[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) › 6.7 # 諸經要集 6.7 諸經要集 6.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.7) 又舊雜譬喻經云。昔有四姓請佛飯時。有一人賣牛湩。大姓留止飯。教持齋戒。受聽經已乃歸。婦言。我朝相待未飯。便強令夫飯。壞其齋意。雖爾七生天上。七生世間。師曰。一日持齋。有六十萬歲餘糧。復有五福。一曰少病。二曰身安隱。三曰少婬意。四曰少睡臥。五曰得生天上。常識宿命所行事也。又波斯匿王。欲賞末利夫人香瓔。喚出宮視。夫人於齋日著素服而出。在六萬夫人中。明如日月。倍好如常。王意悚然加敬。問曰。有何道德炳然有異。夫人白王。自念少福稟斯女形。情態垢穢日夜命促。懼墜三塗。是以日月奉佛法齋。割愛從道。世世蒙福。願以香瓔奉施世尊。 > Furthermore, the Old Sūtra of Miscellaneous Parables states: Formerly, when a member of the four castes invited the Buddha for a meal, there was a man selling cow milk. The prominent clan member detained him for a meal and instructed him to observe the fasting precepts. Having received them and listened to the sūtra, he then returned home. His wife said: "I waited for you all morning and have not yet eaten," and forced her husband to eat, ruining his intention to fast. Even so, he was born seven times in heaven and seven times in the human world. The Master said: "Observing the fast for one day yields surplus provisions for six hundred thousand years. Furthermore, there are five blessings: first, few illnesses; second, peace and stability of the body; third, few lustful thoughts; fourth, little sleep; fifth, rebirth in heaven, where one constantly remembers the deeds done in past lives." Furthermore, King Prasenajit wished to reward Queen Mallikā with fragrant necklaces and summoned her out of the palace to see her. On the fast day, the queen came forth wearing plain white garments. Among sixty thousand consorts, she shone like the sun and moon, twice as beautiful as usual. The king's mind was awed and showed increased respect; he asked: "What virtue makes you so brilliantly different?" The queen addressed the king: "Reflecting on my lack of blessings, I received this female form. With passions and defilements, day and night my life diminishes; I fear falling into the three bad destinies. For this reason, on the days of the new and full moon I uphold the fasting of the Buddha-Dharma, severing attachments to follow the Path, receiving blessings life after life. I wish to offer these fragrant necklaces to the World-Honoured One." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.8) - [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.6.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [舊雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.samyuktavadanasutra-t206*zh-kang-senghui.1.33) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.6.7) · Pramāṇa