經律異相 19.78

19.78

昔阿難報事。有沙門得阿那含道。於山上煮草染衣。時有失牛者遍求。見煙便往。視釜中草悉成牛骨。鉢化成牛頭。袈裟化成牛皮。人便以骨繫頭。侚行國中。眾人共見之。沙彌。見日己中。捶撻抵不見師至。便入戶悉思惟。見師為人所辱。則往頭面著足。何時言如此。日久遠時罪也。沙彌言。可暫歸食。兩人則放。神足俱去。沙彌未得道。常有恚未除。顧見清信士及國人。乃取我師如此。使龍雨沙石動此國。令之恐怖。念此適竟。四面雨沙。城塢屋室皆悉壞敗。師言。我宿命一世屠牛為業。故得此殃耳。汝何緣作罪乎。汝去不須復與我相追。師曰。罪福如是。可不慎矣（出譬喻經上卷）。

Formerly, Ānanda reported an event: There was a śramaṇa who had attained the path of an anāgāmin. On a mountain, he boiled herbs to dye his robes. At that time, someone who had lost an ox searched everywhere, and upon seeing the smoke, went there. He saw that the herbs in the cauldron had all turned into cow bones, the alms bowl had transformed into a cow's head, and the kāṣāya robe had transformed into a cow's hide. The man then tied the bones to the śramaṇa's head and paraded him through the kingdom; the populace all saw it. A novice monk (śrāmaṇera) saw that midday had already passed, yet despite waiting persistently, he did not see his master arrive. He then went into the room and concentrated his thoughts, seeing that his master had been humiliated by people. He went there, placed his head and face at his master's feet, and asked when this had been decreed. The master said, "It is from long ago, an ancient sin." The novice said, "You may return for a short time to eat." The two of them were then released, and with spiritual supernormal powers, departed together. The novice had not yet attained the Way and still had anger that was not eliminated. Looking back and seeing how the upāsakas and the people of the kingdom had treated his master in this way, he made dragons rain down sand and stones to shake this kingdom and make them terrified. Just as he finished this thought, sand rained down on all four sides, and the city walls and houses were all destroyed and ruined. The master said, "In a past life of mine, I engaged in slaughtering cattle as a livelihood, and that is why I have incurred this calamity. For what reason have you now created sin? Go; there is no need for you to follow me anymore." The master said, "Such are sin and merit; can one not be cautious?" (From the upper fascicle of the Avadāna Sūtra).