三寶感應要略錄 3.57

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昔有一沙門。奉行大法。次第乞食。至大婆羅門家。時婆羅門家中。遇此沙門。已屋棟梁摧折。打破水瓶瓫器。牛馬絕剃。四方馳走。爾時婆羅門謂。不祥之人。來入吾家。有此變怪。沙門聞已。答婆羅門曰。汝頗見汝家兒子等。腹脹面腫。身重眼暗。疾鬼所惱不。婆羅門言。我先見之。沙門復言。汝家內有惡鬼夜叉。吸人精氣。今汝家內有疾病。是諸鬼等。以畏我故。逃避有此事。應時兒子諸惱方除。婆羅門言。汝有何力。沙門答曰。我以親近如來大法。負千手像有此威神。婆羅門夫婦聞已觀已。歡喜供養之矣。

Formerly, there was a śramaṇa who practiced the Great Dharma and begged for food in regular order, arriving at the house of a great brāhmaṇa. Just when the brāhmaṇa's household encountered this śramaṇa, the ridgepole and beams of the house snapped and collapsed, water jars and earthenware vessels smashed, oxen and horses broke their halters and galloped off in all four directions. At that time the brāhmaṇa thought, “An inauspicious person has entered my home, causing these monstrous anomalies.” Hearing this, the śramaṇa replied to the brāhmaṇa, saying: “Have you not seen the children of your household with swollen bellies and puffy faces, heavy bodies and dimmed eyes, afflicted by disease spirits?” The brāhmaṇa said, “I have noticed it before.” The śramaṇa said further, “Inside your house there are evil yakṣa demons who suck people’s vital essence. That there is now illness inside your household is because these spirits, fearing me, fled in avoidance, causing these things.” Immediately, the children’s various afflictions were dispelled. The brāhmaṇa said, “What power do you possess?” The śramaṇa replied, “Because I closely attend to the Great Dharma of the Tathāgata and carry an image of the Thousand-Handed One, I possess this awesome spiritual power.” Having heard and seen this, the brāhmaṇa and his wife rejoiced and made offerings to it.