bhikṣu had finished eating, he spoke the wondrous Dharma for her, instructing, encouraging, benefiting, and delighting her. At that time the girl made a vow, saying: ‘May I in a future life encounter the worthy and holy, worship and make offerings to them, have an upright face and head, be honored, noble, and wealthy, and when I walk about, may lotus flowers support my feet!’”