經律異相 47.78

47.78

狗乞食不得詣官訟主人一
狗子被殺時
見沙門命終生豪貴家二
白狗生前世兒
家被好供給捊出先身所藏之物三
弊
狗因一比丘得生善心四

1. A dog, unable to get food by begging, went to the officials to lodge a complaint against the householder;
2. A pup, upon being killed,
saw a śramaṇa and at the end of life was born into a prominent and noble household;
3. A white dog was reborn into the house of its son from a previous life,
was well provided for, and dug up the valuables buried in its previous existence;
4. A vicious
dog gave rise to a wholesome mind on account of a monk.