[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 36.19 # 經律異相 36.19 經律異相 36.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.19) 昔有長者名鳩留。不信今世後世善惡報應。與五百人共行治生。未到他國絕食三日。前行遙見叢林。想是居家。到見樹神。即為作禮。其人飢乏。神即舉手。五指端自然出飲食甘水與之鳩留飽滿復大號哭。神問何故。答曰。吾伴五百人皆大飢渴。神令呼來。復與飲食。人馬皆足。鳩留問神。本有何福自致如是。神曰。我本迦葉佛時作貧窮人。恒於城門磨鏡。有沙門出入。常喜指示分衛之處。及佛圖精舍。如是非一。壽終生此。自然受福無所乏短。長者心悟大修布施。日飯八千人。濤米之汁流出城門。足以乘舟。後生第二天上。作散花天人（出十卷譬喻經第二卷）。 > In the past, there was an elder named Jiuliu who did not believe in the retribution for good and evil in this life or the next. He travelled with five hundred people to engage in trade. Before reaching another country, they ran out of food for three days. Walking forward, he saw from afar a grove of trees and thought it was a dwelling. Arriving there, he saw a tree deity and immediately bowed to him. The man was starved and exhausted; the deity raised his hand, and from the tips of his five fingers food, drink, and sweet water naturally issued forth and were given to him. When Jiuliu was sated, he wept aloud again. The deity asked why. He replied: “My five hundred companions are all terribly hungry and thirsty.” The deity had them summoned, and again gave them food and drink, so that both men and horses were satisfied. Jiuliu asked the deity: “What blessing did you originally have to bring this upon yourself?” The deity said: “In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I was a poor man who constantly polished mirrors at the city gate. Whenever śramaṇas went in and out, I always took pleasure in pointing out places for alms-gathering as well as stupas and vihāras, doing so on more than one occasion. When my lifespan ended, I was born here, naturally receiving blessings without any deficiency.” The elder's mind was awakened, and he practiced great generosity, feeding eight thousand people daily; the water from washing the rice flowed out of the city gate, enough to float a boat. Later, he was born into the second heaven as a flower-scattering deva. (Extracted from the second fascicle of the Ten-Fascicle Sūtra of Parables.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.18) - [Next: 36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.20) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.36.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.19) · Pramāṇa