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大正藏第 14 册 No. 0497 佛说摩诃迦叶度贫母经 No. 497 佛说摩诃迦叶度贫母经 宋于阗国三藏求那跋陀罗译 闻如是： 一时，佛在舍卫国度于君民，与除馑众、菩萨大士、天、龙、鬼神、世间人民无央数，众会听经。 是时，摩诃迦叶独行教化到王舍城，常行大哀福于众生，舍诸豪富而从贫乞。摩诃迦叶时欲分卫：“若其未行先三昧正受，何所贫人吾当福之？”即入王舍大城之中，见一孤母，最甚贫困，在于街巷大粪聚中，傍凿粪聚以为岩窟，羸劣疾病常卧其中，孤单零丁无有衣食，便于岩窟施小篱以障五形。迦叶三昧知此人宿不植福是以今贫，知母寿命终日在近：“若吾不度，永失福堂。” 母时饥困，长者青衣而弃米汁，臭恶难言，母从乞之，即以破瓦盛着左右。摩诃迦叶到其所，咒愿言：“且多少施我，可得大福。” 尔时老母，即说偈言： “举身得疾病， 孤穷安可言， 一国之最贫， 衣食不盖形。 世有不慈人， 尚见矜愍怜， 云何名慈哀， 而不知此厄？ 普世之寒苦， 无过我之身， 愿见哀矜恕， 实不为仁惜。” 摩诃迦叶即答偈言： “佛为三界尊， 吾备在 现代汉语译本 《佛说摩诃迦叶度贫母经》 （大正藏第14册 No. 0497） No. 497 佛说摩诃迦叶度贫母经 宋 于阗国三藏求那跋陀罗译 我听闻是这样的： 一时，佛陀在舍卫国教化君王和百姓，与无数的除馑众、菩萨大士、天、龙、鬼神、世间人民在一起，大众集会听闻佛法。 这时，摩诃迦叶（Mahākāśyapa，佛陀十大弟子之一，以头陀行著称）独自教化来到王舍城，常常以大慈悲心为众生求福，舍弃那些豪门富户，而向贫穷的人乞食。摩诃迦叶将要乞食时心想：‘如果我不先入三昧正受，我应当为哪个贫穷的人求福呢？’于是进入王舍大城之中，看见一位孤苦的老母，极其贫困，住在街巷里的一大堆粪便之中，在粪堆旁边挖出一个洞穴作为栖身之所，身体虚弱多病，常常躺在里面，孤单无依，没有衣食，就在洞穴前用小篱笆遮挡身体。摩诃迦叶通过三昧得知这个人前世没有种福，所以今生贫困，知道老母的寿命将尽：‘如果我不度化她，她将永远失去进入福堂的机会。’ 老母当时饥饿困苦，一个富家子弟的仆人倒掉了散发着恶臭难以言喻的米汁，老母向他乞讨，就用破瓦片盛着放在身边。摩诃迦叶来到她那里，祝愿说：‘请施舍我一点，可以得到大福。’ 当时老母，就说了这样的偈语： ‘浑身都是疾病，孤苦贫穷难以诉说， 我是全国最贫穷的人，衣不蔽体食不果腹。 世上还有不慈悲的人，尚且知道怜悯我， 怎么能称作慈悲，却不知道我的困境？ 普天之下最寒冷困苦的，没有超过我的， 希望您能哀怜宽恕我，实在不是吝惜不舍得。’ 摩诃迦叶就用偈语回答说： ‘佛是三界至尊，我准备好接受’
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English version The Buddha Speaks of Mahākāśyapa Saving the Poor Mother Sutra (Taisho Tripitaka Volume 14, No. 0497) No. 497 The Buddha Speaks of Mahākāśyapa Saving the Poor Mother Sutra Translated by Tripiṭaka Guṇabhadra of the Kingdom of Khotan during the Song Dynasty Thus have I heard: At one time, the Buddha was in the Kingdom of Shravasti, teaching the rulers and the people, together with countless members of the Saṃgha, Bodhisattva-mahāsattvas, devas, nāgas, yakshas, and people of the world, who gathered to listen to the Dharma. At that time, Mahākāśyapa (one of the Buddha's ten great disciples, known for his ascetic practices) was traveling alone to teach and transform beings in the city of Rajagriha, constantly seeking blessings for all beings with great compassion, abandoning the wealthy and powerful and begging from the poor. When Mahākāśyapa was about to beg for food, he thought: 'If I do not first enter samadhi and attain right concentration, for which poor person should I seek blessings?' Then he entered the great city of Rajagriha and saw a solitary old woman, extremely poor, living in a large pile of dung in the street, digging a cave next to the dung heap as her