經律異相 48.14

48.14

毘舍離獼猴江側有蒜園。偷羅難陀比丘尼。去園不遠。園主問言。阿姨欲須蒜耶。比丘尼即與沙彌尼式叉摩那尼。數數往索蒜。遂都盡。其主委園而去。佛說本生。昔有一婆羅門。年百二十形體羸瘦。其婦端正無比。多生男女。此婆羅門繫心其婦及諸男女。初不捨離。以此愛著情篤。遂至命終便生雁中。其身毛羽盡為金色。以前福因緣故自識宿命。我以何方便養活此男女使不貧苦。日日來還日落一羽而去。兒見如是不知因緣。即共議言。我等寧可伺其來時。方便捉之盡取金羽。如其所計盡拔金羽。羽盡更生白羽。佛告諸比丘。欲知爾時婆羅門死為雁者。豈異人乎。即園主是。其端正婦者即比丘尼是。男女者即式叉摩那沙彌尼等是（出四分律二分第三卷）。

Beside the Monkey River in Vaiśālī, there was a garlic garden. The nun Thullanandā resided not far from the garden. The owner of the garden asked, 'Does the aunt need garlic?' Thereupon the nun, together with novice nuns and śikṣamāṇās, went repeatedly to demand garlic, until it was completely exhausted. Its owner abandoned the garden and left. The Buddha preached a past-life tale: Formerly, there was a brāhmaṇa, one hundred and twenty years old, whose body was frail and emaciated. His wife was incomparably handsome, and she bore many sons and daughters. This brāhmaṇa bound his heart to his wife and his children, never leaving them. Because of this ardent love and attachment, when he came to the end of his life, he was born among geese. The feathers of its body were all golden. Owing to the conditions of his former merit, he remembered his past lives, thinking, 'By what skillful means can I sustain these children so that they will not suffer poverty?' Day after day he returned, and day after day he dropped one feather and departed. Seeing this, the children did not understand the cause, and discussed together, saying, 'We had better wait for him when he arrives, find a way to seize him, and take all his golden feathers.' According to their plan, they plucked all the golden feathers. Once the feathers were gone, white feathers grew back. The Buddha told the monks, 'Do you wish to know who the brāhmaṇa was who died and became a goose back then? Could he have been anyone else? He was none other than the garden owner. His handsome wife was none other than this nun. The sons and daughters were none other than these śikṣamāṇās and novice nuns' (taken from the Vinaya in Four Parts, Part Two, Fascicle 3).