法苑珠林 33.15

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又智度論云。昔佛在世時。佛與阿難從舍婆提城。向婆羅門城。時婆羅門城王屬外道。聞佛欲來即立制限。若與佛食共佛語者當罰金錢五百文。後佛來到入城乞食。人皆閉門。佛與阿難空鉢而出。見一老婢持破瓦器。盛臭潘淀出門棄之。見佛相好空鉢而來。心念欲施。佛知其意。申鉢從乞所棄潘淀。婢即淨心持來施佛。佛受施已語阿難言。此婢因施十五劫中。天上人間受福快樂不墮惡道。後得男身出家學道成辟支佛。當時佛邊有一婆羅門。聞佛此語。即語佛言。汝是淨飯王之太子。何故為食而作妄語。是時佛即出舌覆面上至髮際。而語之言。汝頗見有如此舌人而作妄語不。婆羅門言。若舌覆鼻尚不妄語。何況覆面上至髮際。即生信心而白佛言。我今不解小施報多。佛即告言。汝頗曾見希有事不。婆羅門言。我曾行見尼拘陀樹。其蔭遍覆五百乘車。佛即問言。樹種大小。彼答言。大如芥子三分之一。佛復語言。誰當信汝。婆羅門言。實爾。世尊。我眼見之非妄語也。佛即語言。我見此女淨心施佛。得大果報亦如此樹因少報多。時婆羅門心開意解。向佛懺悔。佛為說法。得須陀洹。即時舉手大唱聲言。一切眾人甘露門開。如何不出。諸人聞已皆送五百金錢與王。請佛供養即破制限。王與群臣亦歸依佛。佛為說法悉獲道果。以是因緣如來所說無有虛妄。善惡果報必受不差。一切眾生應當信受。

Also, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: Formerly, when the Buddha was in the world, the Buddha and Ānanda set out from the city of Śrāvastī toward a city of brahmins. At that time, the king of the brahmin city belonged to non-Buddhist paths. Hearing that the Buddha wished to come, he immediately established a restriction: anyone who gave food to the Buddha or spoke with the Buddha was to be fined five hundred gold coins. Afterwards, the Buddha arrived and entered the city to beg for food, but the people all closed their doors. The Buddha and Ānanda came out with empty bowls. They saw an old maidservant holding a broken earthenware vessel filled with foul rice-washings, coming out the door to discard them. Seeing the Buddha's auspicious marks and that he came with an empty bowl, she thought in her heart of wishing to make a dāna. The Buddha, knowing her mind, extended his bowl to beg for the discarded rice-washings. The maidservant then, with a pure mind, brought and offered them to the Buddha. After receiving the offering, the Buddha said to Ānanda: 'Because of this dāna, for fifteen kalpas this maidservant will enjoy blessings and happiness in the heavens and among humans, never falling into the evil realms. Later, she will obtain a male body, go forth to study the Way, and become a pratyekabuddha.' At that time, a brahmin beside the Buddha heard these words of the Buddha and at once said to him: 'You are the crown prince of King Śuddhodana; why do you tell falsehoods for the sake of food?' Thereupon the Buddha put out his tongue, covering his face up to the hairline, and said to him: 'Have you ever seen a person with such a tongue who tells falsehoods?' The brahmin said: 'If a tongue can cover the nose, one still does not tell falsehoods; how much more so when it covers the face up to the hairline!' Thereupon, generating faithful confidence, he addressed the Buddha: 'I do not yet understand how a small gift can yield so great a retribution.' The Buddha said to him: 'Have you ever seen a rare thing?' The brahmin said: 'I once saw in my travels a nyagrodha tree whose shade covered five hundred chariots.' The Buddha asked: 'How large was the seed of that tree?' He replied: 'It was the size of a third of a mustard seed.' The Buddha said to him again: 'Who will believe you?' The brahmin said: 'It is truly so, World-Honoured One! I saw it with my own eyes; it is no falsehood.' The Buddha then said to him: 'I saw this woman offer to the Buddha with a pure mind, and the great retribution she obtains is also like this tree: from a small cause comes a great retribution.' Then the brahmin's mind opened in understanding; he repented before the Buddha, and the Buddha preached the Dharma for him, and he attained srotāpanna. Right away he raised his hands and cried out in a loud voice: 'The gate of the nectar of immortality is open to all people! Why do you not come out?' When the people heard this, they all sent five hundred gold coins to the king, invited the Buddha, and made offerings to him, thereby breaking the restriction. The king and his ministers also took refuge in the Buddha; the Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and all attained the fruit of the Way. By this cause and condition, what the Tathāgata speaks is free from falsehood; the retribution of good and evil is inevitably received without fail. All sentient beings should believe and accept it.