dwelling, weak and ill, constantly lying within it, alone and helpless, without clothing or food, using a small fence to shield her body from view. Mahākāśyapa, through samadhi, knew that this person had not planted good seeds in the past, and therefore was poor in this life, and knew that the old woman's life was coming to an end: 'If I do not liberate her, she will forever lose the opportunity to enter the realm of blessings.' The old woman was hungry and distressed at that time. A servant of a wealthy man discarded rice water that was foul-smelling and indescribable. The old woman begged for it and used broken tiles to hold it by her side. Mahākāśyapa came to her and offered a blessing, saying: 'Please give me a little, and you will receive great blessings.' At that time, the old woman spoke the following verse: 'My body is afflicted with illness, my loneliness and poverty are beyond words, I am the poorest person in the entire country, my clothes cannot cover my body, and I lack food. Even those who are not compassionate in the world still show pity and sympathy, How can you be called compassionate, yet not know my plight? There is no one more cold and miserable in the world than I am, I hope you will have mercy and forgive me, it is not that I am unwilling to give.' Mahākāśyapa then replied with a verse: 'The Buddha is the most honored in the three realms, I am prepared to receive' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 其中， 欲除汝饥贫， 是故从贫乞。 若能减身口， 分铢以为施， 长夜得解脱， 后生得豪富。” 尔时，老母重说偈言： “实如仁所言， 生世无功德， 今在粪窟中， 不净涂其身。 饮食无分米， 羸形而不覆， 如今之极贫， 施意与愿违。” 摩诃迦叶重说偈言： “母说处不悦， 饥穷无以施， 若其有施意， 此则不为贫。 若复知惭羞， 此则着法衣， 如母此二事， 衣食为备足。 世有颛愚人， 俗衣宝谷多， 无惭不念施， 计后此大贫。 惶荒设福德， 可谓为希有， 信哉罪福众， 至诚不虚说。”
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尔时，老母闻偈欢喜，心念前日有臭米汁，欲以施之则不可饮，遥启迦叶：“哀我受不？” 摩诃迦叶答言：“大善！” 母即在窟匍匐取之，形体裸露不得持出，侧身偻体，篱上授与。迦叶受之，尊口咒愿：“使蒙福安。” 迦叶心念：“若吾赍去着余处饮之者，母则不信，谓吾弃之。”即于母前，饮讫荡钵，还着布囊中。 于是老母特复真信。迦叶自念：“当现神足，令此母人必获大安。”即没入地，更在虚空身出水火，半身以上现其水出，半身以下复现火出；又复 现代汉语译本： ‘为了解除你的饥饿和贫困，所以我才向贫困的你乞讨。 如果能从你的身口中减少一些，哪怕是极少的一部分用来布施， 长夜漫漫终将得到解脱，来世也能获得豪富。’ 这时，老母再次用偈语说道： ‘确实如您所说，我生来就没有功德， 现在身处粪坑之中，用不干净的东西涂抹身体。 饮食没有一粒米，瘦弱的身体无法遮蔽， 像我现在这样极度贫困，布施的心愿也难以实现。’ 摩诃迦叶（Mahākāśyapa，佛陀十大弟子之一，以头陀行著称）再次用偈语说道： ‘母亲说自己处境不好，饥饿贫穷无法布施， 如果心中有布施的意愿，这就不算贫穷。 如果还知道惭愧羞耻，这就是穿着法衣， 像母亲您这样具备这两种品德，衣食自然会充足。 世上有愚昧无知的人，穿着华丽的衣服，拥有大量的粮食， 却不知惭愧，不念布施，可以预见将来会更加贫困。 在困境中还能想到修福德，这真是非常难得， 相信罪福的因果关系，至诚恳切的说法真实不虚。’ 这时，老母听了偈语，心生欢喜，想起前几天还有一些发臭的米汁，想用来布施却不能喝，于是遥遥地对迦叶（Kāśyapa）说：‘可怜我，您能接受吗？’ 摩诃迦叶（Mahākāśyapa）回答说：‘太好了！’ 老母立即在粪坑中匍匐着去取米汁，因为身体虚弱，无法拿出来，只好侧着身子，弯着腰，在篱笆上递给迦叶（Kāśyapa）。迦叶（Kāśyapa）接过米汁，用尊贵的口为她祝愿：‘愿您蒙受福报，得到安乐。’ 迦叶（Kāśyapa）心想：‘如果我拿着米汁到别的地方喝，老母就不会相信我，会认为我把它扔掉了。’于是就在老母面前，喝完米汁，洗干净钵，放回布袋中。 于是老母更加坚定了信心。迦叶（Kāśyapa）心想：‘我应当显现神足通，让这位老母必定获得大安乐。’随即没入地下，又在虚空中显现出身出水火的神通，半身以上显现出水，半身以下又显现出火；又
