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མ་ག་དྷཱ་བཟང་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ།
The Exemplary Tale of Sumāgadhā
《蘇摩伽陀經》 圓滿法藏:《摩竭陀賢女經》
Sumāga­dhāvadāna

佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園時,給孤獨長者之女蘇摩伽陀遠嫁福增城,而丈夫則是信奉尼乾子外道商人之子旃陀伽。到了婆家以後,見到尼乾子外道修士的蘇摩伽陀感到厭惡,悶悶不樂。婆婆見狀問之,蘇摩伽陀便告知婆婆有關佛陀的事蹟。經婆婆指示,蘇摩伽陀準備好食物,接著在房頂祈請佛陀和僧團接受供養。得知此事的阿難請示佛陀,佛陀于是要求所有已證得神通的弟子帶上符木前往福增城應供。抵達當地的弟子們紛紛各顯神通,而蘇摩伽陀則簡短地逐一介紹。最後,佛陀前來並示現出種種神變,攝受了福增城的人民。弟子們接著問佛,爲何蘇摩伽陀的婚姻能令這麼多衆生受益?佛陀便講述了蘇摩伽陀過去在迦葉佛時代身爲金鬘公主的故事,以及另一世身爲賢良農婦的故事,同時表示蘇摩伽陀已在過去成辦佛行事業,並還在繼續進行著。經中還包含了廣爲流傳訖栗枳國王十個夢的故事,佛陀表示這都是預示佛法衰微的夢兆。

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