法苑珠林 94.49

94.49

Furthermore, the New Vibhāṣā-śāstra states: In ancient times, in the country of Takṣaśilā, a woman went to the place where King Candraprabha sacrificed his thousand heads to pay homage. In the miraculous shrine erected by King Aśoka, she saw dog excrement in front of the Buddha's seat. She immediately thought: 'This place is pure; how can dog excrement defile it?' She swept it away with her hand and smeared [the floor] with fragrant mud. By the power of this wholesome karma, this woman's entire body emitted fragrance like a sandalwood tree, and from her mouth the scent of blue lotuses constantly issued forth. If sentient beings do not preserve purity, their inner afflictions cause outer defilements to arise. Therefore the treatise has a verse that says: