（九）金財因緣品第九
Chapter 9: The Golden Wealth Story
如是我聞：
Thus have I heard:
一時佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園，與尊弟子千二百五十人俱。爾時城中有大長者，長者夫人生一男兒，名曰金財，其兒端政殊特，世之少雙。是兒宿世捲手而生，父母驚怪，謂之不祥，即披兒兩手，觀其相好，見二金錢在兒兩手，父母歡喜，即便收取；取已，故處續復更生；尋更取之，復生如故。如是懃取，金錢滿藏，其兒手中，未曾有盡。兒年轉大，即白父母，求索出家。父母不逆，即便聽之。
Thus have I heard: Once, the Buddha was staying at the Jeta Grove, in the Garden of the Benefactor of the Orphans and the Solitary, together with his venerable disciples, twelve hundred and fifty in number. At that time, there lived in the city a wealthy elder whose wife gave birth to a son. They named him Gold Wealth. The boy was extraordinarily handsome and handsome beyond compare. As a child, he was born with his hands clenched tightly. His parents were startled and thought it inauspicious, so they pried open his hands to examine them. To their astonishment, they found two gold coins in his palms. Overjoyed, they took the coins, but as soon as they did, new ones appeared in the same place. They took them again, and again they reappeared, just as before. In this way, though they collected the coins until their treasury was full, the coins in the boy's hands never ran out. As the boy grew older, he asked his parents for permission to leave home and become a monk. His parents did not oppose his wish and readily allowed him to go.
爾時金財往至佛所，頭面作禮，而白佛言：「唯願世尊當見憐愍，聽我出家，得在道次！」佛告金財：「聽汝出家。」蒙佛可已，於時金財即剃鬚髮，身著袈裟，便成沙彌。年已滿足，任受大戒，即合眾僧，當受具足。臨壇，眾僧次第為禮，其作禮時，兩手拍地，當手拍處有二金錢；如是次第，一切為禮，隨所禮處，皆有金錢。受戒已竟，精勤修習，得羅漢道。
At that time, Gold Wealth went to the Buddha's presence, bowed his head in reverence, and said to the Buddha: "I beg the World-Honored One to have compassion on me and allow me to leave home and enter the path of practice!" The Buddha said to Gold Wealth: "I allow you to leave home." Having received the Buddha's permission, Gold Wealth then shaved his hair and beard, donned the monastic robes, and became a novice. When he had reached the appropriate age, eligible to receive the full precepts, the monastic community gathered for the ceremony of full ordination. As he approached the ordination platform, the monks each paid respects in turn. When he bowed, both his hands touched the ground, and wherever his hands touched the ground, two gold coins appeared. Thus, in sequence, as he paid respects to all present, coins appeared wherever he bowed. After receiving the full precepts, he diligently practiced and attained the stage of an Arhat.
阿難白佛：「不審，世尊！此金財比丘本造何福，自生已來手把金錢？唯願世尊當見開示！」佛告阿難：「汝當善思！我今說之。」
Ananda said to the Buddha, "I do not understand, World-Honored One. What merit did this monk, Gold Coin, cultivate in the past that he has held gold coins in his hands since birth? I pray that you, World-Honored One, will reveal this to us." The Buddha told Ananda, "Listen carefully, and I will explain it to you now."
阿難對曰：「如是，諾！當善聽。」
Ananda replied, "Yes, indeed! I will listen attentively."
佛言：「乃往過去九十一劫時，世有佛名毘婆尸，出現於世，政法教化，度脫眾生不可稱數。佛與眾僧遊行國界，時諸豪富長者子等施設飯食，供養彼佛及弟子眾。爾時有一貧人乏於財貨，常於野澤取薪賣之，值時取薪賣得兩錢，見佛及僧受王家請，歡喜敬心，即以兩錢施佛及僧。佛愍此人，即為受之。」佛告阿難：「爾時貧人以此二錢施佛及僧故，九十一劫恒把金錢，財寶自恣，無有窮盡。爾時貧人者，金財比丘是也。正使其人未得道者，未來果報亦復無量。是故，阿難！一切眾生皆應精懃布施為業。」
The Buddha said: “In the distant past, ninety-one eons ago, a Buddha named Vipassī appeared in the world, teaching the Dharma and liberating countless beings. The Buddha and his community of monks traveled through the lands, and at that time, the wealthy elders and their sons prepared food and offerings to support the Buddha and his disciples.
At that time, there was a poor man who lacked material wealth. He made his living by gathering firewood in the wild marshes and selling it. One day, after collecting firewood, he sold it for two coins. Seeing the Buddha and the monks receiving the king’s invitation, he felt joyful and respectful, and with a sincere heart, he offered those two coins to the Buddha and the monks. The Buddha, moved by compassion for this man, accepted the offering.”
The Buddha then told Ananda: “Because that poor man offered those two coins to the Buddha and the monks, for ninety-one eons he was always born with gold in his hands, enjoying inexhaustible wealth and treasure. That poor man is now the monk Goldwealth. Even if he had not yet attained liberation, his future rewards would still be immeasurable. Therefore, Ananda, all beings should earnestly practice generosity as their foundation.”
爾時阿難及眾會者聞佛所說，皆悉信解，有得須陀洹果者，斯陀含、阿那含、阿羅漢者，有發無上正真道意者，復有得住不退地者，一切眾會聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。