經律異相 20.9

20.9

有一比丘。得滅盡定。乞食時。著衣詣食堂中。其日彼寺打揵搥。晚彼比丘。精勤而作是念。我何故空過此時。不觀未來。何時當打揵搥。即立誓願。入於滅定。乃至打揵搥當起。時彼僧伽藍有事難起。時諸比丘。背捨僧伽藍而去。經於三月。難事乃解。時諸比丘還集會而打揵搥。時彼比丘起定即死。後有一乞食比丘。獲得滅定。以日初分。欲詣乞食。時天大雨。而作是念。若入村者壞我衣色。若不往者何故空過。此時不觀未來即立願入定。乃至不雨自當起。或有說者。雨經半月。或有說者雨經一月。雨既止彼比丘起定即死（出毘婆沙第四十四卷）。

There was a monk who had attained the concentration of cessation (nirodhasamāpatti). At the time of begging for food, he put on his robes and went to the dining hall. On that day, the monastery struck the ghaṇṭī late. That monk, diligent in his practice, had this thought: “Why should I pass this time in vain instead of contemplating the future? When will the ghaṇṭī be struck?” He then made a vow, entering the concentration of cessation, intending to arise only when the ghaṇṭī was struck. At that time, a disturbance arose in that saṅghārāma, and the monks abandoned the saṅghārāma and departed. Only after three months was the disturbance resolved. The monks then gathered again and struck the ghaṇṭī. That monk arose from meditation and immediately died. Later, there was a mendicant monk who had attained the concentration of cessation. In the early morning, he wished to go begging for food. At that time, heavy rain fell from the sky, and he thought: “If I enter the village, it will ruin the color of my robes. If I do not go, why pass this time in vain instead of contemplating the future?” He then made a vow to enter meditation, intending to arise when it ceased raining. Some say the rain lasted for half a month; others say the rain lasted for a month. Once the rain stopped, that monk arose from meditation and immediately died (extracted from the forty-fourth fascicle of the Vibhāṣā).