經律異相 45.20

45.20

佛在舍衛國。無數大眾為說法要。時有外道弟子摩那祇女。宿罪深重身帶木杅以衣覆之。出舍衛城至祇洹寺。遙見世尊與無數眾而為說法。歡喜踊躍不能自勝。今日要當在此眾中毀辱瞿曇。令我師得致供養。乃至眾中而說偈言。此說法人使我此身懷𨉃有兒。時大眾中多諸外道裸形梵志。信佛者少習邪者眾。聞此女語皆共信用。其信佛者內自思惟。昔佛在宮。捨王重位捐棄婇女。出家學道成最正覺。豈有心與此穢陋之女與從事乎。時釋提桓因在如來後執扇而扇內自思惟。此弊梵女云何乃興此意誹佛。化為白鼠。嚙木杅系斷聲震大。眾無不見者。其中不篤信者皆㗁然。此為何聲乃震四遠。其中信佛之人聞此音聲歡喜踊躍。僉然同悅。尋有一人從坐而起。手執木杅語彼女曰。此是汝兒耶。時地自開全身即入阿鼻地獄。時女宗族追慕啼泣不能捨離。不信佛者即起懺悔。其中信者共相告曰。誹謗之報其罪如是。現驗如茲。豈云後世（出摩那祇全身入地獄經）。

When the Buddha was in the kingdom of Śrāvastī, expounding the essentials of the Dharma for a countless assembly, there was at that time a disciple of the non-Buddhists, the woman Ciñcā. Her past sins were profound and heavy. Strapping a wooden bowl to her body and covering it with her clothing, she set out from the city of Śrāvastī and reached Jetavana monastery. Seeing the Bhagavat expounding the Dharma to a countless assembly from afar, she leapt with joy, unable to contain herself: "Today I will certainly revile and humiliate Gautama in this assembly, so that my master will receive offerings!" Then, in the midst of the assembly, she spoke a verse: "This Dharma-expounder has caused my body to be pregnant with a child!" At that time, in the great assembly, there were many non-Buddhists and naked brahmacārins; few had faith in the Buddha, and many followed heterodoxy. Hearing this woman's words, they all believed them together. Those who had faith in the Buddha reflected within: "Formerly, when the Buddha was in the palace, he abandoned the exalted royal position and discarded the palace maidens, leaving home to train on the Path and achieving supreme, correct awakening. How could he have the mind to associate with such a foul and ugly woman?" At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra was behind the Tathāgata holding a fan and fanning him, and reflected within: "How could this vile brāhmaṇa woman generate such an intention to defame the Buddha?" He transformed into a white mouse, gnawed through the cord of the wooden bowl, and it severed with a sound that shook the great assembly, and there was no one who did not see it. Those among them who were not firmly faithful were startled: "What sound was that, shaking the four directions so far?" Those among them who had faith in the Buddha heard this sound and leapt with joy, all rejoicing alike. Soon a person arose from the assembly, picked up the wooden bowl in his hand, and said to that woman: "Is this your child?" At that time, the earth opened of itself, and her whole body fell directly into Avīci Hell. At that time, the woman's clan wept and grieved after her, unable to tear themselves away. Those who did not believe in the Buddha immediately arose to repent. Those among them who had faith told one another: "The retribution of slander is such a sin. The manifest proof is like this in the present; how can one speak only of the future life?" (Extracted from the Sūtra on Ciñcā Bodily Entering Hell)