經律異相 37.2

37.2

沙門億耳入海見地獄一
優婆塞持戒鬼
代取華二
優婆塞為王厨吏被逼殺害指
現師子三
優婆塞被魔試四
清信士嫁
女與事鬼家五
清信士始精進未懈後生
慚愧鬼不能害六
清信士臨亡夫妻相愛
生為婦鼻中虫七
薄拘羅持戒得五不
死報八
持戒誦經續明供養鬼不能害九
執持求還佛戒口中諸鬼出打其身十
人不信罪福夢鬼取之令其受戒後壽百
年十一
家有六人割口施僧同受富樂
十二
有人路行遇見三變身行精進十三
有人命終十日還生述所經見十四

1. The śramaṇa Śroṇa enters the sea and sees the hells
2. An upāsaka maintains the precepts and a ghost fetches flowers on his behalf
3. An upāsaka becomes the king's head cook, is coerced and slain, and his finger reveals a lion
4. An upāsaka is tempted by Māra
5. A pure-faith layman marries his daughter into a ghost-worshiping household
6. A pure-faith layman is initially vigorous without laxity, later produces shame, and ghosts cannot harm him
7. A pure-faith layman approaches death, husband and wife cherish each other, and he is reborn as an insect in his wife's nose
8. Vakkula maintains the precepts and obtains the retribution of fivefold deathlessness
9. Maintaining the precepts, reciting scriptures, continuing the light, and making offerings: ghosts cannot harm him
10. Clinging to the desire to return the Buddha's precepts, various ghosts come out of his mouth and beat his body
11. A man does not believe in sin and merit; in a dream a ghost takes him and causes him to receive the precepts, and he subsequently lives for a hundred years
12. A household of six reduces their rations to give to the saṅgha, and together receive wealth and happiness
13. A man walking on the road encounters three transformations and vigorously practices
14. A man dies for ten days, revives, and recounts what he witnessed