Summary
s.1In The Exemplary Tale About a Sow, the Buddha recounts the earlier events surrounding a god in Trāyastriṃśa heaven who foresaw that he would be reborn as a pig in Rājagṛha. At the encouragement of Śakra, this god, in the final moments of agony before his death, took refuge in the Three Jewels and thereby attained rebirth in the even higher Tuṣita heaven. The story thus illustrates the liberative power of taking refuge in the Three Jewels, as befittingly expressed in the concluding verses of this short avadāna.
s.1在《牝豚本生經》中，佛陀向眾僧講述了關於三十三天一位天神的往事。這位天神預見到自己將會在王舍城轉生為豬。在帝釋的鼓勵下，這位天神在臨終痛苦的最後時刻，皈依了三寶，因此獲得了轉生到更高的兜率天的機會。這個故事充分說明了皈依三寶所具有的解脫力量，這一主題在本生經的結尾偈頌中得到了恰當的表達。