Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.150

24.5.150

世尊告曰：「如來在世間，應行五事。云何為五？一者當轉法輪，二者當與父說法，三者當與母說法，四者當導凡夫人立菩薩行，五者當授菩薩別。是謂，迦葉！如來出世當行此五法。」

The Bhagavān told him, “When a Tathāgata is present in the world, he should do five things. What are the five? First is to turn the Dharma wheel. Second is to explain the teaching to his father. Third is to explain the teaching to his mother. Fourth is to lead ordinary men to establish the bodhisattva practice. Fifth is to give the prediction [of becoming a Buddha] to a bodhisattva. These, Kāśyapa, are the five things a Tathāgata appears in the world to do.”