法苑珠林 42.64

42.64

爾時父母聞女說偈。喜不自勝。尋前抱取乳哺養育。因為立字。名曰善愛。時彼女子見母歡喜合掌白母言。為我請佛及比丘僧。尋即與請。百味飲食皆悉充足。即於佛前渴仰聞法。佛即為說得須陀洹。後求出家。佛告善來比丘尼。頭髮自落。法服著身成比丘尼。精勤修習得阿羅漢果諸天世人所見敬仰。爾時世尊將千二百五十比丘。詣於他邦。到曠野中。食時已至。告善愛尼言。汝今可設飲食供養佛僧。尋取佛鉢擲虛空中。百味飲食自然盈滿。如是次第取千二百五十比丘鉢。飯亦皆滿都令豐足。阿難見已歎未曾有。請佛說本因緣。佛告阿難。此賢劫中。有佛出世號曰迦葉。著衣持鉢將諸比丘入城乞食。次到大長者家。設諸餚饍欲請賓客。客未至頃有婢使。見佛及僧在於門外乞食立住。不白大家。取其飲食盡持施與佛及眾僧。後客來坐。勅彼婢言。辦設食來。婢答大家。今有佛僧在其門外乞食立住。我持此食用布施盡。大家聞已尋用歡喜。即語婢言。我等今者值是福田。汝能持此飯食施與。快不可言。我今放汝隨意所求。婢答大家。若見放者聽在道次。尋即聽許。作比丘尼。一萬歲中精勤無替。便取命終不墮惡趣。天上人中百味飲食應念即至。今得值我出家得道。比丘聞已歡喜奉行。

At that time, hearing their daughter speak the verse, the parents were overjoyed. They immediately came forward, embraced her, nursed and raised her, and named her Śraddhā (Shan'ai). When the girl saw her mother's joy, she joined her palms and said to her mother: "Please invite the Buddha and the saṅgha of bhikṣus for me." [The mother] immediately invited them, and food and drink of a hundred flavours were completely provided. Thereupon, before the Buddha, she thirsted to hear the Dharma. The Buddha immediately preached it for her, and she attained [the fruit of] srotāpanna. Later, she sought to renounce the household life. The Buddha said: "Welcome, bhikṣuṇī!" Her hair fell away of itself, kāṣāya robes appeared on her body, and she became a bhikṣuṇī. Diligently practicing, she attained the fruit of arhatship, revered and venerated by gods and humans. At that time, the World-Honoured One, leading one thousand two hundred and fifty bhikṣus, journeyed to another realm and arrived in a wilderness. The mealtime having arrived, he said to the bhikṣuṇī Shan'ai: "You may now provide food and drink to make an offering to the Buddha and the saṅgha." She immediately took the Buddha's bowl and threw it into the sky; food and drink of a hundred flavours naturally filled it to overflowing. In this manner, she successively took the bowls of the one thousand two hundred and fifty bhikṣus, and the food likewise filled them all, making everyone completely satisfied. Seeing this, Ānanda exclaimed that it was unprecedented, and asked the Buddha to explain its past causal conditions. The Buddha told Ānanda: "In this Bhadrakalpa, there was a Buddha who appeared in the world named Kāśyapa. Putting on his robes and holding his bowl, he led the bhikṣus into a city to beg for food. They came successively to the house of a great elder, who had prepared various delicacies wishing to entertain guests. While the guests had not yet arrived, a maidservant saw the Buddha and the saṅgha standing outside the gate begging for food. Without informing her master, she took the food and drink and gave it all as an offering to the Buddha and the saṅgha. Later, when the guests arrived and were seated, the master ordered the maid, saying: 'Bring forth the prepared food.' The maid replied to her master: 'Just now the Buddha and the saṅgha were standing outside the gate begging for food. I took this food and gave it all away in dāna.' Having heard this, the master was immediately filled with joy. He said to the maid: 'Today we have encountered this puṇyakṣetra; that you were able to take this food and give it away is delightful beyond words. I now set you free, to pursue whatever you desire.' The maid replied to her master: 'If you set me free, please permit me to enter the path.' He immediately granted permission, and she became a bhikṣuṇī. For ten thousand years she was diligent without lapse. When her life ended, she did not fall into the evil destinies. Among gods and humans, food and drink of a hundred flavours would arrive as soon as she thought of them. Now she has encountered me, renounced the household life, and attained the path." Having heard this, the bhikṣus rejoiced and practiced accordingly.