[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) › 57.41 # 法苑珠林 57.41 法苑珠林 57.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.41) 唐汾州孝義縣人路伯達。至永徽年中。負同縣人錢一千文。後乃違契拒諱。及執契往徵。遂共錢主於佛前為信誓曰。若我未還公。願吾死後與公家作牛畜。言訖未逾一年而死。至二歲時向錢主家牸牛產一赤犢子。額上生白毛為路伯達三字。其子姪等恥之。將錢五千文求贖。主不肯與。乃施與隰城縣啟福寺僧真如。助造十五級浮圖。人有見者發心止惡。競投錢物布施（右此三驗出冥報）。 > Under the Tang, Lu Boda of Xiaoyi County in Fenzhou owed one thousand cash to a man from the same county during the Yonghui era. Later, he violated the contract, refusing and denying the debt. When the creditor held the contract and went to collect, Lu took a solemn oath with the creditor before the Buddha, saying: 'If I have not repaid you, sir, may I become an ox for your household after death!' Having spoken, he died before a year had passed. In the second year, a cow in the creditor's house gave birth to a red calf. On its forehead, white hairs grew into the three characters 'Lu Bo Da'. His sons and nephews were ashamed of this, and brought five thousand cash seeking to redeem it. The owner was unwilling to part with it, and donated it to the monk Zhenru of Qifu Temple in Xicheng County to assist in constructing a fifteen-story stūpa. When people saw it, they resolved to cease wrongdoing, and vied with one another to donate money and goods. (The preceding three verifications are from the Mingbao \[ji\]). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.40) - [Next: 57.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.42) - [Up: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.57.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.41) · Pramāṇa