法苑珠林 77.24

77.24

又增一阿含經云。是時有四大羅漢。目連。迦葉。阿那律。賓頭盧。集在一處而作是說。我等共觀此羅閱城中。誰有不供養佛法眾作功德者。爾時有長者名跋提。饒財多寶不可稱計。慳貪不肯布施於佛法眾。無有毫氂之善。故福已盡更不造新。彼長者有七重門。皆有守人不得使乞者詣門。復以鐵籠絡覆中庭。恐有飛鳥來至庭中。長者有妹。名曰難陀。亦復慳貪。亦懷邪見無施福心。亦無取證得道之者。亦有七重門還同前法。無可得詣門者。爾時跋提長者清旦食餅。是時阿那律。從長者舍地中踊出。舒鉢向長者。是時長者極懷愁憂。即授少許餅與阿那律。是時阿那律得餅已還詣所在。是時長者便興瞋恚。語守門人言。我有教勅無令人入。何故人來。守者報曰。門閤牢固。不知此道士為從何來。爾時長者默然不言。時長者已食餅竟次食魚肉。尊者大迦葉詣長者家從地踊出。舒鉢向長者。時長者甚懷愁憂授少許魚肉與之。是時迦葉得肉便於彼沒還歸所在。是時長者倍復瞋恚。語守門者言。我先有教不使人入。何故復使二沙門入家乞食。時守門人報曰。我等不見此沙門為從何來。長者報曰。此禿頭沙門善於幻術。誑惑世人無有正行。爾時長者婦去長者不遠而坐。聞之語長者言。可自護口勿作是語謂言幻術。此諸沙門有大威神。所以來者多所饒益。長者識此二比丘乎。長者報曰。我不識之。時婦報言。是斛飯王子名阿那律。當生之時此地六變震動。繞舍一由旬內伏藏自出。時婦語長者。此豪族之子。修於梵行得阿羅漢道。天眼第一。次第二比丘者。此羅閱城內大梵志名迦毘羅。饒財多寶不可稱計。言有九百九十九頭牛耕田。其息名曰比波羅耶檀那。身作金色。婦名婆陀。女中殊勝。設舉紫磨金在前。猶黑比白。時長者報言。我聞此二人名。然復不見。其婦報言。向前後來者即是其身。捨此玉女之寶。出家學道。今得阿羅漢。常行頭陀無有出也。我觀此義故作是言。善自護口莫謗聖人言作幻術。此釋迦弟子。皆是神德。時尊者目連著衣持鉢飛騰虛空。長者見空中坐而作是說。汝是天耶。乾沓和耶。汝是鬼耶。汝是羅剎噉人鬼耶。目連報言。我非是羅剎鬼等。是時長者便說此偈。

Furthermore, the Ekottarika-āgama says: At that time, there were four great arhats: Maudgalyāyana, Kāśyapa, Aniruddha, and Piṇḍola. They gathered in one place and spoke thus: "Let us together observe within this city of Rājagṛha who has not made offerings to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha, or made merit." At that time, there was an elder named Bhadrika, whose wealth and treasures were incalculable. He was stingy and greedy, unwilling to practice giving to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha; he had not the slightest hair of goodness. His past merits were exhausted, and he created no new ones. That elder had seven gates, each with guards, so that no beggar could approach the doors. Furthermore, he covered the inner courtyard with iron netting, fearing that flying birds might enter the courtyard. The elder had a younger sister named Nandā, who was also stingy and greedy, harbored wrong views, had no heart for giving or making merit, and acknowledged no one who had realized the fruition of the Path. She also had seven gates, just as before, such that no one could approach her doors. At that time, in the early morning, the elder Bhadrika was eating cakes. At that moment, Aniruddha welled up from the ground inside the elder's house and outstretched his bowl toward the elder. At that time, the elder was extremely sorrowful and distressed; he immediately gave a tiny bit of cake to Aniruddha. When Aniruddha had received the cake, he returned to his dwelling. At that time, the elder grew furious and said to the gatekeepers: "I gave orders not to let anyone enter. Why has someone come in?" The gatekeepers replied: "The gates and doors are secure. We do not know where this religious practitioner came from." At that time, the elder remained silent. When the elder had finished eating the cake, he next ate fish and meat. The Venerable Mahākāśyapa went to the elder's house, welled up from the ground, and outstretched his bowl toward the elder. The elder was extremely distressed, and gave him a tiny bit of fish and meat. When Kāśyapa had received the meat, he vanished from there and returned to his dwelling. At this, the elder became doubly furious, and said to the gatekeepers: "I previously instructed you not to let anyone enter. Why did you again allow two śramaṇas into the house to beg for food?" The gatekeepers replied: "We did not see where these śramaṇas came from." The elder replied: "These bald-headed śramaṇas are skilled in phantom arts; they deceive the people of the world and have no proper conduct." At that time, the elder's wife, sitting not far from the elder, heard this and said to him: "You should guard your speech. Do not speak like this and call it phantom arts! These śramaṇas possess great divine power. The reason they come is to bring abundant benefit. Does the elder know these two bhikṣus?" The elder replied: "I do not know them." The wife said: "[The first] is Prince Aniruddha, the son of Droṇodana. When he was born, this earth shook in six ways, and within one yojana around the house, hidden treasures naturally welled forth." The wife then said to the elder: "This son of a noble clan cultivated the brahma-conduct and attained the arhat path; he is foremost in the divine eye. As for the second bhikṣu, he is the son of the great brāhmaṇa named Kapila in this city of Rājagṛha, whose wealth and treasures are incalculable, who is said to have nine hundred and ninety-nine oxen to plow the fields. The son is named Pippalāyana; his body is golden in color, and his wife was named Bhadrā, exquisite among women—if refined purple gold were placed before her, it would seem as black compared to white. The elder replied: "I have heard the names of these two men, yet I have never seen them." His wife replied: "Those who came earlier and later are their very persons. Abandoning this jewel of a precious woman, [Kāśyapa] went forth to practice the Path, and has now attained arhatship; he always practices dhūta, with none superior to him. I observed this significance and therefore spoke thus: Guard your speech well, and do not slander holy ones by saying they practice phantom arts. These disciples of Śākya all possess divine virtues." At that time, the Venerable Maudgalyāyana put on his robes, held his bowl, and flew into the empty sky. Seeing him seated in the sky, the elder spoke thus: "Are you a deva? A gandharva? Are you a ghost? Or are you a rākṣasa, a human-devouring ghost?" Maudgalyāyana replied: "I am not a rākṣasa, ghost, or the like." At that time, the elder spoke this verse: