經律異相 38.6

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維耶離城。有一女子。名阿凡和利。聞佛來遊歡喜無量。與五百女俱詣佛所。聞佛說法心生開悟。請佛飲食。時城中復有五百長者子。亦請世尊。世尊言。已受阿凡和利明日請。時諸長者子。語和利言。佛之至尊來化我國。我應先飯。汝且停供。女言。勿以豪強加於女弱。若能見惠四願當相讓也。一者令我心保善不移。二者令我命保在不亡。三者令我財物無減。四者令佛長住此國。長者曰善。汝今乃能悟於無常。諸所希願非我能辦。聽先飯佛。中有年少恥在其後。固執不已。便勅市司罷不貨易。和利遣人求索諸物。都無所得。庫中眾膳自然滿足。唯乏薪炭。油灌白疊以充代之。又內城門令不得出。啟請於佛。即遣鸚鵡往白食辦。長者射之。以佛神德箭化為花。得至佛所。飛鳴白佛眾祐及僧。足蹈城門天地震動。五百長者。阿凡和利及諸女人。見聞此事逮得法眼受持五戒（出中本起經下卷）。

In the city of Vaiśālī, there was a woman named Āmrapālī. Hearing that the Buddha was traveling there, she was immeasurably joyful. Together with five hundred women, she went to the Buddha's place. Hearing the Buddha preach the Dharma, her mind was awakened. She invited the Buddha for a meal. At that time, there were also five hundred sons of elders in the city who likewise invited the Bhagavat. The Bhagavat said: 'I have already accepted Āmrapālī's invitation for tomorrow.' Then the sons of the elders said to Āmrapālī: 'The Buddha, the Most Venerable One, has come to convert our country. We ought to feed him first. You should suspend your offering for now.' The woman said: 'Do not use your power and nobility to oppress a weak woman. If you can grant me four wishes, I will yield to you: first, make my mind preserve goodness without wavering; second, make my life assured of staying without dying; third, make my wealth and goods without diminish; fourth, make the Buddha dwell permanently in this country.' The elders said: 'Splendid! Now you are able to understand impermanence. The wishes you desire are not things we can accomplish. We permit you to feed the Buddha first.' Among them, some youths were ashamed to be placed behind her and were stubbornly persistent. They then ordered the market officials to stop trading. Āmrapālī sent people to seek various goods, but they could obtain nothing. Yet in the storehouse, all kinds of provisions became spontaneously abundant; only firewood and charcoal were lacking. They poured oil over white felt to substitute for it. Furthermore, they barred the city gate so that no one could go out. When she was to report the invitation to the Buddha, she immediately sent a parrot to go and announce that the food was ready. The elders shot arrows at it, but by the Buddha's spiritual virtue, the arrows turned into flowers, and it was able to reach the Buddha's place. Flying and calling out, it announced to the Buddha, the Multitude of Blessings, and the Saṅgha. When [the Buddha's] feet stepped on the city gate, the heavens and earth trembled. The five hundred elders, Āmrapālī, and the women, seeing and hearing this, attained the Dharma-eye and received and upheld the five precepts (From the lower fascicle of the Sūtra of the Middle Origin).