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諸經要集 8.78

諸經要集 8.78

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Classical Chinese

8.78

復有一比丘。名曰波拘盧。即白佛言。憶念我昔。生拘那竭國為長者子。時世無佛。眾僧教化大會說法。我往聽法。聞法歡喜。將一藥果名呵梨勒。奉上眾僧。緣此果報命終生天。下生世間恒處尊貴。與眾超絕。九十一劫未曾疾病。餘福值佛逮得應真。

There was another bhikṣu named Vakkula, who said to the Buddha: 'I recall in the past I was born in the kingdom of Kusinagara as an elder's son. At that time there was no Buddha in the world. The saṅgha taught and transformed, holding a great assembly to expound the Dharma. I went to listen to the Dharma, rejoiced upon hearing the Dharma, and took a medicinal fruit named harītakī to offer to the saṅgha. Due to this fruit's retribution, at the end of life I was born in heaven, and descending to be born in the world I was always in noble and honorable stations, surpassing the multitude. For ninety-one kalpas I never suffered from disease. With the remainder of the merit I met the Buddha and attained arhatship.'

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