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又百緣經云。佛在世時。迦毘羅衛城中有一長者。財寶無量不可稱計。其婦生男端正殊妙世所希有。年漸長大有好音聲。令眾樂聞。值佛出家得阿羅漢果。諸比丘等請佛為說得道因緣。佛告比丘。乃往過去九十一劫有佛出世號毘婆尸。入涅槃後。有國王名槃頭末帝。收取舍利造四寶塔。高一由旬而供養之。時有一人。見此塔故心懷歡喜。便作音樂以繞供養。發願而去。緣是功德九十一劫不墮三塗。天上人中常好音聲。令眾樂聞。乃至今者遭值於我出家得道。比丘聞已。歡喜奉行。

The Avadāna-śataka also states: When the Buddha was in the world, there was an elder in Kapilavastu whose wealth and treasures were immeasurable and beyond count. His wife gave birth to a son who was handsome, extraordinary, and rare in the world. As he grew older, he possessed a fine voice that delighted all who heard it. He encountered the Buddha, went forth from household life, and attained the fruit of an arhat. The bhikṣus requested the Buddha to explain the causes and conditions for his attainment of the Way. The Buddha told the bhikṣus: 'Far back in the past, ninety-one kalpas ago, a Buddha appeared in the world named Vipaśyin. After his entry into nirvāṇa, there was a king named Bandhumat who collected his śarīra and built a four-jewel stūpa, one yojana high, to make offerings to them. At that time, a man saw this stūpa and felt joy in his heart; he then performed music to encircle it in offering, made a vow, and departed. By virtue of this merit, for ninety-one kalpas he did not fall into the three miserable destinies, and among devas and humans he always had a fine voice that delighted the multitude. Down to the present, he met with me, went forth from household life, and attained the Way.' Having heard this, the bhikṣus joyfully put it into practice.