[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 47.88 # 經律異相 47.88 經律異相 47.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.88) 有一長者財富無數。有一弊狗常喜嚙人。凡人不得妄入其門。有一比丘。聰明善慧聖達難當逮。入其門乞。值狗出臥不覺入時。長者設食狗覺方見。念出臥不覺沙門得入。今既已坐當奈之何。若獨食者出必嚙殺。噉其腹中所食美膳。若分我食乃原之耳。沙門知其心念。自食一揣與狗一揣。善生慈向於沙門。前舐其足。後出門臥。曾被其嚙人劍斫其頭。其狗即生長者夫人腹中。生後短命尋復終亡。復生彼國餘長者家。年十餘歲。見一沙門前迎為禮。啟其父母請為我師。施設供養尋受經戒。再化家中一切大小誦經念道。因報二親求為沙門。不受具足。供養和尚日夜不懈。和尚滅後乃受戒德（出十卷譬喻經第六卷）。 > There was an elder who had boundless wealth. He had a vicious dog that was fond of biting people, so ordinary people could not recklessly enter his gate. There was a monk who was intelligent, wise, and possessed transcendent insight that was difficult to equal. He entered the gate to beg. It happened that the dog had gone out to sleep and did not notice when he entered. When the elder offered food, the dog woke up and only then saw him. It thought: 'I went out to sleep and did not notice the śramaṇa gaining entry. Now that he is already seated, what can be done about it? If he eats alone, when he comes out I will surely bite him to death and eat the fine delicacies he ate in his belly. If he shares his food with me, only then will I spare him.' The śramaṇa knew its thoughts, and for each morsel he ate himself, he gave one morsel to the dog. Wholesome loving-kindness arose \[in the dog\] toward the śramaṇa; it came forward to lick his feet, and later went out the gate to lie down. A person who had once been bitten by it chopped off its head with a sword. The dog was immediately reborn in the womb of the elder's wife. After being born, its life was short and it soon died again. It was reborn again in the home of another elder in that kingdom. When it was over ten years old, seeing a śramaṇa, it went forward to welcome him and pay homage, requesting of its parents: 'Please let him be my teacher.' Having made offerings, it soon received the scriptures and precepts. It further converted everyone in the household, both great and small, to recite the scriptures and contemplate the Path. Thereupon, it informed its parents, seeking to become a śramaṇa. Without taking full ordination (\*upasampadā\*), it made offerings to the preceptor (\*upādhyāya\*) day and night without wearying. Only after the preceptor passed away did it receive the precepts and their virtue (from the \*Avadāna-sūtra in Ten Fascicles\*, fascicle 6). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.87) - [Next: 47.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.89) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.47.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.88) · Pramāṇa