法苑珠林 59.29

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又生經云。爾時世尊。與千二百五十人俱。入舍衛城欲詣波斯匿王宮受請。時有比丘尼。名曰暴志。以木盔繫腹似如懷妊。因牽佛衣。君為我夫。從得有娠。不給衣食。此事云何。時諸大眾天人釋梵四王諸天鬼神及國人民莫不驚惶。佛為一切三界之尊。其心清淨過於摩尼。智慧之明超於日月。獨步三世無能逮者。喻如虛空不可污染。佛心過彼無有等侶。此比丘尼既佛弟子。云何懷惡欲謗如來。於是世尊見眾會心。欲為決疑。仰瞻上方。時天帝釋尋時來下。化作一鼠齧繫盔繩。盔即墮地。眾會覩之。瞋喜交集。怪之所以。時國王瞋。此比丘尼棄家遠業為佛弟子。既不能報恩。反懷妬結隙大聖乎。即勅掘地為坑深欲倒埋。時佛解喻勿得爾也。是吾宿罪非獨彼殃。乃往過去久遠世時。有賈客賣好真珠。數多圓好。時有一女諧欲貿之。有一男子遷益倍價。獨得珠去。女人不得心懷瞋恨。有從請看復不肯與。心盛遂怒。汝毀辱我。在在所生當報汝怨。所在毀辱悔無所及。佛告王等。爾時買珠男子則我身是。其女人者則暴志尼是。因彼懷恨所在生處常欲相謗。佛說如是。眾會疑解。莫不歡喜。

The *Jātaka Sūtra* also states: At that time, the World-Honoured One, together with one thousand two hundred and fifty people, entered the city of Śrāvastī intending to go to King Prasenajit's palace to receive an invitation. At that time, there was a bhikṣuṇī named Baozhi (Caṇḍā) who tied a wooden bowl to her belly to make it appear as though she were pregnant. She then pulled at the Buddha's robe, [saying]: ‘You are my husband; I have become pregnant by you, yet you do not provide clothing or food. What is the meaning of this?’ At that time, the great assembly of gods, humans, Śakra, Brahmā, the Four Heavenly Kings, the devas, ghosts, spirits, and the people of the kingdom were all alarmed and terrified: ‘The Buddha is the most revered in all the three realms; his mind is purer than a maṇi jewel, and the light of his wisdom surpasses the sun and the moon. He walks alone through the three times, and none can equal him. Just as empty space cannot be defiled, the Buddha's mind exceeds it and has no peer. Since this bhikṣuṇī is a disciple of the Buddha, why does she harbor evil and wish to slander the Tathāgata?’ Thereupon the World-Honoured One, seeing the thoughts in the minds of the assembled gathering and wishing to resolve their doubts, looked up towards the sky above. At that moment, Śakra, Lord of the Devas, descended immediately, transformed into a mouse, and gnawed through the cord tying the bowl. The bowl immediately fell to the ground. When the assembly saw this, anger and joy were mingled, and they wondered at the reason for it. At that time, the king of the state was furious: ‘This bhikṣuṇī abandoned her home and departed from worldly occupation to become a disciple of the Buddha; since she cannot repay his kindness, does she conversely harbor jealousy and grudge to insult the Great Sage?’ He immediately ordered a pit to be dug deep into the ground, intending to bury her upside down. At that time, the Buddha reasoned with him: ‘Do not do so. This is my own past sin, not her fault alone. In the distant past, long ago, there was a merchant selling fine genuine pearls, numerous, round, and fine. At that time, a woman came wishing to buy them. A man doubled the price and took the pearls away for himself. Because the woman could not get them, she harbored resentment. When she asked to see them, he again refused to give them to her. Filled with surging fury, [she said]: “You have humiliated me! In wherever I am reborn, I will avenge this grudge against you, humiliating you wherever you are, until regret is of no avail.”’ The Buddha told the king and the others: ‘The man who bought the pearls at that time was none other than myself. The woman was none other than the bhikṣuṇī Baozhi. Because she harbored that grudge, wherever she is reborn she constantly wishes to slander me.’ When the Buddha spoke thus, the doubts of the assembly were resolved, and there was none who was not joyful.”