諸經要集 7.36

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又法句喻經云。昔佛在舍衛國。為天人說法。時城中有婆羅門長者。財富無數。為人慳貪不好布施。食常閉門。不喜人客。若其食時輒勅門士。堅閉門戶。勿令有人妄入門裏乞匃求索。爾時長者欻思美食。便勅其妻令作飯食。教殺肥雞。薑椒和調煮之令熟。飲食飣餖即時已辦。勅外閉門。夫妻二人坐。一小兒著座中央。便共飲食。父母取雞肉著兒口中。如是數數初不有廢。佛知此長者宿福應度。化作沙門。伺其坐食。現出坐前。便呪願之。且言。多少布施可得大福。長者舉頭見化沙門。即罵之言。汝為道人而無羞恥。室家坐食。何為唐突。沙門答曰。卿自愚癡不知羞恥。今我乞士何故慚羞。長者問曰。吾及室家自共娛樂。何故慚羞。沙門答曰。卿殺父妻母。供養怨家。不知慚恥。反謂乞士何不慚羞。於是世尊。即說偈言。

Also, the Fajubiyu jing says: In the past, the Buddha was in the state of Śrāvastī, expounding the Dharma for devas and humans. At that time in the city there was a brāhmaṇa elder of countless wealth. As a person, he was stingy and greedy, disliking generosity. When eating, he always closed the door and took no pleasure in guests. Whenever it was time to eat, he would order the doorkeeper to shut the gates tightly so that no one would enter by mistake to beg or ask for anything. At that time the elder suddenly craved delicious food, so he ordered his wife to prepare a meal: he told her to slaughter a fat chicken and cook it thoroughly, seasoned with ginger and pepper. The food was arranged on platters and ready at once. He ordered the gates outside to be closed. The husband and wife sat together with a small child seated between them, and began to eat. The parents took chicken meat and put it into the child's mouth, doing so repeatedly without ceasing. The Buddha knew that this elder's past merits made him ready for liberation, so he transformed himself into a śramaṇa. Watching for the time he sat eating, he appeared before his seat, pronounced a blessing, and said: ‘A little giving can bring great merit.’ The elder raised his head, saw the transformed śramaṇa, and immediately cursed him, saying: ‘You are a man of the way, yet have no shame! When my family sits eating, why do you intrude so insolently?’ The śramaṇa replied: ‘You yourself are foolish and know no shame. Why should I, a mendicant, be ashamed?’ The elder asked: ‘My family and I are amusing ourselves together; why should I be ashamed?’ The śramaṇa replied: ‘You kill your father, take your mother as wife, and nourish your enemy, without knowing shame; yet you turn on the mendicant and ask why he is not ashamed!’ Thereupon the Bhagavat spoke a gāthā: