The Long Āgama Sūtra 4.4
長阿含經 4.4
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- Classical Chinese
4.4
爾時,尊者阿難在靜室坐,默自思念:「甚奇!甚特!如來授人記別,多所饒益。彼伽伽羅大臣命終,如來記之,此人命終,斷五下結,即於天上而取滅度,不來此世。第二迦陵伽,三毘伽陀,四伽利輸,五遮樓,六婆耶樓,七婆頭樓,八藪婆頭,九他梨舍㝹,十藪達梨舍㝹,十一耶輸,十二耶輸多樓,諸大臣等命終,佛亦記之,斷五下結,即於天上而取滅度,不來生此。復有餘五十人命終,佛亦記之,斷三結,婬、怒、癡薄,得斯陀含,一來此世便盡苦際。復有五百人命終,佛亦記之,三結盡,得須陀洹,不墮惡趣,極七往返必盡苦際。有佛弟子處處命終,佛皆記之,某生某處、某生某處。鴦伽國、摩竭國、迦尸國、居薩羅國、拔祇國、末羅國、支提國、拔沙國、居樓國、般闍羅國、阿濕波國、阿般提國、婆蹉國、蘇羅婆國、乾陀羅國、劍洴沙國,彼十六大國有命終者,佛悉記之,摩竭國人皆是王種王所親任,有命終者,佛不記之。」
At the time, the Venerable Ānanda was sitting in a quiet room and thought to himself, “It’s amazing! Extraordinary! The Tathāgata gives his assurances to people that are beneficial to many. When that minister Kakkhaṭa’s life ended, the Tathāgata described it: ‘This person’s life has ended. Having cut the five lower bonds, he was born up in the heavens and obtained complete cessation. He won’t return to this world.’ Second was Kaḍaṅgara, third was Vikaṭa, fourth was Kātyarṣabha, fifth was Cāru, sixth was Upacāru, seventh was Bhadra, eighth was Subhadra, ninth was Triśaṅku, tenth was Sutriśaṅku, eleventh was Yaśas, and twelfth was Yaśottara. When those ministers’ lives ended, the Buddha also described them: ‘Having ended the five lower bonds, he was born up in the heavens and obtained complete cessation. He didn’t return [to this world].’
“Again, there were another fifty people whose lives ended. The Buddha described them: ‘They ended the three bonds of lust, anger, and delusion and became once-returners. They returned once to this world and then reached the end of suffering.’
“Again, there were 500 people whose lives ended. The Buddha described them: ‘They ended the three bonds and became stream entrants. They won’t fall to bad destinies and will reach the end of suffering in no more than seven rebirths.’
“There were disciples of the Buddha in many places whose lives ended. The Buddha described them all as having had ‘a certain birth in a certain place, a certain birth in a certain place.’ The Buddha described it of those whose lives ended in the sixteen countries, namely Aṅga, Magadha, Kasi, Kośala, Vṛji, Malla, Cedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Aśvaka, Avanti, Maccha, Sūrasena, Gandhāra, and Kāmboja. When people from Magadha died who were from the royal family or friends of the king, the Buddha didn’t describe [their birth places].”
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Janavasabhasutta — Pāli