[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) › [冥報記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082) › 3.13 # 冥報記 3.13 冥報記 3.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3.13) 京兆殷安仁。家富於財。素事慈門寺僧。以義寧初。有客寄其家。停止。客盜他驢皮遺安仁。至貞觀三年。安仁遂見一人於路。謂安仁曰。官追汝。使人明日至。汝當死也。安仁懼。徑至慈門寺佛堂中。經宿不出。明食時。果有三騎。并出有數十人。皆兵杖入寺。遙見安仁呼出。安仁不應。而念佛誦經。愈精。鬼謂曰。昨日不即取之。今其修福如此。何由可得。因相與去。留一人守者。謂安仁曰。君往日殺驢。驢今訴君。故我等來攝君耳。終須共他對。不去何益。安仁遙答曰。往者盜自殺驢但以皮遺我耳。非我殺。何為見追。請君還為我語驢。我本故不殺汝。然今為汝追福。於汝有利。當捨我也。此人許諾。驢若不許。我明日更來。如其許者。不復來矣。言畢而去。明日遂不來。安仁於是為驢追福。而舉家持戒菜食云（盧文勵說云安仁今見在）。 > Yin Anren of Jingzhao came from a wealthy family and had long served the monks of Cimen Monastery. At the beginning of the Yining era, a guest lodged at his home and stayed there. The guest stole someone else's donkey, flayed its hide, and gave it to Anren. When it came to the third year of the Zhenguan era, Anren met a person on the road who said to him, 'The authorities are pursuing you. An emissary will arrive tomorrow, and you must die.' Anren was terrified and went straight to the Buddha Hall in Cimen Monastery, where he stayed through the night without coming out. At mealtime the next day, there indeed arrived three horsemen accompanied by several dozen men, all bearing weapons, who entered the monastery. Seeing Anren from a distance, they called him to come out. Anren did not respond, but recited the Buddha's name and chanted sūtras with ever-greater diligence. A ghost said, 'Yesterday we did not take him at once; now that he is cultivating merit like this, how can we possibly seize him?' Thereupon they left together, leaving behind one man on guard, who said to Anren, 'In the past you killed a donkey, and the donkey has now filed a complaint against you; that is why we have come to arrest you. In the end, you must confront it face to face; what benefit is there in not going?' Anren replied from a distance, 'In the past, the thief killed the donkey himself and merely gave me the hide. It was not I who killed it; why am I being pursued? Please go back and tell the donkey on my behalf: "I originally did not kill you. Yet now I will cultivate merit on your behalf for your benefit; you ought to release me."' The man agreed, saying, 'If the donkey refuses, I shall come again tomorrow; if it consents, I shall not come again.' Having finished speaking, he departed. On the following day, he indeed did not come. Anren thereupon cultivated merit on the donkey's behalf, and his entire household upheld the precepts and ate a vegetarian diet (Lu Wenli related this, saying that Anren is still alive today). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3.12) - [Next: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3.14) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082~en-mt.3.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.3.13) · Pramāṇa