諸經要集 8.61

8.61

又雜寶藏經云。昔者有一羅漢道人。畜一沙彌。知此沙彌却後七日必當命終。與假歸家。至七日頭勅使還來。沙彌辭師即便歸去。於其道中見眾蟻子。隨水漂流命將欲絕。生慈悲心自脫袈裟。盛土堰水。而取蟻子置高燥處。遂悉得活。至七日頭還歸師所。師甚怪之。尋即入定。以天眼觀。知其更無餘福德。爾以救蟻子因緣之故。七日不死得延命長（又治故塔亦得延命又治補伽藍牆壁鏬孔亦得延命）。

Furthermore, the Zabaozang jing states: Formerly, there was an arhat of the Way who kept a śrāmaṇera. Knowing that this śrāmaṇera was destined to die seven days later, he gave him leave to return home, instructing him to come back on the seventh day. The śrāmaṇera bade farewell to his master and went home. Along the road, he saw ants drifting in the water, on the verge of death. Giving rise to maitrī-karuṇā, he took off his kāṣāya, filled it with earth to dam the water, and picked up the ants to place them on high, dry ground; thus they all survived. On the seventh day, he returned to his master. The master was greatly astonished and immediately entered samādhi. Looking with the divine eye, he knew that the boy had no other merit, but solely through the conditions of rescuing the ants, he did not die on the seventh day and had his lifespan prolonged. (Repairing old stūpas also prolongs life; repairing and filling cracks and holes in the walls of a saṅghārāma also prolongs life.)