經律異相 19.2

19.2

[Table of Contents:]
1. The Kṣatriya/Brāhmaṇa Īriśa's Greed and Stinginess Transformed by the Heavenly Lord
2. A Poor Man's Wife Sweeps the Buddha's Ground, Gaining Present Retribution and Ultimately Attaining the Way
3. Vilāsena's Minor Wholesome Deed Leads to Leaving Home, Rebirth in Heaven, and Attaining the Way
4. Bhaddiya Begs Feathers from a Bird and a Jewel from a Dragon
5. Yaśas Commits Lust During a Famine Year, His Mother Acts as Intermediary, and the Buddha Explains His Past Deeds
6. The Monk Nandi Is Tainted by Delusion: An Account of His Past Deeds and the Spotted Deer Boy
7. The Monk Channa in the Past Was a Slave Who Rebelled, Fled Far Away to Study, and Taught Five Hundred Youths
8. Two Mahallas Residing Together Join in Marriage, and the Buddha Explains Their Past Deeds
9. Nityapramudita Envies Ajita; the Buddha Explains Past Causes and Ciñcā Falls Alive into Avīci
10. Causes and Conditions for Firm Precept Observance Leading to Rebirth in Heaven
11. Puṇṇa Inquires About a Hungry Ghost's Husband Entering the City, and Answers Concerning the Riverbank's Sevenfold Rise and Fall
12. A Monk Encounters Bandits and Is Bound with Living Grass, Not Daring to Pull and Break It
13. Monks Do Not Recognize Each Other at Night, Each Claiming the Other Is a Ghost
14. A Monk Encounters Danger from a King and Is Saved by a Mountain Spirit
15. A Monk Recites Sūtras on the Brink of Death, Sees the Buddha, and His Tongue Survives the Cremation
16. A Monk Dwells in Deep Mountains and Is Disturbed by Ghosts; the Buddha Prohibits Residing in Places of Non-humans
17. A Monk Loses His Resolve and Confusion Arises in His Mind
18. The Mother of the Śramaṇa Zhēnzhòng Becomes a Hungry Ghost, and He Saves Her Through Skillful Means
19. A Śramaṇa Enters the Sea; a Dragon Invites Him for Offerings and He Obtains a Maṇi Jewel
20. A Śramaṇa Boils Grass and It Turns into Ox Bones
21. A Śramaṇa Goes Begging, and the Host Possesses a Pearl Swallowed by a Parrot; Cruelty Is Perversely Inflicted on Him, Yet He Patiently Endures Without Speaking
22. A Śramaṇa Encounters a Ghost Whose Body Transforms, Now Appearing, Now Vanishing
23. A Śramaṇa Is Embraced by a Ghost, Calms His Mind to Preach and Transform It, and the Ghost Apologizes and Departs
24. A Man of the Way Converts a Hunter