經律異相 44.20

44.20

昔有迦羅越。興設大壇請佛及僧。時有一人賣酪。主人留食。勸令持齋聽經。至暝乃歸。婦語之言。我朝來不食相待至今。敗壞夫齋。半齋之福猶生天上七世。生人間常得自然。一日持齋六十萬歲自然之糧。又有五福。一者少病。二者身意安隱。三者少婬。四者少睡臥。五者命終之後神得生天常識宿命（出諸經中要事）。

In the past, there was a householder (gṛhapati) who erected and prepared a great altar, inviting the Buddha and the saṅgha. At that time, there was a man who sold curds. The host detained him for food, encouraging him to observe the fast (upoṣadha) and listen to the sūtras. It was already dusk when he returned. His wife said to him, "I have not eaten since morning, waiting for you until now." Thus she broke her husband's fast. Yet through the merit of even half a fast, he was still reborn in the heavens for seven lifetimes; and when reborn among humans, he always obtained sustenance spontaneously. One day of observing the fast brings six hundred thousand years of spontaneous provisions. Furthermore, there are five blessings: first, few illnesses; second, peace and ease of body and mind; third, few lustful desires; fourth, little sleep; fifth, after the end of life, the spirit attains rebirth in heaven and always remembers its past lives. (From Essential Matters in Various Sūtras.)