Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 769.5

769.5

時，尊者阿難見婆羅門眷屬、眾具一切皆白，見已，入城乞食。還精舍，舉衣鉢，洗足已，往詣佛所，稽首禮足，退坐一面，白佛言：「世尊！今日晨朝著衣持鉢，入舍衛城乞食，見生聞婆羅門乘白馬車，眷屬、眾具一切皆白，眾人唱言：『善乘！善乘！謂婆羅門乘。』云何？世尊！於正法、律，為是世人乘？為是婆羅門乘？」

Venerable Ānanda then saw that this priest’s retinue and many accoutrements were all white. After he saw this, he went into the city to solicit alms. Returning to the monastery, he put away his robe and bowl and washed his feet. He then went to the Buddha, prostrated at the Buddha’s feet, and withdrew to sit at one side. He said, “Bhagavān, today in the early morning, I put on my robe, took my bowl, and went to Śrāvastī to solicit alms. I saw the priest Jānusoṇi riding a chariot with white horses. His retinue and many accoutrements were all white. A crowd of people called out, ‘Excellent vehicle, excellent vehicle! That’s called the Brahma vehicle!’ Bhagavān, is there a worldly person’s vehicle or a Brahma vehicle in the right teaching and discipline?”