[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) › 8.66 # 諸經要集 8.66 諸經要集 8.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.66) 又如度狗子經說。昔有一國。穀米踊貴人民飢餓。時有沙門入城分衛。周遍門室無所以獲。次至長者大豪貴門。得麁惡飯。適欲出城。門中逢一射獵屠兒。抱一狗子持歸欲殺。見沙門歡喜前為作禮。沙門呪願老壽長生。沙門知有狗子疑欲殺之故。問其人。今何所齎。答曰空行無所獲持。沙門又問。吾已見之。何為藏匿。殺生之罪甚為不善。願持我食貿此狗子。令命得濟卿福無量。其人答曰。不能相與。我故行求家門共食。卿此少飯何所足乎。沙門慇懃曉喻語之。其人觝突不肯隨言。沙門又言。設不肯者。可以示我。其人即出以示沙門。沙門舉飯以飼狗子。以手摩抆呪願淚出。卿罪所致得是犬身。不得自在見殺食噉。使爾世世罪滅福生。離狗子身得生為人。所在遇法三寶自然。狗子得食善心生焉。踊躍歡喜知自歸依。人將還家屠殺共食。狗子命過即生豪。貴大長者家。適生墮地便有慈心。時彼沙門分衛次。到長者門裏分衛。時長者子見彼沙門。憶識本緣。便前稽首禮沙門足。請前供養百味飲食。前白父母言。今我欲逐此大和尚。奉受經戒。為作弟子。父母愛重不肯聽之。我今一門有汝一子。當以續後家門之主。何因便欲棄家而去。小兒啼泣不肯飲食。不欲聽我便自就死。父母見然。便聽令去。隨師學道。除去鬚髮被三法衣。諷誦佛經深解其義。便得三昧立不退轉。開化一切發大道意。佛世難值經道難聞。能與相值無不蒙度。畜生尚有得道。豈況於人寧不獲果。縱復缺犯還生慚愧。白淨已來黑垢自滅。 > Furthermore, as the Duxigouzi jing says: Formerly, in a certain kingdom, grain prices soared and the people starved. At that time a śramaṇa entered the city on almsround, going around from door to door without obtaining anything. Next he came to the gate of an eminent and wealthy elder, where he received some coarse food. Just as he was about to leave the city, at the gate he met a hunter-butcher holding a puppy, taking it home to kill. Seeing the śramaṇa, he rejoiced, came forward, and bowed. The śramaṇa offered a blessing for long life. The śramaṇa knew there was a puppy and suspected he wished to kill it, so he asked the man: 'What are you carrying now?' He replied: 'I walk empty-handed, having obtained nothing.' The śramaṇa asked again: 'I have already seen it; why hide it? The sin of killing living beings is exceedingly unwholesome. I wish to trade my food for this puppy to let its life be saved, and your merit will be immeasurable.' The man replied: 'I cannot give it to you. I went out seeking it so my household could eat together. How could this little food of yours be enough?' The śramaṇa earnestly admonished and explained to him, but the man was obstinate and refused to comply. The śramaṇa said again: 'If you refuse, you may show it to me.' The man then brought it out and showed it to the śramaṇa. The śramaṇa raised the food to feed the puppy, stroked it with his hand, made a wish, and wept tears: 'Because of your sins you received this dog body, lacking freedom and facing slaughter and being eaten. May your sins be extinguished and merit arise life after life; leaving behind the body of a dog, may you be born as a human, encountering the Dharma wherever you are, with the Triratna naturally present.' Having received the food, wholesome thoughts arose in the puppy; leaping for joy, it knew to take refuge on its own. The man took it home, butchered it, and shared it for food. When the puppy's life ended, it was reborn in the household of an eminent and wealthy great elder. Right when born onto the ground, it already possessed a compassionate mind. At that time, that śramaṇa's almsround sequence arrived at the elder's doorway to beg for alms. At that time, the elder's son, seeing that śramaṇa, remembered his past conditions, and immediately went forward, bowed down, prostrated at the śramaṇa's feet, and invited him forward to offer a feast of a hundred delicacies. He went forward and said to his parents: 'Now I wish to follow this great upādhyāya, receive the scriptures and precepts, and become his disciple.' His parents, cherishing him, would not permit it: 'Our household has only you as a son to succeed as master of the household. For what reason do you wish to abandon home and go away?' The young child wept and would not eat: 'If you do not permit me, I shall embrace death.' Seeing this, the parents permitted him to go. He followed the master to study the Way, shaved his hair and beard, put on the three Dharma robes, chanted the Buddhist scriptures, deeply comprehended their meaning, attained samādhi, and became established in non-retrogression, converting everyone to generate the great aspiration for bodhi. A Buddha era is hard to meet, and the scriptural Way is hard to hear; those able to meet it are all delivered. Even beasts can attain the Way, how much more humans—how could they fail to obtain the fruit? Even if one commits infractions, if shame and remorse arise, once pure and white \[deeds\] arrive, the black defilements will naturally vanish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.65) - [Next: 8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.67) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.8.66) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.56) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.12.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.66) · Pramāṇa