[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 6.64 # 諸經要集 6.64 諸經要集 6.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.64) 又佛說摩訶迦葉度貧母經云。佛在舍衛國。是時摩訶迦葉。獨行教化到王舍城。常行大哀福於眾生。捨諸豪富而從貧乞。時欲分衛。先入三昧。何所貧人吾當福之。即入王舍大城之中。見一孤母最甚貧困。在於街巷大糞聚中。傍鑿糞聚以為巖窟。羸劣疾病常臥其中。孤單零丁無有衣食。便於巖窟施小籬柵。以障五形。迦葉三昧。知此人宿不植福是以今貧。知母受命終日在近若吾不度永失福堂。母時飢困。長者青衣。而棄米汁臭惡難言。母從乞之。即以破瓦。盛著左右。迦葉到所。呪願從乞。多少施我可得大福。爾時老母即說偈言。 > Furthermore, the \*Foshuo Mohejiaye du pinmu jing\* says: The Buddha was in Śrāvastī. At that time, Mahākāśyapa was traveling alone teaching and transforming, and arrived at Rājagṛha. Always practicing great compassion to bring merit to sentient beings, he bypassed the wealthy and begged from the poor. When he wished to go on his alms round, he first entered samādhi: 'What poor person should I bring merit to?' He then entered the great city of Rājagṛha and saw a solitary mother who was extremely destitute. She was in a large dunghill in a street alley, where a cave-like recess had been hollowed out beside the dunghill; emaciated and sick, she constantly lay within it. Alone and helpless, she had neither clothing nor food. Beside the cave, a small fence had been erected to screen her body. In his samādhi, Kāśyapa knew that because this person had planted no merit in previous lives, she was poor today; and he knew that the woman's life was drawing to a close, and that if he did not deliver her, she would forever lose the hall of merit. At that time the mother was hungry and distressed. A servant girl of an elder had discarded rice-water that was foul-smelling beyond words. The mother begged for it from her, and put it in a broken pottery shard beside her. Kāśyapa arrived at the place, made an auspicious blessing, and begged from her: 'If you give me a little, you will obtain great merit.' At that time, the old mother spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.63) - [Next: 6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.65) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.6.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說摩訶迦葉度貧母經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.mahakasyapadaridravrddhavadana*zh-gunabhadra.1.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.64) · Pramāṇa