經律異相 37.2

37.2

1. The śramaṇa Śroṇa enters the sea and sees the hells
2. An upāsaka maintains the precepts and a ghost fetches flowers on his behalf
3. An upāsaka becomes the king's head cook, is coerced and slain, and his finger reveals a lion
4. An upāsaka is tempted by Māra
5. A pure-faith layman marries his daughter into a ghost-worshiping household
6. A pure-faith layman is initially vigorous without laxity, later produces shame, and ghosts cannot harm him
7. A pure-faith layman approaches death, husband and wife cherish each other, and he is reborn as an insect in his wife's nose
8. Vakkula maintains the precepts and obtains the retribution of fivefold deathlessness
9. Maintaining the precepts, reciting scriptures, continuing the light, and making offerings: ghosts cannot harm him
10. Clinging to the desire to return the Buddha's precepts, various ghosts come out of his mouth and beat his body
11. A man does not believe in sin and merit; in a dream a ghost takes him and causes him to receive the precepts, and he subsequently lives for a hundred years
12. A household of six reduces their rations to give to the saṅgha, and together receive wealth and happiness
13. A man walking on the road encounters three transformations and vigorously practices
14. A man dies for ten days, revives, and recounts what he witnessed