[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) › 77.22 # 法苑珠林 77.22 法苑珠林 77.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [77.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.22) 又羅旬踰經云。佛在世時有婆羅門子薄福。相師占之無相。年至十二父母逐出。遂行乞食。乃到祇桓。佛以大慈以手摩頭。頭髮即墮袈裟著身。佛為立名。名羅旬踰。時共五部僧每出分衛。而羅旬踰。所在之部。以空鉢還。佛勅比丘。分以施之。如是非一。目連念言。由是比丘僧不得食。佛知其意。便與舍利弗俱。使目連與羅旬踰俱各分為一部。佛告目連。我所在處汝不得往。目連即與羅旬踰俱行。適欲所至便即見佛及舍利弗而在其門。如是經歷過五百億國。遂不得食。目連私念。我於今日定不得食。羅旬甚大飢極。止恒水邊住。目連即到佛所。佛鉢中尚有餘食。即與目連。目連念言。我今飢甚欲吞須彌尚謂不飽。但此少飯何足可食。佛告目連。但食此飯勿憂不足。目連即食。飯既飽已鉢中不減。舍利弗即念。羅旬今未得食。當大飢苦。白佛言。願乞餘飯與羅旬。佛即告言。我不惜飯。但羅旬宿行果報不應得之。若謂不然汝便可與。舍利弗便以飯與之。羅旬得即欲受飯。鉢便入地百丈。舍利弗以道力手。尋鉢即得。以還羅旬。適欲食之。便誤覆鉢。倒去飯食。皆散水中。羅旬還坐定意。自思念言。我每與諸比丘俱行。輒無所得空鉢而還。佛以飯與我輒復覆去。皆由罪報。應當所受。便自思惟。結解垢除得羅漢道。即便食土而般涅槃。欲知羅旬者。過去維衛佛時。是身為凡人。常懷慳貪不肯布施。時當欲飯脫衣布地恐飯粒落。有沙門過從其分衛。羅旬見謂之言。當何相與。便以手捧土與沙門。沙門即祝願言。是愚癡故耳。當使汝早得度脫。由來久遠展轉生死。乃至於今所在之處。輒不得食。於今得道食土泥洹。與土沙門舍利弗是。故知罪福今皆受殃。 > Furthermore, the \*Luoxunyu jing\* says: When the Buddha was in the world, there was a brāhmaṇa's son with meager merit. A physiognomist read his fortune and found he had no auspicious signs. When he reached the age of twelve, his parents expelled him. Thereupon he went begging for food and arrived at the Jetavana. The Buddha, with great compassion, stroked his head with his hand; his hair fell out at once, and kāṣāyas adhered to his body. The Buddha gave him a name, calling him Luoxunyu. At that time, whenever the monks of the five divisions went out to beg for alms, whichever division Luoxunyu was in returned with empty bowls. The Buddha instructed the bhikṣus to share \[their alms\] and give to him; this happened repeatedly. Maudgalyāyana thought, “Because of this bhikṣu, the Saṃgha gets no food.” The Buddha knew his thought, so he accompanied Śāriputra, while making Maudgalyāyana accompany Luoxunyu, each dividing into a separate group. The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana, “You must not go where I am.” Maudgalyāyana then walked with Luoxunyu. Wherever they were about to go, they immediately saw the Buddha and Śāriputra at the gate. In this manner they passed through over five hundred billion kingdoms, and still obtained no food. Maudgalyāyana thought to himself, “Today I certainly will get no food.” Luoxunyu was extremely starved and stopped by the bank of the Gaṅgā. Maudgalyāyana then went to the Buddha's place. There was still leftover food in the Buddha's bowl, which he gave to Maudgalyāyana. Maudgalyāyana thought, “I am so starved now that even if I swallowed Mount Sumeru I would still not be full; how could such a little rice be enough to eat?” The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana, “Just eat this rice; do not worry about it not being enough.” Maudgalyāyana then ate; after he was full, the rice in the bowl had not diminished. Śāriputra then thought, “Luoxunyu has not eaten yet and must be suffering greatly from hunger.” He said to the Buddha, “I pray to beg for the leftover rice to give to Luoxunyu.” The Buddha then told him, “I do not begrudge the rice, but by the retribution of his past deeds Luoxunyu ought not to obtain it. If you think otherwise, you may give it to him.” Śāriputra then gave the rice to him. Just as Luoxunyu was about to receive the rice, the bowl sank a hundred fathoms into the earth. With the hand of his spiritual power, Śāriputra followed the bowl, retrieved it at once, and returned it to Luoxunyu. Just as he was about to eat it, he accidentally overturned the bowl, and the food spilled and scattered into the water. Luoxunyu returned to his seat, stilled his mind, and thought to himself, “Whenever I walk with the bhikṣus, we never obtain anything and return with empty bowls. When the Buddha gave me rice, I immediately overturned it again. This is all due to karmic retribution; I ought to endure it.” Thereupon he contemplated, his fetters unfastened, his defilements were eliminated, and he attained the path of an arhat. He then ate dirt and entered parinirvāṇa. If you wish to know who Luoxunyu was: in the past, at the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, he was a commoner who constantly harboured stinginess and refused to practice dāna. At one time, when he was about to eat, he stripped off his clothes and spread them on the ground for fear that grains of rice might fall. A śramaṇa passed by begging alms from him. Luoxunyu saw him and said, “What should I give you?” He then took up a handful of dirt in his hands and gave it to the śramaṇa. The śramaṇa then made a vow: “It is only out of foolishness \[that you do this\]. May you quickly attain deliverance!” From that distant past, wandering through saṃsāra, down to the present, wherever he went he never obtained food. Now having attained the path, he ate dirt and entered nirvāṇa. The śramaṇa who received the dirt was Śāriputra. Therefore know that evil deeds and merit both bring their retribution in the present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 77.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.21) - [Next: 77.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.23) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.77.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.77.22) · Pramāṇa