集神州三寶感通錄 3.74

3.74

東晉初南陽滕並舍之父也。家門信敬。每設會不逆請。隨來者而供之。後設會於路要僧。見一僧廕柳而坐。請入舍行食。淨人翻飯傾簞于地。罔然無計。僧曰。貧道鉢飯充足。一眾所作既畢。擲鉢空中極目乃滅。即刻木擬之。朝夕禮事。災禍則其像先倒云云。

In the early Eastern Jin, there was the father of Teng Bingshe of Nanyang. His household was faithful and reverent; whenever they held a gathering, they did not issue invitations beforehand, but made offerings to whoever came. Later, they held a gathering along the road to invite monks. Seeing a monk sitting in the shade of a willow tree, they invited him into the house to serve him food. The pure attendant overturned the rice, spilling the basket onto the ground, and was completely at a loss. The monk said, 'The poor monk's bowl of rice is sufficient.' When the needs of the whole assembly were met, he threw the bowl into the sky, and it vanished into the distance. Thereupon, they carved wood in his likeness, worshiping it morning and evening. Whenever a calamity was to occur, that image would first fall over, and so forth.