[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 41.31 # 經律異相 41.31 經律異相 41.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41.31) 昔有婆羅門。夫婦二人無有兒子。財富無數。臨壽終時自相謂言。各當吞錢以為資糧。其國俗法。死者不埋但著樹下。各吞五十金錢死。身爛錢出。國中有一賢者行見之。愍然流淚傷其慳貪。取為設福。請佛及僧盡心供辦。擎飯佛前稱名呪願。時慳人夫婦。受餓鬼苦即生天上。為設福廣請四輩。時生天者即得天眼知為作福。從天來下化作年少佐助檀越。佛言。此厨間年少是真檀越。至便說法即得道迹。賢者亦得道迹。眾會歡喜皆得生天（出宿願果報經）。 > Formerly, there was a brāhmaṇa couple who had no children and possessed countless wealth. Near the end of their lives, they said to each other: "Let us each swallow coins to serve as provisions." The custom of that country was not to bury the dead, but merely to place them under trees. Each swallowed fifty gold coins and died. When their bodies rotted, the coins emerged. A wise man in the country happened to see them while traveling. Filled with pity, he wept, grieved by their stinginess and greed. He took the coins to create merit, inviting the Buddha and the saṃgha, and wholeheartedly prepared offerings. Raising food before the Buddha, he called out their names and made prayers of blessing. At that time, the stingy couple, who were suffering the torment of hungry ghosts, were immediately born in heaven. For the purpose of creating merit, the wise man broadly invited the four assemblies. Then the ones born in heaven obtained the divine eye and knew that merit was being made for them. Descending from heaven, they transformed into a youth to assist the dānapati. The Buddha said: "This youth in the kitchen is the true dānapati." Going to him, the Buddha preached the Dharma, and he immediately attained the traces of the Path; the wise man also attained the traces of the Path. The entire assembly rejoiced, and all were born in heaven. (From the Sūtra on the Retribution of Past Vows.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41.30) - [Next: 41.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41.32) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.41.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.41.31) · Pramāṇa