法華玄論 9.73

9.73

答：《釋論》云：佛初成道度結髮梵志千人，後還本國。諸弟子雖得道跡，而苦行來久，容色燋悴不光顯。世尊父王即勅國中豪貴子等應盡資之身並令出家，調達於時入道而無信心，但欲學通不欲求佛道，得通已後遂便失之。求徒眾，佛不許之，於是遂造逆罪。初則破僧，以犯戒人不得破僧，故知前未犯餘罪而前破僧。破僧已後次推巖厭佛，金剛神以杵擲石，石破傷佛大指出血，故次出佛身血。華色比丘尼得羅漢果，見其傷佛指而呵責之，調達以拳打比丘尼，尼眼出血死，故次殺羅漢。具三逆罪，次第如是也。此中釋調達造逆次第，與律中明不異也。

Answer: The *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* states: When the Buddha first attained enlightenment, he converted a thousand matted-hair ascetics and later returned to his native country. Although the disciples had attained the stages of the Path, having engaged in ascetic practices for a long time, their complexions were withered and haggard, lacking radiance. The World-Honoured One's royal father then ordered that the noble sons and others in the kingdom should fully provide for them and that they should all be caused to go forth. Devadatta entered the Path at that time without faithful devotion; he only wished to master supernormal powers and did not wish to seek the Buddha's Path. After attaining powers, he subsequently lost them. He sought disciples, but the Buddha did not permit it; thereupon he went on to commit the deadly sins. First he caused a schism in the Saṅgha: because a person who breaks the precepts cannot cause a schism in the Saṅgha, we know that before committing other offenses he first caused a schism in the Saṅgha. After causing a schism in the Saṅgha, he next rolled down a boulder to crush the Buddha; the Vajra deity struck the stone with his pestle, and the broken stone injured the Buddha's great toe, causing blood to flow; therefore, he next drew blood from the Buddha's body. The bhikṣuṇī Utpalavarṇā had attained the fruit of an arhat; seeing that he had injured the Buddha's toe, she reprimanded him, and Devadatta struck the bhikṣuṇī with his fist; blood gushed from the nun's eyes and she died; therefore, he next killed an arhat. He thus fulfilled the three deadly sins in this sequence. The explanation here of the sequence of Devadatta's committing the deadly sins is no different from what is explained in the Vinaya.