經律異相 47.124

47.124

昔有梵志年百二十。少不娶妻無有淫泆。靜處深山以茅為廬。蓬蒿為席以水果苽充為食。不積財寶。王娉不往端然無為。數千餘歲與禽獸相娛。有四種獸。一名狐。二者獼猴。三者獺。四者兔。此四獸於道人所聽經說戒。如是積久。食諸果苽皆悉訖盡。後道人意欲去。此四大獸愁憂不樂。共議言。我曹各求供養。獼猴取甘果來以上道人。狐亦求食得一囊飯[麩-夫+少]來以上道人。獺入水取大魚來以上道人。兔自思念。我當用何等供養道人耶。自念。當持身供養耳。便行取藮以燃火作炭。往白道人言。今我小薄。請作炭入火中。以身上道人。火為不然。道人感其仁義。哀之遂止。時梵志者提和竭佛是。兔者我身是。獼猴者舍利弗是。狐者阿難是。獺者目揵連是（出舊譬喻經下卷）。

In the past, there was a brahmacārin aged one hundred and twenty years. From youth he had not taken a wife, having no lustful dissipation. Dwelling quietly deep in the mountains, he made a hut of reeds, a mat of weeds, and took water, fruits, and melons as his sustenance. He accumulated no wealth or jewels, and did not go when summoned by kings, being upright, dignified, and without worldly action. For several thousand years he amused himself with the beasts and birds. There were four kinds of beasts: the first was a fox, the second a macaque, the third an otter, and the fourth a hare. These four beasts listened to the scriptures and the explanation of the precepts at the practitioner's place. After a long time like this, the fruits and melons were all exhausted. Later, when the practitioner intended to depart, these four great beasts were sorrowful and unhappy. Consulting together, they said, "Let each of us seek an offering." The macaque gathered sweet fruit and came to offer it to the practitioner. The fox also searched for food and obtained a bag of parched grain and boiled rice to offer to the practitioner. The otter went into the water and caught a large fish to offer to the practitioner. The hare thought to himself, 'What should I use to make an offering to the practitioner?' He thought to himself, 'I should only use my own body as an offering.' He then went and gathered firewood to ignite a fire and make charcoal. Going to address the practitioner, he said, 'Now I am small and frail; please make charcoal, and I will enter the fire to offer my body to you.' The fire did not burn him. The practitioner was moved by his benevolence and righteousness, and pitying him, he stayed. The brahmacārin of that time was Dīpaṅkara Buddha. The hare was myself. The macaque was Śāriputra. The fox was Ānanda. The otter was Maudgalyāyana (Extracted from the lower fascicle of the Jiu piyu jing).