諸經要集 8.80

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復有一比丘。名曰阿難。即白世尊曰。憶念我昔。生羅閱祇國為庶民子。身生惡瘡治之不差。有親友道人。來語我言。當浴眾僧。取其浴汁以用洗瘡。亦可得愈。又可得福。我即歡喜。徑到寺中。加敬至心。更作新井香油浴具。洗浴眾僧。取其浴汁以用洗瘡。尋蒙除愈。緣是功德。所生端正金色晃昱。不受塵垢。九十一劫。常得淨福。僧德廣遠。今復值佛心垢消除。逮得應真。爾時坐中。有一比丘尼。名曰奈女。即白佛言。我念宿命。生波羅奈國為貧女人。時世有佛。名曰迦葉。時與大眾圍繞說法。我時在坐聞經歡喜。意欲布施。顧無所有。自惟貧賤心用悲感。詣他園囿乞求果苽。當以施佛。乞得一㮈大而香好。擎一杅水并㮈一枚。奉迦葉佛及諸眾僧。佛知至意。呪願受之。分布水㮈一切周普。緣此福祚。命終生天得為天后。下生世間不由胞胎。九十一劫生㮈華中。端正鮮潔。常識宿命。今值世尊開示道眼。

There was also another bhikṣu named Ānanda, who said to the Bhagavat: "I recall that formerly I was born in the city of Rājagṛha as the son of a commoner. Malignant sores broke out on my body that could not be cured by treatment. A friend who was a man of the Way came and said to me: 'You should bathe the saṃgha and take the bathwater to wash your sores. They may be cured, and you may also gain merit.' I was overjoyed and went straight to the monastery. With utmost sincerity and redoubled reverence, I made a new well, fragrant oils, and bath implements, and bathed the saṃgha. Taking the bathwater, I washed my sores, and immediately received relief and was cured. By virtue of this merit, wherever I was born I was handsome, radiant with a golden color, and free of dirt and defilement. For ninety-one kalpas I constantly attained pure merit, for the virtues of the saṃgha are vast and far-reaching. Now I have again encountered the Buddha, the defilements of my mind have been dispelled, and I have attained the status of an arhat." At that time in the assembly there was a bhikṣuṇī named Āmrapālī, who said to the Buddha: "I recall in a past life being born in the country of Vārāṇasī as a poor woman. At that time there was a Buddha in the world named Kāśyapa. He was surrounded by a great assembly, expounding the Dharma. Sitting among the assembly, I was filled with joy upon hearing the sūtra. I wished to make an offering, but seeing that I had nothing, I reflected on my poverty and lowliness and was deeply saddened. I went to another's garden and orchard to beg for fruit and melons to offer to the Buddha. I received through begging a single mango, large, fragrant, and fine. Carrying a bowl of water along with the one mango, I presented them to Kāśyapa Buddha and the saṃgha. The Buddha knew my utmost sincerity; he made a dedication of merit and accepted them, distributing the water and mango universally to all. By virtue of this blessing, after my life ended I was born in heaven as a heavenly queen. When reborn down in the human world, I did not come from a womb; for ninety-one kalpas I was born within mango blossoms, handsome, fresh, and pure, constantly conscious of my past lives. Now I have encountered the Bhagavat, who has opened the eye of the Way for me."