[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [眾經撰雜譬喻](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208) › 1.30 # 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.30 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.30) 昔無數世時，有一佛圖，中有沙門數千餘人止住其中。遣諸沙彌數百人行分衛供給眾僧。日輸米一斛，師便兼課一偈。有一沙彌，時過市中行且誦經。時肆上有賢者，見沙彌行誦，禮而問曰：「道人行何所說？」答曰：「分衛給僧兼誦一偈。」賢者又問：「若無事可誦幾偈？」答曰：「可得十餘偈。」又問：「分衛幾日？」曰：「九十日。當輸九十斛米。」賢者謂誦道人：「但還安意誦經，我當相代出米。」沙彌大喜，賢者與米九十斛，還報師已便閑讀經。經三月通千四百偈，啟師：「誦經已訖，要當詣檀越家試之。」師即聽。詣賢者所，報曰：「蒙君重惠得安誦經，今經已止故來說之。」沙彌誦文句流利，無有躓礙。賢者歡喜稽首為禮：「願我來世聰睿博達多聞不忘。」因此福願，世世所生明識強記，及到佛出世現為弟子，名曰阿難，常侍世尊特獨辯通博聞第一。師曰：「時賢者，今阿難是。夫勸助學者志求願功德不虛，緣是福報隨願而得如是也！」 > Once, countless kalpas ago, there was a Buddhist stūpa-monastery where several thousand śramaṇas resided. Several hundred śrāmaṇeras were sent out to go on almsrounds to supply the saṃgha. Each day, upon bringing in one bushel of rice, the master would additionally assign them one gāthā \[to learn\]. There was one śrāmaṇera who, while walking through the marketplace, went along reciting scripture. At that time there was a worthy man in a shop who, seeing the śrāmaṇera walking and reciting, bowed and asked: "Renunciant, what are you reciting as you walk?" He replied: "I go on almsrounds to provide for the saṃgha, and concurrently recite one gāthā." The worthy man asked again: "If you were free of chores, how many gāthās could you recite?" He replied: "I could manage ten or more gāthās." He asked again: "For how many days are you to go on almsrounds?" \[The śrāmaṇera\] said: "For ninety days. I must bring in ninety bushels of rice." The worthy man said to the reciting renunciant: "Just return, set your mind at ease, and recite the sūtras; I shall provide the rice in your stead." The śrāmaṇera was greatly delighted. The worthy man gave him ninety bushels of rice. Having returned and reported to his master, \[the śrāmaṇera\] had leisure to read the scriptures. After three months, he was proficient in one thousand four hundred gāthās. He informed his master: "Having completed the recitation of the sūtras, I must go to the dānapati's house to test it." The master immediately permitted it. He went to the worthy man's place and reported: "Relying upon your great kindness, I was able to recite the sūtras in peace. Now that the recitation is complete, I have come to recite them \[for you\]." The śrāmaṇera recited the text and phrases fluently, without any stumbling or hindrance. The worthy man joyfully bowed his head in homage: "May I in future lives be intelligent, broadly learned, of wide hearing, and never forgetful." Because of this meritorious vow, in life after life wherever he was born, he was clear in understanding and strong in memory. When the Buddha appeared in the world, he manifested as a disciple named Ānanda, constantly attending upon the World-Honoured One, uniquely articulate and comprehensive, foremost in erudition. The Master said: "The worthy man of that time was the present Ānanda. When one encourages and aids a learner who resolves to seek vows, the merit is not in vain; it was because of this karmic reward, attained in accordance with his vow, that it came to be like this!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.29) - [Next: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.31) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208~en-mt.1.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.30) · Pramāṇa