《Toh 647 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh647
Homage to the Three Jewels. Once, the Blessed One was staying at Banyan Grove in Kapilavastu with a great congregation of monks, a great assembly of bodhisattvas, and a great assembly of other beings, teaching them the Dharma. In the meantime, Ānanda was in seclusion, meditating and realizing the Dharma through single-pointed contemplation. During the last watch of the night, the female preta Flaming Mouth came before him and spoke, “O Ānanda, you will die the day after tomorrow and be reborn in the realm of pretas.” Ānanda asked, “What reliable method is there to avoid this?” The Tibetan reads simply “what reliable method is there?” (brtan pa’i thabs ci yod). The words “to avoid this” have been added for clarification. The female preta replied, “Ānanda, if in the morning you offer food and drink in the amount of seven large Magadhan bushels to each and every preta as numerous as the billions of grains of sand of the river Ganges, and satisfy one hundred thousand brahmin ascetics, and make an offering in my name to the Three Jewels, then your life will be extended, and I will transmigrate from the realm of the pretas and be reborn in the upper realms.” Then Ānanda saw that female…
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