[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) › 81.48 # 法苑珠林 81.48 法苑珠林 81.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [81.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.48) 又阿育王經云。昔佛在世時與諸比丘及與阿難前後圍繞。入王舍城而行乞食。至於巷中見二小兒。一名德勝。二名無勝。弄土而戲。擁土作城舍宅倉儲。以土為\[麩-夫+少\]著於倉中。此二小兒見佛相好金色光明遍照城內。德勝歡喜掬倉中土名為\[麩-夫+少\]者。奉上世尊。而發願言。使我將來蓋於天地廣設供養。緣是善根發願功德。佛般涅槃一百年後。作轉輪王王閻浮提。住華氏城。正法治世。號阿怒伽王。分佛舍利而作八萬四千寶塔。其王信心常請眾僧宮中供養。時王宮中有一婢使。最貧下賤。見王作福自剋責言。王先身時布施如來一掬土故。今得富貴。今日重作。將來轉勝。我先身罪今日廝下。又復貧窮。無可修福。將來轉賤。何有出期。思已啼哭。眾僧食訖。此婢掃地糞掃中得一銅錢。以此一錢即施眾僧。心生歡喜。其後不久得病命終。生阿育王夫人腹中。滿足十月產生一女。端正殊妙世之少雙。其女右手尋常急拳。年滿五歲。夫人白王。所生女子一手常拳。王即喚來抱著膝上。王為摩手。手即自開。當於掌中有一金錢隨取隨有而無窮盡。須臾之間金錢滿藏。王怪所以。即將往問耶奢羅漢上座。此女先身作何福德。於手掌中有此金錢。取無窮盡上座答言。此女先身是王宮人。於糞掃中得一銅錢布施眾僧。以此善根得生王家。以為王女。緣昔一錢布施眾僧善根因緣。恒常手中把一大金錢取無窮盡。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of King Aśoka states: Long ago, when the Buddha was in the world, he was surrounded before and behind by the monks and Ānanda as he entered the city of Rājagṛha to beg for food. Arriving in an alley, he saw two small boys: one named Jayagupta and the second named Vijayagupta. They were playing with dirt, piling it up to make city walls, houses, and granaries, and using the dirt as parched grain stored inside the granaries. Seeing the Buddha's marks and features and his golden light shining throughout the city, Jayagupta joyfully scooped up the dirt from the granary called 'parched grain,' offered it up to the World-Honoured One, and made a vow, saying: 'May I in the future cover heaven and earth and widely make offerings.' Because of the merit of this good root and vow, one hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, he became a cakravartin reigning over Jambudvīpa, residing in the city of Pāṭaliputra, governing the world with the true Dharma, styled King Aśoka. He divided the Buddha's śarīra and constructed eighty-four thousand precious stupas. That king was faithful and constantly invited the Saṃgha to receive offerings in the palace. At that time, there was a maidservant in the king's palace of the lowest and humblest status. Seeing the king cultivate merit, she reproached herself, saying: 'Because the king in a past life offered a handful of dirt to the Tathāgata, he now enjoys wealth and honor. Today he cultivates it again, and his future will be even more superior. Because of sins in my past lives, I am now of low station and poor, with no means to cultivate merit. In the future, I will be even baser; when will there be a time of release?' Having thought this, she wept. When the monks finished eating, this maid swept the floor and found a copper coin among the sweepings. With this single coin, she gave it to the Saṃgha, her mind filled with joy. Not long after, she fell ill and died, being reborn in the womb of King Aśoka's chief consort. When ten months were complete, she gave birth to a daughter, upright and extraordinarily beautiful, with few peers in the world. This girl's right hand was always tightly clenched into a fist. When she turned five years old, the consort said to the king: 'The daughter born to me always has one clenched fist.' The king immediately called her over, took her onto his lap, and rubbed her hand for her. The hand opened by itself, and in the palm was a gold coin; whenever one was taken, another appeared without end. In an instant, the treasury was filled with gold coins. Wondering at the cause, the king took her to ask the elder arhat Yaśas: 'What merit did this girl cultivate in a past life that she has this gold coin in her palm, which cannot be exhausted when taken?' The elder answered, saying: 'This girl was formerly a woman in the royal palace who found a copper coin among the sweepings and gave it to the Saṃgha. By this good root, she was born into the royal family as the king's daughter. Because of the past good root and condition of giving one coin to the Saṃgha, she constantly holds a large gold coin in her hand that is inexhaustible when taken.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 81.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.47) - [Next: 81.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.49) - [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.81.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.48) · Pramāṇa