English
In the past, a wealthy man had no son, and the eldest daughter-in-law killed a pregnant woman by stabbing her with a needle. She said she did not kill her and swore a perverse oath. Later, she offered alms to a Pratyekabuddha. Seeing him fly into the sky, she developed faith and made the aspiration: May I also become like you! Therefore, because of killing the child, she was born in the lower realms and experienced immeasurable suffering. Later, in Shravasti, she was born as a very excellent woman, and after getting married and having two sons, her husband was killed by a poisonous snake. One son was carried away by water, and one was eaten by a wolf. Her husband's house caught fire, and all the parents and brothers were burned to death. Later, she lived with another man and had a son. That man got drunk and killed her son, and forced her to eat meat. She was very sad and ran away. Another man met a dead woman and left her, and that man died. According to the local custom, she was buried in the tomb with the corpse. Grave robbers dug up the tomb and took her away to be his wife. The grave robber was sentenced, and the king killed him. She was again buried in the tomb with the corpse, and the tomb was dug up by wolves, and she escaped. She met the Bhagavan and became a renunciate. Even though she attained Arhatship, a red-hot iron skewer was still inserted from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet, and she always felt severe pain. This is the residual karma of stabbing with a needle, becoming a widow many times is the result of a bad aspiration, and attaining Arhatship is the result of honoring the Pratyekabuddha, these ripened in one body separately. In the past, under the teaching of the Buddha Vipashyin, ten thousand monks attained the fruit of Arhatship. They were living in a monastery, and merchants offered a jewel. They entrusted it to the monks in charge of affairs, and later because of the hardship of life, they thought of selling it. One person said: This was given to me, not to all of you. When they said it was for everyone, he said: This is mine, you eat shit! As soon as he said that, he died and was born in the great hell. For ninety-one kalpas, he was born in filth. During the time of many past Buddhas, he was born in filth. Then, in the city of Little Lake near the Vulture Peak, everyone dumped their excrement and urine, emitting a foul odor.
Chinese
在那个湖里，有一条像蛇一样的大虫，有四肢和人的嘴眼，许多小虫在吃它，在那湖里，它因剧痛而上下奔跑。它奔跑时，也散发出不干净的臭味。即使死了数万年，也会在那里出生。佛陀说，它必须待在那里直到一千尊佛都圆寂。这是比丘根德的故事。 在无数劫之前，在瓦拉纳西（古印度地名）地方，有一个人把所有的财富都变成了黄金，然后把七个金瓶埋在地下。后来他去世时，心里还惦记着那些黄金，就转生成了一条蛇。它守护着那些黄金，在那里住了很多年。即使城市荒废成了空地，它还是一次又一次地转生成蛇，住在那里。后来，有一个人来了，那条蛇就叫住他，说：“我有黄金， 请供养僧团。那天也请把我请去。如果你不这样做，我就要加害于你。”那人就拿了一个金瓶去卖了，准备供养僧团。到了供养那天，他拿着一个竹筒，把蛇请了过去。僧团为蛇说法，蛇又献出了六个金瓶。蛇转生成了天神。佛陀说，那条蛇是舍利弗，那个人是导师。 在迦叶佛（梵文：Kaśyapa）时期，有一个年老的阿罗汉比丘，声音不好听。有两个年轻的比丘，声音好听，在唱歌赞颂。年轻的比丘说：“你的歌声像狗叫一样。”老比丘说：“不要那样说，我是阿罗汉。”年轻的比丘感到后悔，就忏悔了。但是，他还是有五百世转生成了狗。后来，在舍卫城（古印度地名）转生成了一条狗，商人的儿子们打断了它的腿，把它扔在空地上。舍利弗给它食物，并为它说法。它死后转生成了一个婆罗门的儿子。他做了舍利弗的沙弥，证得了阿罗汉果。以上是关于罪恶的恶报的故事。关于善行的利益是：如果总结《贤愚经》里所说的话，那就是：过去在迦叶佛的教法末期，有两个婆罗门守护斋戒。一个发愿转生为国王，所以他转生成了国王。另一个发愿转生为天神。但是，那天晚上他的妻子没有给他留饭，自己偷偷地吃了，所以他转生成了龙。那个国王的仆人是鬼木。
English
