經律異相 37.15

37.15

優婆塞嫁女與世間人。臨遣女時。父母欲奪女戒。女言。云何奪戒。父母言。法嫁女與世俗人。如黃金擲牛屎中。復用戒為。女言。如人遠行大空澤中無有人民。應益裝糧食。世家事鬼恐鬼儻得我便。應益持戒令志堅固。黃金在牛屎中。洗自可用。豈便與牛屎同耶。父母感其言。以佛像與之。女致嚴器中。朝暮向器作禮。婿問。婦答。是佛能令頭不白顏色常好。婿同供養。後同生天不更三塗（出十卷譬喻經第五卷）。

An upāsaka married his daughter to a worldly man. When sending the daughter off, the parents wished to divest her of her precepts. The daughter said, "Why divest me of my precepts?" The parents said, "Custom dictates that marrying a daughter to a worldly man is like throwing gold into cow dung; what further use are precepts?" The daughter said, "Just as a person travelling afar through a great, empty wasteland without people should pack even more provisions, so when marrying into a household that serves ghosts, I fear the ghosts might take advantage of me; I ought rather to increase my keeping of the precepts to make my resolve firm. When gold is in cow dung, it can still be used once washed; how could it become the same as cow dung?" The parents were moved by her words and gave her an image of the Buddha. The daughter placed it in a splendid vessel, and morning and evening paid homage to the vessel. When her husband asked, the wife replied, "This is the Buddha, who can prevent one's hair from turning white and keep one's complexion always beautiful." The husband joined her in making offerings. Later, they were both born in heaven and did not experience the three bad destinies. (Extracted from the fifth volume of the Ten-Fascicle Sūtra of Parables.)