法苑珠林 77.36

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又增一阿含經云。爾時有老母。名曰難陀。躬自作餅。時尊者賓頭盧時到。著衣持鉢入羅閱城乞食。漸漸至老母難陀舍。從地踊出。舒手持鉢從老母難陀乞食。是時老母見賓頭盧。極懷瞋恚。作是惡言。比丘當知設汝眼脫我終不乞汝食。是時賓頭盧即入三昧。便雙眼脫出。是時老母倍復瞋恚。正使沙門空中倒懸。終不與汝食。是時尊者復在空中倒懸。老母復倍瞋恚。正使沙門舉身煙出。我終不與汝食。是時尊者復舉身出煙。老母復倍瞋恚而作是語。正使沙門舉身然者。我終不與汝食。是時賓頭盧使身盡然。老母見已復作是語。正使沙門舉身出水。我終不與汝食。時賓頭盧便舉身盡皆出水。老母見已復作是語。正使沙門在我前死。終不與汝食。是時賓頭盧即無出入息。在老母前死。老母見不出入息。即懷恐悑。衣毛皆竪。而作是語。此沙門多所知識。國王所敬。聞我家死。必遭官事。恐不免濟。若還活者我當與食。是時賓頭盧即從三昧起。時老母復作是念。此餅極大。當更作小者與之。時老母取少許麵作餅。餅遂長大。老母見已此餅極大。當更作小者。然餅遂大。當取先作者與之。然復諸餅皆共相連。老母語賓頭盧曰。比丘須食者便自取之。何故相嬈乃爾。賓頭盧報曰。大姊。我不須食。但須母欲有所說。老母報曰。何所誡勅。賓頭盧報曰。今持此餅往世尊所。若有誡勅我共奉行。老母報曰。此事甚快。是時老母躬負此餅。從賓頭盧復往世尊所。頭面禮足在一面立。白世尊曰。此母難陀。是跋提長者姊。慳貪獨食不肯施人。唯願世尊為說篤信之法使得開解。爾時世尊告老母曰。汝今持餅施佛及餘比丘僧比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷并貧窮者。然故有餅。可持棄淨地及無蟲水中。即以此餅次第賦之。及著淨水中。即時焰起。老母見已尋懷恐懼。世尊漸與說法施戒生天之論。苦集盡道。即於座上得法眼淨。承事三尊受持五戒。使發歡喜禮佛而去。

Furthermore, the Ekottarika-āgama says: At that time, there was an old woman named Nandā, who was making cakes with her own hands. At that time, the hour having arrived, the Venerable Piṇḍola put on his robes, held his bowl, and entered the city of Rājagṛha to beg for food. Gradually he came to the house of the old woman Nandā. He welled up from the ground, outstretched his hands, held his bowl, and begged for food from the old woman Nandā. When the old woman saw Piṇḍola, she was filled with rage and spoke these harsh words: "Bhikṣu, you should know that even if your eyes fell out, I would never give you food!" At that time, Piṇḍola immediately entered samādhi, and both of his eyes fell out. At that time, the old woman became doubly enraged: "Even if the śramaṇa were suspended upside down in mid-air, I would never give you food!" At that time, the Venerable was suspended upside down in mid-air. The old woman became doubly enraged: "Even if smoke came from the śramaṇa's whole body, I would never give you food!" At that time, smoke came from the Venerable's whole body. The old woman became doubly enraged and spoke these words: "Even if the śramaṇa's whole body caught fire, I would never give you food!" At that time, Piṇḍola made his whole body catch fire. When the old woman saw this, she spoke these words again: "Even if water poured from the śramaṇa's whole body, I would never give you food!" Piṇḍola then made water pour from his whole body. When the old woman saw this, she spoke these words again: "Even if the śramaṇa died before me, I would never give you food!" At that time, Piṇḍola ceased breathing in or out, and died before the old woman. Seeing that he neither breathed in nor out, the old woman was terrified and her hair stood on end. She spoke these words: "This śramaṇa is widely known and respected by the king. If it is heard that he died in my house, I will surely face legal troubles and fear I cannot escape. If he revives, I will give him food." At that time, Piṇḍola immediately arose from samādhi. Then the old woman thought: "This cake is very large; I should make a smaller one to give him." The old woman took a little flour to make a cake, but the cake grew larger. Seeing this, the old woman [thought]: "This cake is very large; I should make a smaller one." Yet the cake grew even larger. [She thought]: "I shall take the one I made earlier and give it to him." Yet all the cakes stuck together. The old woman said to Piṇḍola: "Bhikṣu, if you need food, take it yourself. Why do you harass me like this?" Piṇḍola replied: "Elder sister, I do not need food; I only need you, mother, to listen to what is said." The old woman replied: "What instructions are there?" Piṇḍola replied: "Now take these cakes and go to the World-Honoured One. If he has instructions, let us follow them together." The old woman replied: "This matter is very good." At that time, the old woman personally carried these cakes and followed Piṇḍola to the World-Honoured One. She bowed her head to his feet and stood to one side. [Piṇḍola] addressed the World-Honoured One: "This mother Nandā is the elder Bhadrika's sister. Greedy, stingy, and eating alone, she was unwilling to give to others. We pray that the World-Honoured One expound the Dharma of firm faith for her, so that she may become awakened and enlightened." At that time, the World-Honoured One said to the old woman: "Now take the cakes and give them to the Buddha, the other monks, nuns, upāsakas, upāsikās, and the poor." Yet there were still cakes left. "You may take them and discard them on clean ground and into water without insects." She immediately distributed these cakes in order; and when she placed them into the clean water, flames immediately flared up. Seeing this, the old woman was struck with fear. The World-Honoured One gradually taught her the Dharma, delivering discourses on giving, moral discipline, and rebirth in heaven, and on suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. Right on her seat, she attained the pure Dharma eye; she revered the Three Jewels, received and upheld the five precepts, was filled with joy, bowed to the Buddha, and departed.