經律異相 47.147

47.147

Formerly, an elder's household kept a jar of ghee on a high storey, but its cover was not secure. A rat entered the jar of ghee, eating both day and night. Its body gradually grew large, and the ghee was then depleted. The rat filled the interior of the jar, resembling the colour of ghee. Someone came to buy ghee. At that time, the elder took the ghee and placed it over a fire. The rat, inside the jar, perished therein and in turn dissolved into ghee. He sold it to the buyer. When it was measured out by the sheng and dou, the bones sank to the bottom, the skull and leg bones separating from one another (taken from the Ganlu dao jing).