經律異相 36.9

36.9

昔阿育王國。有迦羅越。供養二萬比丘。長請一年。名聞國王。王召見之。聞卿大富。盡有何物耶。對曰。實無所有。王不信之。留迦羅越遣人看其家。見其門有七重舍宅堂宇。皆以七寶。有勝王宮。婦女亦勝。但無穀帛錢物。便還白王王意漸解。迦羅越即時便笑。王問何所笑耶。答言。王不見信耳。迦羅越以手指東。便滿中七寶。指南亦然。王便遣還。而眾僧精舍去宮不遠。王便詣精舍。見比丘僧。作禮恭肅問上座。彼迦羅越宿有何福自然珍寶念之便至。上座比丘入三昧。見四百由旬之物心念。見是長者。乃惟衛佛時有四人共立塔寺。中有一人用意慇懃。塔寺成後以金銀七寶及眾好華共合和之。上三重塔上。以散四面。願後食福恒不斷絕。今得自然寶者。是此一人。王聞大修功德（出譬喻經第一卷）。

Formerly, in the kingdom of King Aśoka, there was a householder (kulapati) who made offerings to twenty thousand monks, inviting them constantly for a whole year. His renown reached the king of the country. The king summoned and received him, saying, "I hear that you are exceedingly rich. What manner of things do you possess?" He replied, "In truth I have nothing at all." The king did not believe him, so he detained the householder and sent men to inspect his house. They saw that his gate had seven tiers of residences, halls, and buildings, all made of the seven treasures, surpassing the royal palace, and his womenfolk were also superior; yet there were neither grains, silks, nor coins and goods. They then returned and reported to the king, and the king's doubts were gradually dispelled. At that moment the householder smiled. The king asked, "Why do you smile?" He replied, "Only because Your Majesty did not believe me." The householder pointed his finger to the east, and it was filled with the seven treasures; pointing south, it was also thus. The king then sent him back. Now the monastery of the saṃgha was not far from the palace. The king proceeded to the monastery, saw the community of monks, made reverent prostrations, and asked the senior monk (sthavira), "What past merit does that householder have, such that natural rare treasures arrive as soon as he thinks of them?" The senior monk entered samādhi, saw the objects across four hundred yojanas conceived in mind, and saw that during the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, four men jointly erected a stūpa-monastery. Among them, one man was earnest and diligent in mind. After the stūpa-monastery was completed, he combined gold, silver, the seven treasures, and various fine flowers, climbed atop the three-tiered stūpa, and scattered them in the four directions, making a vow: "May I constantly enjoy unceasing merit in the future." The one who now obtains natural treasures is this very person. Hearing this, the king cultivated great merit (extracted from the first fascicle of the Avadāna-sūtra).