阿彌陀經疏 1.98

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「憍梵波提」者，《佛華嚴入如來智德不思議經》云：翻為牛王，《大論》翻為牛呞。處處經云：昔作比丘，摘他一穗穀觀其生熟，五百生來與他作牛償力，如今得道，足猶似牛食後即呞，因名牛呞比丘。《分別功德論》云：恐人毀謗得罪，佛令居忉利天，尸利弗沙樹下坐，解律第一。佛涅槃後結集法藏時，大迦葉令使命之：「今閻浮提有大法事。」問曰：「佛般涅槃耶？」答：「佛已涅槃。」「我和上舍利弗在不？」答：「先已涅槃。」乃歎曰：「我大師已滅度，和上復涅槃，世間眼滅，不能復下。」即化火燒身，四道流水注閻浮提結集眾中。水說偈云：「憍梵鉢提頭面禮，妙眾第一大德僧，聞佛滅度我隨去，如大象去象子隨。」於是天上涅槃。《大論》亦如是說。

"Gavāmpati": According to the Fo huayan ru rulai zhide busiyi jing, this is translated as "Bull King"; the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa translates it as "Cattle Rumination". Various sūtras say: In the past he was a monk who plucked an ear of grain belonging to another to see whether it was ripe or raw; for five hundred lifetimes he served as a cow for that other person to repay the labor. Even now when he has attained the path, his feet still resemble a cow's, and after eating he ruminates; hence he was called the Cattle-Ruminating Bhikṣu. The Fenbie gongde lun says: For fear that people might commit misdeeds by slandering him, the Buddha had him dwell in Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, sitting beneath the śirīṣa tree, foremost in understanding the Vinaya. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, when the Dharma treasury was being compiled, Mahākāśyapa sent a messenger to summon him: "There is now a great Dharma event in Jambudvīpa." Gavāmpati asked: "Has the Buddha attained parinirvāṇa?" The messenger replied: "The Buddha has already attained parinirvāṇa." "Is my upādhyāya Śāriputra still present or not?" The messenger replied: "He has already attained nirvāṇa beforehand." He then lamented: "My Great Master has already passed into extinction, and my upādhyāya has also attained nirvāṇa; the eye of the world is extinguished, and I cannot descend again." He then transformed fire to burn his body, and four streams of flowing water poured into the assembly of the compilation in Jambudvīpa. The water uttered a verse, saying: "Gavāmpati bows his head in homage / To the foremost venerable Saṅgha of the marvelous assembly. / Hearing that the Buddha has passed into extinction, I follow after him, / As a calf follows when the great elephant departs." Thereupon he attained nirvāṇa in heaven. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says likewise.