諸經要集 2.27

2.27

又雜寶藏經云。爾時般遮羅國以五百白雁獻波斯匿王。王命送著祇桓精舍。眾僧食時人以食乞。雁見僧聚來在前立。佛以一音說法。眾生各得類解。當時群雁亦解佛。語聞法歡喜。鳴聲相和還於池水。後毛羽轉長飛至餘處。獵師以網都覆殺之。一雁作聲諸雁皆和。謂聽法時聲。乘是善心生忉利天。生天之法。法有三念。一念本所從來。二念定生何處。三念先作何業得來生天。便自思惟。自見宿日更無餘善。唯佛僧邊聽法。作是念已。五百天子即時來下。在如來邊。佛為說法悉得須陀洹。波斯匿王遇到佛所。常見五百雁羅列佛前。是日不見。便問佛言。此中諸雁向何處去。佛言。欲見諸雁者。先雁飛去他處。為獵所殺命終生天。今此五百諸天子等。著好天冠端正殊特者是。今日聽法皆得須陀洹。王問佛言。此諸群雁以何業緣。墮於畜生。命終生天今日得道。佛言。昔迦葉佛時。五百女人盡共受戒。用心不堅毀所受戒。犯戒因緣墮畜生中。作此雁身。以受戒故。得值如來聞法獲道。以雁身中聽法因緣。生於天上。

Furthermore, the *Zabaozang jing* says: "At that time, the country of Pañcāla presented five hundred white wild geese to King Prasenajit. The king ordered them sent to the Jetavana vihāra. At mealtime for the community of monks, people offered food. Seeing the gathering of monks, the geese came and stood before them. The Buddha preached the Dharma with a single voice, and each sentient being understood according to their kind. At that time, the flock of geese also understood the Buddha's words, heard the Dharma with joy, called out to one another in harmony, and returned to the pond. Later, their feathers grew longer and they flew off to another place. A hunter covered them all with a net and killed them. One goose made a cry, and all the geese harmonized with it, recalling the sound from when they heard the Dharma. Supported by this wholesome mind, they were born into the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven. In the principle of rebirth in heaven, there are three mindful recollections: first, recalling where one originally came from; second, recalling where one is definitely born; third, recalling what karma one previously performed to be born in heaven. They then reflected and saw of their past lives that they had no other wholesomeness, but had only heard the Dharma beside the Buddha and the saṃgha. Having made this reflection, the five hundred devaputras immediately descended to the Tathāgata's side. The Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and they all attained srotāpanna. King Prasenajit happened to go to the Buddha's place. He had always seen the five hundred geese lined up before the Buddha, but on that day he did not see them. He then asked the Buddha: 'Where have the geese here gone?' The Buddha said: 'If you wish to see those geese: the previous geese flew to another place and were killed by a hunter, and when their lives ended, they were born in heaven. Now, these five hundred devaputras, who wear fine heavenly crowns and are exceptionally handsome and upright, are them. Today they listened to the Dharma and all attained srotāpanna.' The king asked the Buddha: 'By what karmic conditions did this flock of geese fall among animals, then when their lives ended be born in heaven, and today attain the Way?' The Buddha said: 'In the past, in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, five hundred women all took the precepts together. Their resolve was not firm, and they violated the precepts they had received. Because of the conditions of violating the precepts, they fell among animals to take the bodies of these geese. Because they had taken the precepts, they were able to encounter the Tathāgata, hear the Dharma, and attain the Way. Through the conditions of hearing the Dharma while in the bodies of geese, they were born in heaven.'"