一則本生故事，講述一位見證佛陀神蹟的老婦人，在僧伽舍神變之後被講述，以說明此類奇蹟並非只在佛陀最後一生才有；故事中的老婦被認定為蓮花色比丘尼的前生。

A birth-story of an old woman who witnessed the Buddha’s wonders, told after the miracle at Saṅkassa to show that such marvels were not confined to his final life; the woman is identified with Uppalavaṇṇā.

一則本生故事，講述苦行者黑仙人——波羅奈城一位放棄鉅富、在喜馬拉雅苦修的婆羅門之子，曾獲帝釋天賜予恩惠；此故事講給阿難，用以解釋佛陀經過其昔日修行處時為何微笑。

A birth-story of the ascetic Kaṇha, a wealthy brahmin’s son of Bārāṇasī who renounced his fortune for rigorous asceticism in the Himavā and was granted boons by Sakka, told to Ānanda to explain the Buddha’s smile at the spot of Kaṇha’s meditations.