經律異相 38.16

38.16

有一女人。妊身數月。見佛及僧。願我生子以後出家為沙門。及生子後愛念既隆不遂宿心。子年七歲意忽還悟作二人食及三法衣。持瓶將子行詣佛所。白佛言。願哀我子使為沙門。令後得道身形如佛。佛即聽之。母以水灌前洗其兒。應時九龍從瓶中出。吐水灌兒。澡訖殘水散兒頭上。於頭上下變成花蓋。寶帳交絡。并師子座上有諸佛。佛時微笑。出五色光照十億剎。還繞佛身從兒頂入。母即前行以飯上佛并食其子。子發無上平等道意。十億佛剎六反震動。眾剎諸佛皆自然現。佛以母分飯飽爾所。佛及諸比丘皆等飽足。其飯如故。母即歡喜。及諸天人得阿惟越致。時兒髮墮成為沙門。立不退轉。我身是也（出過世佛分衛經）。

"There was a woman who was several months pregnant. Seeing the Buddha and the saṅgha, she made a vow: 'After I give birth to my child, may he leave home to become a śramaṇa.' But after giving birth to the child, her affectionate love was so deep that she did not carry out her original wish. When the child reached the age of seven, her mind suddenly regained its realization: she prepared food for two people and three Dharma robes, took a vase, and led the child to the Buddha's presence. She addressed the Buddha: 'Please have pity on my child and allow him to become a śramaṇa, so that he may later attain the Path and his physical form may be like the Buddha.' The Buddha immediately permitted it. The mother poured water and washed her child first; at that moment, nine dragons emerged from the vase, spouting water to bathe the child. When the bathing was done, the remaining water was sprinkled on the child's head, and above and below his head it transformed into a canopy of flowers, interlaced with precious curtains, and upon lion seats there were Buddhas. The Buddha then smiled, emitting five-colored light that illuminated ten billion lands, circled back around the Buddha's body, and entered through the crown of the child's head. The mother then stepped forward to offer the food to the Buddha and to feed her child. The child gave rise to the mind of unexcelled, equal awakening. The ten billion Buddha lands shook in six ways, and all the Buddhas of those lands appeared naturally. With the mother's share of food, the Buddha satiated all those; the Buddha and the bhikṣus were all equally full and satisfied, while the food remained as before. The mother was filled with joy, and along with gods and humans attained avaivartika. At that time, the child's hair fell out, he became a śramaṇa, and was established in non-retrogression. That was my very self." (Extracted from the Sūtra on the Past Buddha's Alms-gathering.)