釋氏要覽 3.357

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The Fenbie gongde lun (Treatise on the Discrimination of Merit) states: In the Jetavana, a monk was ill for six years. Upāli went to inquire what he needed. He replied: "I crave only wine." Upāli said: "Wait for me to ask the Buddha." Thereupon he went to the grove and asked the Buddha: "There is a monk who is ill and desires wine as medicine; I wonder whether it is permissible?" The Buddha said: "My precepts are to eliminate the suffering of disease." Upāli went again, obtained wine, and had him drink it; his illness immediately subsided. He expounded the Dharma to him again, and he attained the fruit of an arhat. The Buddha praised Upāli: "By your asking about this matter, you made the monk's illness cure and also made him attain the Way."