勸發菩提心集 2.39

2.39

又復往昔有一婦人，隱避其夫，獨食無度，以偷食故墮餓狗中，貧賤家生。薄福德故，形容醜陋，身體疥癩，叨哭之力反耳，嘷吠災怪數作，人所憎嫉，門打推擲，腰脊橑戾，蹄脚蹇跛，但言唱殺，無與食者。五百世中三頓飽食，第一飽者，值二醉人俱時嘔吐，及他未往，絕走食之。未得去頃，大狗來嚙，死如復活，屋裏呻嘷不能得出。其主嗔恚，設計欲殺，心畏死故，自力私去。平復差已，飢餓甚困，值遇押酒，偷食其糟，食飽訖已，不敢近屋，恐畏醉後或能打殺。即移在無人行處，恣意熟眠，三日醒已，飢虛甚困。顧盱食飲，無可得者。徘徊之頃，主人女郎擔米一斗，盛著坩中，蓋口而去。看人去已，以鼻推之，就中食米。食米訖竟，拔頭不得，畏人來見，盡力東西去不得脫，在中無聲住。須臾之頃，便至終於死。此還狗身，傾有菩薩名曰無言，即與說法五分戒，因教令修持。捨此身已，生長生王家，聰明智慧，得不退菩提。優婆塞戒乃有如是不思議力。

Furthermore, in the past there was a woman who concealed herself from her husband and ate alone without measure. Because she stole food, she fell among hungry dogs, being born into a poor and base household. Because her merit was meager, her appearance was ugly, her body was covered with scabies and leprosy, and her voice of howling and crying turned back upon her ears; ominous howls and barks occurred frequently, making her an object of hatred and envy by people. She was beaten, pushed, and thrown out at doors; her waist and spine were twisted and bent; her paws and legs were crippled and lame; people only cried out to kill her, and none gave her food. In five hundred lifetimes she ate her fill only three times. The first time she ate her fill, she encountered two drunkards vomiting at the same time; before others could get there, she dashed desperately and ate it. Before she could leave, a large dog came and bit her; she died and then revived as if from death, groaning and howling inside the house, unable to get out. The master was furious and devised a plan to kill her; because she feared death in her heart, she used her own strength to secretly slip away. After she had recovered, she was severely afflicted by hunger. She encountered the pressing of wine and stole and ate the dregs; after eating her fill, she did not dare approach the house, fearing that after getting drunk she might be beaten to death. She immediately moved to a place where no people walked and indulged herself in deep sleep. After waking three days later, she was extremely starved and distressed. She looked around for food and drink, but nothing could be obtained. While lingering there, a daughter of the household carried a peck of rice, placed it in an earthenware jar, covered the opening, and left. Seeing the person leave, she pushed it with her snout and ate the rice from inside. After finishing the rice, she could not pull her head out; fearing that someone would come and see her, she moved left and right with all her might but could not break free, and remained inside without making a sound. In a short while, she came to her end and died. Still in this dog's body, for a short while there was a bodhisattva named Wuyan (Wordless), who immediately expounded the Dharma to her on the precepts of the fivefold dharmakāya and thereby instructed her to cultivate and uphold them. Having abandoned this body, she was born into the household of King Changsheng, intelligent and wise, and attained non-retrograde bodhi. The precepts of an upāsaka possess such inconceivable power.