[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) › 81.47 # 法苑珠林 81.47 法苑珠林 81.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [81.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.47) 又百緣經云。佛在世時。舍衛城中有一長者。財寶無量不可稱計。其婦生一男兒。端正殊妙世所希有。當生之日天降大雨。父母歡喜。舉國聞知。相師占善。因為立字。名耶奢蜜多。不飲乳哺。其牙齒間自然八功德水用自充足。年漸長大見佛出家得阿羅漢果。諸天世人所見敬仰時諸比丘見是事已。請佛為說宿福因緣。爾時世尊告諸比丘。此賢劫中有佛出世。號曰迦葉。於彼法中有一長者。年極老耄。出家入道不能精勤。又復重病。良醫占之教當服蘇。病乃可差。尋用醫教取蘇服之。於其夜中藥發熱渴。馳走求水。水器皆空。復趣泉河普皆枯竭。如是處處求水不得。深自悔責。於彼河岸脫衣繫樹。捨之還來。至其明旦以狀白師。師聞是語即答之言。汝遭此苦狀似餓鬼。汝今可即取我瓶中水至僧中行。即受教取瓶水。水盡涸竭。心懷憂悑。謂其命終必墮餓鬼。尋詣佛所具陳上事。而白世尊。幸為見示。佛告比丘。汝今當於眾僧之中行好淨水。可得脫此餓鬼之身。聞已歡喜。即便僧中常行淨水。經二萬歲即便命終。在所生處其牙齒間。常有清淨八功德水。自然充足。不飲乳哺。乃至今者遭值於我出家得道。比丘聞已歡喜奉行。 > Furthermore, the Avadānaśataka states: When the Buddha was in the world, there was an elder in the city of Śrāvastī whose wealth and treasures were boundless and beyond count. His wife gave birth to a boy, upright and extraordinarily handsome, rare in the world. On the day he was born, the heavens sent down heavy rain. His parents were joyful, and the whole country heard of it. A diviner made an auspicious prognostication and accordingly gave him a name, calling him Yaśomitra. He did not drink breast milk; between his teeth, water of the eight virtues naturally welled up to satisfy him. As he gradually grew older, he saw the Buddha, left the household life, and attained the fruit of an arhat. He was respected and admired by all the devas and worldlings. Having witnessed this, the monks asked the Buddha to explain the causes and conditions of his past merit. At that time, the World-Honoured One told the monks: In this Bhadrakalpa, a Buddha appeared in the world named Kāśyapa. In his Dharma, there was an elder of advanced old age who left the household life to enter the path, but could not be diligent. Moreover, he fell gravely ill. A skilled physician examined him and instructed him to take clarified butter so that the disease might be cured. He immediately followed the physician's instructions, obtained clarified butter, and took it. During that night, the medicine induced fever and thirst. He ran about seeking water, but the water vessels were all empty. He then went to springs and rivers, but they were all dried up. Having sought water everywhere without obtaining any, he deeply reproached himself. On the bank of that river, he took off his robes, tied them to a tree, abandoned them, and returned. When morning came, he reported the situation to his master. Hearing these words, the master answered him: 'This suffering you have encountered resembles that of a hungry ghost. Now you should take the water from my vase and distribute it among the Saṃgha.' He accepted the instruction and took the vase of water, but the water completely dried up. Anxious and terrified, he thought that upon the end of his life he would surely fall among the hungry ghosts. He immediately went to the Buddha's presence, fully related the matter above, and said to the World-Honoured One: 'Please deign to instruct me.' The Buddha told the monk: 'You should now distribute pure water among the Saṃgha; you can thereby escape this body of a hungry ghost.' Having heard this, he was overjoyed and regularly distributed pure water among the Saṃgha. After twenty thousand years, his life came to an end. Wherever he was born, pure water of the eight virtues always naturally satisfied him between his teeth, and he did not drink breast milk, until now when he met me, left the household life, and attained the path. Having heard this, the monks joyfully carried it out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 81.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.46) - [Next: 81.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.48) - [Up: 81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.81.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.47) · Pramāṇa