法華義疏 1.234

1.234

「薄拘羅」者，此云善容，持一不殺戒得五不死報：一、釜煮不死；二、熬盤不焦；三、水不溺；四、魚腹不爛；五、刀刃不傷。經云「出家以來八十歲，眼不視女人面，不入尼寺，亦不為女人說於一偈。阿育王歷諸塔供養多有布施，至薄拘羅塔，聞其在世少欲知足不為女人說一偈，乃以一錢施之，塔遂不受。阿育王言：『是真少欲，乃至不受一錢也。』」

Regarding "Vakkula": translated here as "good appearance." By upholding the single precept against killing, he obtained five retributions of not dying: first, not dying when boiled in a cauldron; second, not burning on a roasting pan; third, not drowning in water; fourth, not decaying in a fish's belly; fifth, not being harmed by knife blades. A sūtra states: "For eighty years since leaving the household life, his eyes did not gaze at a woman's face, he did not enter a nunnery, nor did he preach a single verse to a woman. King Aśoka visited various stūpas to make offerings and gave many alms; upon arriving at Vakkula's stūpa, hearing that during his life he had few desires, was easily satisfied, and did not preach a single verse to a woman, he offered a single coin to it, but the stūpa did not accept it. King Aśoka said: 'This is true fewness of desires, even to the extent of not accepting a single coin.'"