妙法蓮華經文句 1.155

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《賢愚經》云：「弗沙佛末法時世饑饉，有支佛名利吒，行乞空鉢無獲，有一貧人見而悲悼，白言：『勝士能受稗不？』即以所噉奉之。食已，作十八變。後更採稗，有兔跳抱其背，變為死人，無伴得脫。待闇還家，委地即成金人，拔指隨生，用脚更出，取之無盡。惡人、惡王欲來奪之，但見死尸，而其所覩純是金寶，九十一劫果報充足，故號無貧。其生已後，家業豐溢，日夜增益，父母欲試之，蓋空器皿往送，發看百味具足。而其門下日日常有一萬二千人，六千取債，六千還直。出家已後，隨所至處人見歡喜，欲有所須，如己家無異。」

The Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish says: "During the final Dharma age of Puṣya Buddha, there was a famine. There was a pratyekabuddha named Ṛṣidatta who went begging with an empty bowl and obtained nothing. A poor man saw him, felt pity, and addressed him, 'Can the superior man accept millet?' He then offered what he had been eating. Having eaten, [the pratyekabuddha] performed the eighteen transformations. Later, while gathering millet again, a hare leaped onto his back and transformed into a corpse; with no companion, he could not free himself. Waiting until dark, he returned home; when it dropped to the ground, it immediately turned into a golden corpse. When he plucked a finger, another grew in its place; when he used a foot, another emerged—taken inexhaustibly. Evil people and an evil king came wishing to seize it, but they saw only a dead corpse, while what he beheld was purely gold and treasure. For ninety-one kalpas he enjoyed the retribution of abundant sufficiency; hence he was called 'Free from Poverty.' After he was born, his household wealth was overflowing, increasing day and night. His parents wished to test him, so they covered an empty vessel and sent it to him; when uncovered and viewed, it was fully laden with a hundred delicacies. Before his gate there were always twelve thousand people every day: six thousand taking loans and six thousand repaying their values. After he went forth from home, wherever he went people were delighted to see him; whatever he needed was no different from being in his own home."