太子瑞應本起經 1.28

1.28

「一心念是已，便起瞻沸星，夜其過半，見諸天，於上叉手，勸太子去。即呼車匿，徐令被馬，褰裳跨之，徘徊於庭，念開門當有聲。天王維睒，久知其意，即使鬼神，捧舉馬足，并接車匿，踰出宮城，到於王田閻浮樹下。明日宮中騷動，不知太子所在，千乘萬騎，絡繹而追。王因自到田上，遙見太子，坐於樹下。日光赫烈，樹為曲枝，隨蔭其軀。王悚然悟驚，乃知其神，不識下馬，為作禮時，太子亦即前拜曰：『自我為子，希曾出國，今一適此，大王何宜抂來，願用時還。今我所以欲離世者，以自所見，恩愛如夢，室家歡娛，皆當別離。貪欲為獄，難得免出。故曰：「以欲網自蔽，以愛蓋自覆，自縛於獄，如魚入笥口，為老死所伺，如犢求母乳。吾恒以是，常自覺悟，願求自然，欲除眾苦。諸未度者，吾欲度之；諸未解者，吾欲解之；諸不安者，吾欲安之；未見道者，欲令得道。故欲入山求我所願，得道當還，不忘此誓。」』

"Having single-mindedly contemplated this, [the Prince] then rose and gazed at the star Puṣya. The night was more than half spent. He saw the devas joining their palms above, urging the Prince to depart. He immediately called Chandaka, quietly ordered him to saddle the horse, hitched up his garments, and mounted it. Pacing back and forth in the courtyard, he considered that opening the gate would make a sound. The Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa had long known his intention, and immediately dispatched ghosts and spirits to hold up the horse's hooves and receive Chandaka as well, leaping over the palace walls and reaching the shade of a jambu tree in the royal fields. The next day there was great commotion in the palace, for no one knew where the Prince was. Thousands of chariots and tens of thousands of horsemen pursued in continuous succession. The King personally arrived at the fields and saw the Prince in the distance, sitting beneath the tree. The sun shone fiercely, yet the tree bent its branches, following and shading his body. Startled, the King awoke to this and came to know his spiritual power; before he could dismount to pay homage, the Prince also stepped forward, bowed, and said: 'Since becoming your son, I have rarely left the kingdom. Now that I have come here just this once, why should the Great King have wearied himself by coming? I pray you return in good time. The reason I now wish to leave the world is that from what I have seen, affection and love are like a dream; family joys must all end in separation. Greed and desire are a prison from which escape is hard to find. Therefore it is said: "Shielding oneself with the net of desire, covering oneself with the canopy of love, one binds oneself in prison, like fish entering the mouth of a creel; watched over by old age and death, like calves seeking their mother's milk." I have constantly awakened myself to this, wishing to seek the spontaneous and desiring to eliminate all suffering. Those who are not yet crossed over, I wish to cross over; those who are not yet liberated, I wish to liberate; those who are not at peace, I wish to bring peace to; those who have not seen the Way, I wish to bring to attain the Way. Therefore I wish to enter the mountains to pursue what I seek. When I attain the Way, I will return, never forgetting this vow.'"