大方便佛報恩經 5.44

5.44

"Before long, a large caravan arrived. At that time, among the caravan was an elder who was an old acquaintance of my parents. I went forward to ask for news of my parents. The elder then replied to me, saying: 'Last night a fire broke out in your parents' house; everything was burned away, and your parents also perished.' Hearing this, I fainted and collapsed to the ground, reviving only after a long while. Before long, a band of five hundred bandits broke up the caravan. At that time, the bandit chieftain took me away. The custom for the bandit chieftain's wife was always to guard the gate: if there was an emergency and they were pursued by others, she had to open the gate quickly. Later, on one occasion, the husband went out with the band of bandits to plunder and rob.