[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 24.55 # 法苑珠林 24.55 法苑珠林 24.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.55) 又舊雜譬喻經云。昔有沙門晝夜誦經。有狗伏床下一心聽經。不復念食。如是積年。命盡得人形。生舍衛國中作女人。長大見沙門分衛。便走自持飯與沙門歡喜。後作比丘尼。得應真道。 > Furthermore, the Old Sūtra of Miscellaneous Parables says: In the past, a śramaṇa chanted the scriptures day and night. A dog lay beneath the bed, wholeheartedly listening to the scriptures, no longer thinking of food. In this way years accumulated. When its life ended, it attained human form and was born as a woman in the country of Śrāvastī. When she grew up and saw a śramaṇa begging for food (piṇḍapāta), she ran and personally brought food to give to the śramaṇa with joy. Later she became a bhikṣuṇī and attained the path of the Arhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.54) - [Next: 24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.56) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.24.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [舊雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.samyuktavadanasutra-t206*zh-kang-senghui.1.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.55) · Pramāṇa