三寶感應要略錄 2.25

2.25

昔乾陀衛國瞿摩夷精舍。有一阿羅漢。名富那舍。六通三明清徹。晝夜誦中阿含。未曾暫廢。有人問曰。師更極聖。何偏好誦。阿羅漢答曰吾入宿住三昧。觀知先業。昔生在犬中。隨比丘而行。比丘誦中阿含。隨聞之受樂而不吠。乘此一善。生在乾陀衛國婆羅門家。出家乃得阿羅漢果。以是因緣。恒誦不廢矣。

Formerly, at the Gomaya vihāra in the country of Gandhāra, there was an arhat named Puṇyaśrī. His six supernatural knowledges and three clarities were purely luminous. Day and night he recited the Madhyama-āgama, never pausing even for a moment. Someone asked, "Master, you are already an ultimate sage; why are you so exclusively devoted to reciting it?" The arhat replied, "I entered the samādhi of recollecting past abodes and, observing, came to know my past karma. Formerly I was born among dogs and accompanied a monk as he walked. The monk recited the Madhyama-āgama; following him, I heard it, took delight in it, and did not bark. Relying on this single good deed, I was born into a brāhmaṇa family in the country of Gandhāra. When I left home, I then attained the fruit of an arhat. Due to these causes and conditions, I constantly recite it without cease."