諸經要集 15.39

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又增一阿含經云。昔佛在世時。舍衛城中有一長者。名曰婆提。居家巨富財產無量。金銀不可稱計。其家雖富。慳悋守護不著不噉。服飾飲食極為麁鄙。亦不施與妻子眷屬。奴婢僕從朋友知識。及諸沙門婆羅門等。復起邪見斷於善根。然無子息。命終之後。所有財寶盡沒入官。波斯匿王自往收斂。收攝已訖迴詣佛所。而白佛言。婆提長者。今日命終之後。為生何處。佛告王曰。婆提長者。故福已盡新業不造。由起邪見斷於善根。命終生在啼哭地獄。波斯匿王。聞佛所說涕泣流淚。而白佛言。婆提長者。昔作何業生在富家。復作何惡然不得食此極富之樂。佛告王曰。過去久遠有迦葉佛。入涅槃後。時此長者。生舍衛國作此田家子。有辟支佛。來詣其家而從乞食。時此長者便持食施辟支。得食飛空而去。長者見已。作是誓願。持此善根。使我世世所生之處不墮三塗常多財寶。布施已後復生悔心。我向者食應與奴僕。不應與此禿頭沙門。佛告王曰。婆提長者。由於過去施辟支佛食發願功德。所生之處。常多財寶無所乏少。緣其施後生變悔心。在所生處。雖處富貴不得食此極富之樂。慳惜守護不自衣食。復不施與妻子眷屬。亦不布施朋友知識。及諸沙門婆羅門等。是故智者聞此因緣。若有財物。應當布施勿生慳悋。施時至心自手奉與。施已歡喜莫生悔心。能如此施得大果報無量無邊。

The Zengyi ahan jing also says: Formerly, when the Buddha was in the world, there was a householder in the city of Śrāvastī named Bhaddiya. His household was immensely wealthy, his possessions and property boundless, his gold and silver beyond count. Although his family was rich, he was stingy and guarded his wealth, neither wearing [fine clothes] nor eating [fine food]; his clothing and food were extremely coarse and vulgar. Nor would he give anything to his wife, children, relatives, slaves, servants, friends, acquaintances, or to any śramaṇas or brāhmaṇas. Furthermore, he gave rise to wrong views and severed his roots of goodness, and he had no children. After he died, all of his wealth and treasures were confiscated by the government. King Prasenajit went in person to collect it. When the collection was completed, he returned and went to the Buddha's place, and said to the Buddha: “The householder Bhaddiya died today; where has he been reborn?” The Buddha told the king: “The householder Bhaddiya's past merit was exhausted and he had not created any new karma. Because he gave rise to wrong views and severed his roots of goodness, upon his death he was reborn in the Crying Hell (Rorava).” King Prasenajit, hearing what the Buddha said, shed tears and said to the Buddha: “What karma did the householder Bhaddiya perform in the past to be reborn into a wealthy family, and what evil did he perform that he could not enjoy the pleasure of this supreme wealth?” The Buddha told the king: “Long ago in the past, after the Buddha Kāśyapa entered nirvāṇa, at that time this householder was born in the country of Śrāvastī as the son of a farming family. There was a pratyekabuddha who came to his house to beg for food. At that time, this householder took food and gave it to the pratyekabuddha. Having received the food, he flew into the air and departed. When the householder saw this, he made this vow: ‘By the power of this root of goodness, may I, in whatever place I am reborn life after life, not fall into the three bad destinies and always possess abundant wealth.’ But after making the gift, he subsequently gave rise to regret, thinking: ‘The food I just gave should have been given to the servants, not to this shaven-headed śramaṇa.’ The Buddha told the king: “Because of the householder Bhaddiya's past merit from giving food to a pratyekabuddha and making his vow, in whatever place he was reborn he always had abundant wealth and lacked for nothing. Yet because he felt regret after giving, in the places where he was born, though he lived in wealth and nobility, he could not enjoy the pleasure of this supreme wealth: he was stingy and guarded it, neither clothing nor feeding himself properly, nor giving it to his wife, children, relatives, nor donating it to friends, acquaintances, or to any śramaṇas or brāhmaṇas. Therefore, when the wise hear of this cause and condition, if they possess wealth, they should practice dāna and not give rise to stinginess. When giving, they should offer it with a sincere heart and their own hands; having given, they should rejoice and not give rise to regret. One who can give in this way will obtain a great fruit of boundless and limitless reward.”