三寶感應要略錄 2.31

2.31

昔罽賓國可維精舍。有二比丘。一人受持律藏。一人受論藏。人皆以上妙食供律師。夜分天人來至。禮拜持律比丘。不禮持論比丘。如此一月餘。持論比丘。心懷忿恚。天呵云。戒律開人天道。乃至涅槃道。以是因緣。天人重持誦者。不可悔恨。爾時持論比丘。其持律藏精勤修習。俱得初果。時天供二比丘矣。

Formerly, at the Kavi vihāra in the country of Kapiśa, there were two monks: one upheld the Vinaya Piṭaka, and one upheld the Abhidharma Piṭaka. People all offered supreme food to the Vinaya master. In the middle of the night, gods would arrive and pay homage to the monk who upheld the Vinaya, but not to the monk who upheld the Abhidharma. After more than a month like this, the monk who upheld the Abhidharma harbored anger in his heart. A god scolded him, saying, "The Vinaya opens the way of humans and devas, and even the way to nirvāṇa. Due to these causes and conditions, gods revere those who uphold and recite it. You should not harbor resentment." Thereupon, the monk who upheld the Abhidharma diligently cultivated the Vinaya Piṭaka, and both attained the first fruit. Then the gods made offerings to both monks.