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English version: ‘To remove your hunger and poverty, that is why I beg from you in your poverty. If you can reduce a little from your body and mouth, Even a fraction to give as alms, You will gain liberation in the long night, and in the next life, you will be wealthy.’ At that time, the old mother repeated the verse, saying: ‘Indeed, as you say, I was born without merit, Now I am in a dung pit, smearing my body with filth. I have not a grain of rice to eat, my frail body is uncovered, As extremely poor as I am now, my intention to give is contrary to my wishes.’ Mahākāśyapa (one of the ten great disciples of the Buddha, known for his ascetic practices) repeated the verse, saying: ‘Mother says her situation is unpleasant, hungry and poor, unable to give, If there is an intention to give, then this is not poverty. If one still knows shame and embarrassment, then this is wearing the Dharma robe, Like mother, possessing these two qualities, clothing and food will be sufficiently provided. There are foolish people in the world, wearing fine clothes and possessing much grain, Without shame and without thought of giving, calculating for the future, this is great poverty. To think of cultivating merit in distress, this can be said to be rare, Believe in the consequences of sin and merit, sincere and truthful words are not false.’ At that time, the old mother heard the verse and rejoiced. She remembered that she had some rancid rice water from the previous days, which she wanted to give as alms but could not drink. So she remotely said to Kāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa): ‘Have pity on me, can you accept it?’ Mahākāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa) replied: ‘Excellent!’ The mother immediately crawled in the dung pit to retrieve it, but because her body was weak, she could not hold it out. She had to lean sideways, bending over, and hand it over the fence to Kāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa). Kāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa) received it and blessed her with his venerable mouth: ‘May you receive blessings and attain peace.’ Kāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa) thought: ‘If I take the rice water elsewhere to drink, the mother will not believe me and will think I threw it away.’ So in front of the mother, he drank the rice water, washed the bowl, and put it back in his cloth bag. Then the old mother's faith was strengthened. Kāśyapa (Mahākāśyapa) thought: ‘I should manifest supernatural powers to ensure that this old mother attains great peace.’ Immediately, he disappeared into the ground and then appeared in the sky, manifesting water and fire from his body. The upper half of his body showed water, and the lower half showed fire; and then --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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变化改易，飞腾虚空，从其东出没于西方，南北亦尔。 时，母人见此踊跃，一心长跪遥视迦叶。迦叶告曰：“母今意中所愿何等，世间豪富、转轮圣王，及四天王、释梵诸天？若复欲得须陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、阿罗汉、辟支佛？若复欲得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提、阿惟三佛者，悉可得果其愿。” 尔时，母人厌于世苦，闻天堂上审为快乐，即启迦叶：“愿以微福得生天上。”于是，迦叶忽然不现。老母数日寿终，即生第二忉利天上，威德巍巍，震动天地，光明挺特，譬如七日一时俱出照曜天宫。 释提桓因即自惊悸：“何所人者，福德感动，将无此间有胜吾者？”即以天眼观此天女福德使然。释提桓因即偈问言： “此女从何来？ 大光明照曜， 譬如七大日， 一时俱出现； 震动吾宫殿， 威德难可当， 本修何福德， 得来升此天？” 是时，天女答帝释偈言： “本在阎浮提， 粪窟不净中， 羸老兼疾病， 衣食不充备。 三千大千土， 释迦文佛尊， 次有大弟子， 名摩诃迦叶。 哀矜从母乞， 说法我心欢， 贡其臭米汁， 施少获愿多。 一心供福地， 愿欲生天上， 弃身粪窟中， 来生忉利天。” 尔时， 现代汉语译本： 变化迅速，飞腾于虚空之中，从东方出现又没入西方，南北方向也是如此。 当时，那位老妇人见到此景，欢欣鼓舞，一心长跪，遥望着迦叶（Mahakasyapa，释迦牟尼佛的十大弟子之一，以头陀行著称）。迦叶（Mahakasyapa）告诉她说：‘母亲您心中所希望的是什么呢？是世间的豪富、转轮圣王，以及四天王、释梵诸天（Śakra and Brahma，佛教中的护法神）的果位？还是想要获得须陀洹（Srotapanna，入流果）、斯陀含（Sakrdagamin，一来果）、阿那含（Anagamin，不还果）、阿罗汉（Arhat，无学果）、辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，缘觉）的果位？如果想要获得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）、阿惟三佛（不退转的佛）的果位，都可以如愿以偿。’ 当时，老妇人厌倦了世间的痛苦，听闻天堂之上确实快乐，便向迦叶（Mahakasyapa）祈求说：‘愿以我这微薄的福德，能够往生天上。’于是，迦叶（Mahakasyapa）忽然消失不见。老母几天后寿终正寝，便往生到第二忉利天（Trayastrimsa，欲界六天之一），威德显赫，震动天地，光明独特，如同七个太阳同时出现，照耀着天宫。 释提桓因（Śakra-devanam-Indra，忉利天之主）顿时感到惊慌：‘是什么人，福德如此感人，难道这里有胜过我的人吗？’随即用天眼观察，得知是这位天女的福德所致。释提桓因（Śakra-devanam-Indra）便用偈语问道： ‘这位天女从何而来？ 大光明如此照耀， 譬如七个太阳， 一时同时出现； 震动我的宫殿， 威德难以抵挡， 原本修了什么福德， 才能升到这忉利天？’ 当时，天女用偈语回答帝释（Śakra-devanam-Indra）说： ‘原本我在阎浮提（Jambudvipa，我们所居住的这个世界）， 在粪坑不干净的地方， 又瘦又老还多病， 衣食都不充足。 三千大千世界中， 释迦文佛（Sakyamuni Buddha）最尊贵， 其次有位大弟子， 名叫摩诃迦叶（Mahakasyapa）。 他慈悲怜悯向我乞食， 听他说法我心欢喜， 供养他臭米汤， 布施虽少获愿却多。 一心供养这块福田， 愿望能够往生天上， 舍弃了粪坑中的身体， 便往生到这忉利天。’ 当时，