In that lake, there was a large worm resembling a snake, with four limbs and a human-like mouth and eyes. Many small worms were eating it, and inside that lake, it ran up and down in excruciating pain. As it ran, it also spread an unclean stench. Even if it died for tens of thousands of years, it would be born there again. The Buddha said that it had to remain there until a thousand Buddhas had passed away. This is the story of Bhikshu Kunti. In countless eons ago, in the land of Varanasi, a man transformed all his wealth into gold and buried seven golden vases in the ground. Later, when he died, his mind was still attached to that gold, so he was reborn as a snake. He guarded the gold and lived there for many years. Even when the city became desolate and empty, he was repeatedly reborn as a snake and lived there. Later, a man came, and the snake called out to him, saying, "I have gold, Please make offerings to the Sangha. Also, invite me there on that day. If you don't do so, I will harm you." So the man took one golden vase and sold it, preparing to make offerings to the Sangha. On the day of the offering, he took a bamboo tube and invited the snake over. The Sangha preached the Dharma to the snake, and the snake offered six more golden vases. The snake was reborn as a god. The Buddha said that the snake was Shariputra, and the man was the teacher. During the time of Buddha Kashyapa, there was an elderly Arhat bhikshu with an unpleasant voice. There were two young bhikshus with pleasant voices who were singing praises. The young bhikshu said, "Your singing sounds like a dog barking." The old bhikshu said, "Do not say that, I am an Arhat." The young bhikshu regretted it and confessed. However, he was still reborn as a dog for five hundred lifetimes. Later, in Shravasti, he was born as a dog, and the merchant's sons broke his legs and threw him in an empty place. Shariputra gave him food and preached the Dharma to him. After he died, he was reborn as a Brahmin's son. He became Shariputra's novice and attained Arhatship. The above is a story about the bad consequences of sin. Regarding the benefits of good deeds: If we summarize what is said in the Damamūka Sūtra, it is this: In the past, at the end of the teachings of Buddha Kashyapa, two Brahmins observed the Uposatha vows. One made a vow to be reborn as a king, so he was reborn as a king. The other made a vow to be reborn as a god. However, that night his wife did not leave him any food and secretly ate it herself, so he was reborn as a Naga. That king's servant was a demon tree.
Chinese
有一个看守园子的人，从水池里找到一个非常大而甜的水果，献给了国王的门卫。门卫献给了王妃，王妃献给了国王。国王追查后说：“找到这个东西的人，要多献一些来！如果不献就杀了他。”那人哭着坐在水池边，龙变成人问他有什么不幸。他讲述了事情的经过。龙送给他满满一盆水果，并送信说：“国王，你和我既是朋友，你因为守护一个清净的斋戒而转生为国王，我因为不清净而转生为龙。给我一个八支斋戒的范本。如果不给，我一定会把这个地方变成湖泊，让它消失。”据说因为佛法衰败，找不到那个范本。国王对大臣说：“如果找不到，就杀了你。”大臣问一个老父亲，老父亲说：“家里的这根柱子总是发光，你看看。”劈开柱子后，里面出现了十二缘起经，以及一日八戒的范本。国王把它们装在金盒子里送给龙。龙很高兴，送给国王很多珍宝。龙和国王都守护斋戒，并且劝勉其他人信奉佛法，因此他们都转生为天神。后来，他们去拜见释迦牟尼佛，听闻佛法，获得了预流果。他们永远不会堕入恶道，享受天人的安乐，最终被授记将证得涅槃。普遍讲述守护戒律的章节，即第三章。过去，在无数劫之前，国王全施带着眷属去游玩花园，花园围墙后面有一个人大声唱歌。国王生气了，把他抓起来关进监狱，准备杀掉。大臣请求国王不要杀他，国王就没杀他，让他做仆人。后来他出家，变成了独觉佛。大臣对他进行供养，并发愿。因此，大臣生生世世都转生为种姓高贵、富有且长寿的天人和人类，比其他人好上百倍千倍。后来，大臣转生为一个富有且没有儿子的大臣的儿子，父亲不让他出家，因此他转生到了一个低贱的种姓。
English
There was a garden keeper who found an extremely large and sweet fruit in the pond and offered it to the king's gatekeeper. The gatekeeper offered it to the queen, and the queen offered it to the king. After investigating, the king said, "The one who found this must offer more! If not, I will kill him." The man sat by the pond crying, and the dragon transformed into a human and asked what was wrong. He told the story. The dragon sent him a basin full of fruit and sent a message saying, "King, you and I are friends. You were born as a king because you kept a pure fast, and I was born as a dragon because I was impure. Give me a copy of the eight-branch fast. If you don't give it, I will definitely turn this place into a lake and make it disappear." It is said that because the Dharma was declining, the copy could not be found. The king said to the minister, "If you don't find it, I will kill you." The minister asked an old father, who said, "This pillar in the house always emits light, take a look." When the pillar was split open, the Sutra of the Twelve