經律異相 18.2

18.2

1. "Double-Surname" swallowed by a fish and not dying, leaving home and attaining the Way
2. Śroṇa Koṭīkarṇa's excessive diligence
3. Rāṣṭrapāla enticed by his father
4. Hiraṇya giving two coins to the Buddha and Saṅgha, and holding gold coins in his hands in this life
5. Puṣpadeva in a past life gathering flowers as an offering, now having flowers rain upon him from heaven
6. Ratnadeva in a past life scattering a handful of stones in place of pearls to the Saṅgha, thus having the seven treasures rain from heaven when born
7. The monk of few desires and contentment hearing the Dharma and attaining the Way
8. The artisan monk contemplating and accomplishing the Way
9. A thief becoming a monk, meeting the Buddha, and awakening to the Way
10. A gluttonous monk observing and attaining the Way
11. The beggar monk displaying supernatural powers to enter the palace of Jeta
12. Four monks discussing suffering, meeting the Buddha, and attaining the Way
13. Four monks discussing pleasure, the Buddha declaring it to be suffering, their minds awakening and attaining the Way
14. A monk delivering his mother from the sufferings of Niraya
15. A monk following his teacher's instruction and attaining the Way
16. A monk entering the Way through the contemplation of white bones
17. A monk attaining the Way upon receiving the rains-retreat seniority at the pravāraṇā
18. A monk fond of sleeping attaining the Way through the Buddha's delight in his past habits
19. A monk prone to sleep seeing a magically manifested deep pit, becoming terrified, and attaining the Way
20. A monk eating much and attaining the Way of an arhat
21. A monk long sick, washed by the Buddha, hearing the Dharma, giving up his life, and attaining nirvāṇa without remainder
22. A monk attaining the Way because of fear
23. A monk dallying with a woman who had a bad reputation, attempting suicide, awakened by a deva, and attaining the Way through diligence
24. A monk who in secular life killed his mother, converted by Bodhisattva Puṣpaśiras (Mañjuśrī), leaving home and attaining the Way
25. An impoverished old monk about to die, the Buddha recounting his past deeds and permitting him to leave home
26. A monk seeing a srotāpanna serve as a karmadāna and suffer a painful retribution, becoming frightened and thereby attaining the Way
27. Two monks whose practices differed, whose retributions were also different
28. A śramaṇa sitting under a tree unable to eliminate covetous thoughts, the Buddha manifesting a body to preach the Dharma, and his attaining the Way of an arhat
29. A śramaṇa feeding the Saṅgha wiping his soiled hands on a pillar, causing the pillar to split
30. A śramaṇa urinating without snapping his fingers, splashing urine on a ghost's face
31. A śramaṇa opening a door, fire issuing from his five fingers