金剛經纂要刊定記 2.241

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舍衛國主波斯匿王，有一大臣，名須達多，為兒聘婦躬至王舍城，寄止長者珊檀那舍宅。時長者中夜而起，莊嚴舍宅營辦餚饍。須達聞已問言：「大士欲請國王為婚姻之會耶？」答言：「請佛無上法王。」須達聞已身毛皆豎，復問：「何等名佛？」長者廣為說佛功德。須達多言：「善哉！大士所言。佛者功德無上，今在何處？」長者答言：「在王舍城迦闌陀竹林精舍。」時須達多一心念佛，忽然天明，其光熾盛猶如白日，即尋光處至城門下。佛神力故，門自開闢尋路而往。爾時如來出外經行，須達見已歡喜踴躍，不知禮法直問世尊。時首陀天，為其長者化作四人至世尊所，接足禮拜，胡跪問訊右繞三匝，却住一面。須達見已依而為之。世尊即為如應說法，長者聞已得須陀洹果。後復請佛：「惟願臨顧至舍衛城受我微供。」佛即問言：「卿舍衛國頗有精舍容受我否？」須達多言：「必見垂顧，便當營辦。」世尊爾時默然受請。時須達多迴舍衛國，佛令鶖子同往指授造寺儀式。即須達布金，買祇陀太子園，祇陀太子施園中樹林，二人共搆精舍。既訖即執香爐向王舍城，遙作是言：「所設已辦，惟願如來受此住處。」佛時懸知長者之心，即共大眾發王舍城，猶如壯士屈伸臂傾至祇陀園。是時長者以其所設奉施於佛，佛即受已即住其中。廣如《涅槃經》、《賢愚經》、《四分律》、《西域記》說，須者往檢。今佛於此說《金剛般若經》，故云在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園也。

The ruler of the kingdom of Śrāvastī, King Prasenajit, had a minister named Sudatta. While arranging a marriage for his son, he went in person to Rājagṛha and stayed at the house of the elder Candana. At midnight, the elder arose, adorned his house, and prepared delicacies. Hearing this, Sudatta asked, "Great Being, are you inviting the king for a wedding gathering?" He replied, "I am inviting the Buddha, the unsurpassed King of the Dharma." Hearing this, Sudatta's hair stood on end, and he asked again, "Who is called Buddha?" The elder spoke extensively of the Buddha's virtues. Sudatta said, "Excellent is what you say, Great Being! The Buddha's virtues are unsurpassed. Where is he now?" The elder replied, "In the Karaṇḍa Veṇuvana monastery in Rājagṛha." Sudatta then single-mindedly recollected the Buddha; suddenly dawn broke, and its blazing light was like daylight. Following the light, he arrived at the city gate. Through the Buddha's supernatural power, the gate opened of itself, and he proceeded along the road. At that time, the Tathāgata had come out to walk back and forth. Seeing him, Sudatta leapt for joy, and not knowing proper etiquette, directly questioned the World-Honoured One. Then a Śuddhāvāsa god transformed into four people for the elder's sake, who went to the World-Honoured One, bowed at his feet, knelt on their right knees to greet him, circumambulated him three times to the right, and withdrew to stand on one side. Seeing this, Sudatta imitated them. The World-Honoured One then preached the Dharma to him as appropriate; upon hearing it, the elder attained the fruit of a stream-enterer. Later he again invited the Buddha: "I pray that you deign to come to the city of Śrāvastī to accept my humble offering." The Buddha asked, "Does your kingdom of Śrāvastī have a monastery capable of accommodating me?" Sudatta said, "If you will truly favor us with a visit, I will arrange it at once." The World-Honoured One then silently accepted the invitation. Sudatta returned to Śrāvastī, and the Buddha ordered Śāriputra to go with him to instruct on the ceremonies for building a monastery. Thereupon Sudatta spread gold to purchase the grove of Prince Jeta, and Prince Jeta donated the trees in the grove; the two together constructed the monastery. When it was finished, he held an incense burner, faced Rājagṛha, and from afar made this proclamation: "The preparations are complete; I pray only that the Tathāgata accept this residence." At that time, knowing the elder's intention beforehand, the Buddha set out from Rājagṛha together with the great assembly, arriving at Jeta's Grove in the time it takes a strong man to bend and stretch his arm. At that time, the elder presented what he had prepared as an offering to the Buddha; having accepted it, the Buddha took up residence therein. This is fully explained in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish, the Four-Part Vinaya, and the Great Tang Records on the Western Regions; those who need it may look it up. Now the Buddha expounded the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra here; hence it is said, "in the kingdom of Śrāvastī, in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada's Park."