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有欲得金银、珍宝、衣被、饮食者，恣所求索，皆来取之。’如是布施无央数，日日饭八万四千道人，但澜汗流出门，人用擿船而行。阿鸠留作善极意，死后便上第二忉利天上作天人，去离天帝座四百八十里。 “其国中有乞丐女人，名曰㜗，以善心持一杅米粥，与沙门摩诃迦叶。女人死后，亦生忉利天上作天人，在天帝释边第三座，复胜余天五事。何谓五事？一者、长寿；二者、端正；三者、安乐；四者、智慧；五者、威神，胜于余天。 “后佛母忽故，生忉利天。时佛天上为母说经。说经已，佛母及诸天无央数，皆得须陀洹道。佛因见阿鸠留布施与人，远在天帝释边，四百八十里坐；复见乞丐女人，持米粥与沙门摩诃迦叶，在天帝释边第三座，又胜余天五事。佛见悉皆识知，即遥呼阿鸠留言：‘布施善人来相见。’阿鸠留即来前，持头面着地，为佛作礼，白佛言：‘我布施大众多，但得凡人耳，不得须陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、阿罗汉、辟支佛，佛道也。今见乞丐女人，持米粥与沙门摩诃迦叶，今世在帝释边第三坐，又胜余天五事。’人持小物与摩诃迦叶，得福乃尔，是故身自致豪贵如此。” 天便为佛，作礼而去。 佛说阿鸠留经 现代汉语译本 ‘如果有人想要金银、珍宝、衣服、饮食，任凭他们索取，都来拿吧。’像这样布施无数次，每天供养八万四千道人，只是厨房里的水像潮水一样流出门外，人们可以用船来通行。阿鸠留（Ajukulla）尽心尽力地行善，死后就升到第二忉利天（Tāvatiṃsa，三十三天）上做了天人，距离天帝释（Śakra，帝释天）的座位四百八十里。 ‘他的国家里有个乞丐女人，名叫㜗，以善良的心拿了一杅米粥，供养沙门摩诃迦叶（Mahākāśyapa）。这女人死后，也生到忉利天上做了天人，在天帝释旁边第三个座位上，又胜过其他天人五件事。哪五件事呢？一是长寿；二是端正；三是安乐；四是智慧；五是威神，胜过其他天人。 ‘后来佛母（Buddha's mother）忽然去世，生到忉利天。当时佛在天上为母亲说法。说法完毕，佛母和无数的天人都证得了须陀洹道（Srota-āpanna，入流果）。佛因此看到阿鸠留布施给人们，却远远地在天帝释旁边，距离四百八十里远的地方坐着；又看到乞丐女人，拿米粥供养沙门摩诃迦叶，却在天帝释旁边第三个座位上，又胜过其他天人五件事。佛看到这些都完全知晓，就遥远地呼唤阿鸠留说：‘布施的善人，来相见吧。’阿鸠留立刻来到佛前，头面着地，向佛作礼，禀告佛说：‘我布施给很多人，但得到的只是凡人的果报，没有得到须陀洹（Srota-āpanna，入流果）、斯陀含（Sakṛdāgāmin，一来果）、阿那含（Anāgāmin，不来果）、阿罗汉（Arhat，无学果）、辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，缘觉），以及佛道。现在看到乞丐女人，拿米粥供养沙门摩诃迦叶，今生在帝释旁边第三个座位上，又胜过其他天人五件事。’人们拿小小的东西供养摩诃迦叶，得到的福报竟然如此，所以自身能够达到如此豪贵。’ 天人便向佛作礼，然后离去。 佛说阿鸠留经
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English version ‘If anyone desires gold, silver, jewels, clothing, or food and drink, let them ask for whatever they want and come and take it.’ He gave in this way countless times, feeding eighty-four thousand ascetics every day, so much so that the water from the kitchen flowed out like a tide, and people could travel by boat. Ajukulla, with utmost sincerity, performed good deeds, and after death, he ascended to the second heaven of Tāvatiṃsa (Thirty-three Heavens) and became a deva (god), four hundred and eighty miles away from the seat of Śakra (Lord Indra). ‘In his country, there was a beggar woman named 㜗, who, with a kind heart, offered a handful of rice porridge to the śramaṇa (ascetic) Mahākāśyapa. After her death, this woman was also born in the Tāvatiṃsa heaven as a deva, sitting in the third seat next to Śakra, surpassing the other devas in five aspects. What are the five aspects? First, longevity; second, beauty; third, happiness; fourth, wisdom; fifth, majestic power, surpassing the other devas. ‘Later, Buddha's mother suddenly passed away and was born in the Tāvatiṃsa heaven. At that time, the Buddha preached the Dharma to his mother in heaven. After the preaching, Buddha's mother and countless devas attained the path of Srota-āpanna (Stream-enterer). The Buddha then saw Ajukulla, who had given alms to people, sitting far away next to Śakra, four hundred and eighty miles away; and he also saw the beggar woman, who had offered rice porridge to the śramaṇa Mahākāśyapa, sitting in the third seat next to Śakra, surpassing the other devas in five aspects. The Buddha, seeing all this, fully understood and called out to Ajukulla from afar, saying, ‘Benevolent one who gives alms, come and see me.’ Ajukulla immediately came before the Buddha, prostrated himself with his head touching the ground, and said to the Buddha, ‘I have given alms to many people, but I have only attained the fruit of an ordinary person, not Srota-āpanna (Stream-enterer), Sakṛdāgāmin (Once-returner), Anāgāmin (Non-returner), Arhat (Worthy One), Pratyekabuddha (Solitary Buddha), or the path of Buddhahood. Now I see the beggar woman, who offered rice porridge to the śramaṇa Mahākāśyapa, in this life sitting in the third seat next to Śakra, surpassing the other devas in five aspects.’ People offering small things to Mahākāśyapa receive such great blessings, and therefore, one can attain such wealth and nobility.’ The deva then paid homage to the Buddha and departed. The Sūtra of Ajukulla Spoken by the Buddha --------------------------------------------------------------------------------