Interdependent Arisings and a copy of the eight precepts for one day appeared inside. The king put them in a golden box and sent them to the dragon. The dragon was very happy and offered the king many treasures. Both the dragon and the king kept the fast and encouraged others to believe in the Dharma, so they were both reborn as gods. Later, they went to see Shakyamuni Buddha, listened to the Dharma, and obtained the fruit of stream-entry. They will never fall into the lower realms, enjoy the happiness of gods and humans, and were eventually prophesied to attain Nirvana. The chapter on universally narrating the keeping of precepts, that is, the third chapter. In the past, countless eons ago, King All-Giving went to visit the garden with his entourage. Behind the garden wall, a man was singing loudly. The king was angry and arrested him and imprisoned him, preparing to kill him. The minister asked the king not to kill him, so the king did not kill him but made him a servant. Later, he became a renunciate and became a Pratyekabuddha. The minister made offerings to him and made aspirations. Therefore, in all his lives, the minister was reborn as a noble, wealthy, and long-lived god and human, a hundred or a thousand times better than others. Later, the minister was reborn as the son of a wealthy minister who had no son. His father did not allow him to become a renunciate, so he was born into a low caste.
Chinese
想著如果出家就好了。从高高的悬崖上跳下也没有受伤，掉进水里也没有被冲走，吃了剧毒也没有受伤。违犯了国王的法律，国王射了三次箭，箭却掉了回来。于是国王问：你是天神还是鬼怪？他回答说想死。国王就允许他出家，在释迦牟尼佛前出家，证得阿罗汉果。像这样，因为救了命，那位大臣无论转生到哪里，都无法阻止他的寿命，最终证得了阿罗汉果。另外，过去在九十一劫之前，一个穷人砍柴，挖出了两个金币。他把金币献给了金寂佛和僧众，所以在九十一劫中都转生为人，无论转生到哪里，手中都有金币。财富充足，受用无尽。后来在王舍城，一个富家女所生的儿子，长得异于常人，手里握着拳头。打开两个拳头，里面有两枚金币。即使拿走了，也会不断地出现，金币堆满了仓库，孩子的金币也没有用完。后来他对导师生起了信心，出家证得阿罗汉果，名叫比丘金杖。另外，过去在金寂佛的教法中，一个穷人因为对僧众有信心，所以打扫卫生，从草地上摘花撒下，并发愿。所以在九十一劫中，无论转生到哪里，相貌都端正美丽，饮食床榻丰盛。后来在舍卫城，转生为大户人家的儿子，相貌端正。
English
Thinking that it would be good to be ordained, he jumped off a high cliff without getting hurt. He fell into the water but was not carried away. He ate poison but was not harmed. Because he violated the king's law, the king shot three arrows, but the arrows fell back. Then the king asked, "Are you a god or a demon?" He replied that he wanted to die. The king then allowed him to be ordained. He was ordained in the presence of Shakyamuni Buddha and attained the Arhatship. In this way, because he saved his life, that minister, wherever he was reborn, could not be prevented from living a long life, and eventually attained the Arhatship. Also, in the past, ninety-one kalpas ago, a poor man chopped wood and found two gold coins. He offered the gold coins to the Buddha Golden Stillness and the Sangha. Therefore, for ninety-one kalpas, he was born as a human being, and wherever he was born, he had gold coins in his hand. He was rich in wealth and had inexhaustible resources. Later, in Rajagriha, a son was born to a wealthy woman. He was born with fists clenched. When the two fists were opened, there were two gold coins inside. Even if they were taken away, they would continue to appear. The gold coins filled the warehouse, and the child's gold coins were not exhausted. Later, he developed faith in the Teacher, was ordained, and attained the Arhatship. He was called the Bhikshu Golden Staff. Also, in the past, in the teachings of the Buddha Golden Stillness, a poor man, because of his faith in the Sangha, swept the floor, picked flowers from the grass, scattered them, and made aspirations. Therefore, for ninety-one kalpas, wherever he was born, his appearance was upright and beautiful, and his food, drink, and beds were abundant. Later, in Shravasti, he was born as the son of a great and noble family, and his appearance was upright.