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People from all directions heard of this, and many brought offerings. There was a poor beggar woman who, seeing various elders bringing offerings to the mountain, thought: 'They must be holding an assembly; I should go and beg.' She then went to the mountain and saw the elders making offerings of various kinds of food to the Saṃgha. She reflected: 'Those people cultivated merit in past lives, so they enjoy wealth and honor today. Now they cultivate it again, and will be even more superior in the future. In the past I did not cultivate, so I suffer poverty in this life. If I do not cultivate now, it will be even more severe in the future.' Having thought this, she wept. Previously, she had picked up two coins from the filth, which she had always guarded to use to buy food when she failed to receive alms. 'I will now take them to give to the Saṃgha, prepared not to eat for a day or two.' Waiting until the monks had finished eating, she gave them. The karmadāna was about to chant a blessing for her in front of the Saṃgha, but the elder \[monk\] did not permit it and chanted the blessing himself; he also reserved food to give her. Seeing the elder give her food, the others also gave to her. The woman was overjoyed, saying, 'I have obtained the retribution!' She took the food outside, went under a tree, and lay down after eating. Due to the sympathetic resonance of the merit of her giving, a yellow cloud covered her. At that time, the king's principal consort had been dead for seven days, and the king dispatched people to search for one with the merit suitable to become his consort. The envoy and a physiognomist reached that tree and saw this woman. The physiognomist divined: 'This woman's merit makes her suitable to be the consort.' They immediately bathed her clean with scented water, gave her the garments of that former consort to put on, which fit her perfectly, and brought her to the king with a thousand chariots and ten thousand cavalry. When the king saw her, he was delighted and respected her deeply. Later, she thought to herself: 'The reason I now obtain this meritorious reward is solely due to giving the two coins to the monks. One must know that the monks have great and profound benevolence toward me.' She then said to the king: 'I was formerly of low station; the king purified and elevated me to be among humans. I wish to be permitted to go to those monks to repay their kindness.' The king said: 'As you wish.' The consort then loaded wagons with food, drink, and precious treasures, and went to the mountain to make offerings. The elder monk dispatched the karmadāna to chant the blessing, and did not chant it himself. The consort thought: 'When I previously offered two coins, he chanted the blessing for me; now that I bring loads of precious treasures, he does not chant the blessing.' The younger monks also disapproved of this matter. The elder then said to the consort: 'Your mind blames me, thinking: "When I gave two coins, he chanted the blessing for me; now that I bring loads of precious treasures, he does not chant the blessing." In my Buddhadharma, only the good mind is valued, not precious treasures. When the consort formerly gave two coins, her good mind was supreme. Now giving precious treasures, you are proud and arrogant. Therefore, I do not chant the blessing now. You younger ones should also not blame me.' Hearing this, the young monks were ashamed, and all attained the fruit of a srotāpanna. Hearing the Dharma, the consort was also ashamed and attained the fruit of a srotāpanna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 81.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.48) - [Next: 81.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.50) - [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.81.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.81.49) · Pramāṇa