大方便佛報恩經 1.5

1.5

At that time, Ānanda, through the Buddha's spiritual power, entered Rājagṛha in the morning to beg for food in succession. At that time, in the city, there was the son of a brāhmaṇa who filial-mindedly supported his parents. His family had fallen into ruin, its livelihood completely exhausted, and carrying his aged mother on his back, he too went begging in succession. If he received good food, fragrant and delicious fruits and vegetables, he reverently offered them to his mother; if he received bad food, withered greens and dried fruit, he ate it himself. When Ānanda saw this, joy arose in his heart, and he praised this man in verse: "Excellent! Excellent, good man! Providing for your parents is extraordinary and difficult to equal!"