經律異相 45.16

45.16

昔有人不信。婦甚事佛。婦白婿曰。人命無常可修福德。婿無心懶墮。婦恐將來入地獄中。即復白婿。欲懸一鈴安著戶上。君出入時。掁鈴作聲稱南無佛。婿曰甚善。如是經久。其婿命終。獄卒扠之擲鑊湯中。扠掁鑊作音聲。謂是鈴聲。稱南無佛。獄官聞之。此人奉佛。放令出去。得生人中（出雜譬喻經也）。

Formerly, there was a man who did not believe, while his wife served the Buddha with great devotion. The wife said to her husband, "Human life is impermanent; one ought to cultivate merit and virtue." The husband lacked the resolve and was lazy and indolent. Fearing that he would enter hell in the future, the wife spoke to her husband again: "I wish to hang a bell and fix it above the door. Whenever you go out or come in, striking the bell to make a sound, recite 'Namo Buddhāya'." The husband said, "Very well." A long time passed like this, and her husband died. The hell wardens seized him with forks to throw him into a boiling cauldron. The fork struck the cauldron, producing a sound. Thinking it was the sound of the bell, he recited "Namo Buddhāya". Hearing this, the hell official said, "This man venerates the Buddha," and released him to depart, enabling him to be reborn among humans (from the Miscellaneous Avadāna Sūtra).