[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [太子瑞應本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185) › 2.44 # 太子瑞應本起經 2.44 太子瑞應本起經 2.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.44) 「佛語迦葉：『汝非羅漢，亦不知道真。胡為虛妄，自稱貴乎？』於是迦葉心驚毛竪，自知無道，即稽首言：『大道人實神聖，乃知我意志。寧可得從大道人稟受經戒作沙門耶？』佛言：『且還報汝弟子，報之益善。卿是大長者，國中所承望，今欲學大道，可獨自知乎？』迦葉受教，還告諸弟子：『汝曹知乎？我目所見，意始信解，當除鬚髮，被法衣，受佛戒，作沙門。汝等欲何趣？』五百弟子曰：『我等所知，皆大師恩，師所尊信，必不虛妄，願皆隨從得為沙門。』於是師徒，脫身裘褐，及取水瓶杖屣諸事火具，悉棄水中。俱共詣佛，稽首白佛言：『今我五百弟子，以有信意，願欲離家，除鬚髮，受佛戒。』佛言：『可！諸沙門來。』迦葉及五百弟子，鬚髮自墮，皆成沙門。 > "The Buddha said to Kāśyapa: 'You are not an arhat, nor do you know the truth of the Way. Why do you falsely claim nobility for yourself?' Thereupon Kāśyapa's heart was struck with terror and his hair stood on end. Knowing himself to lack the Way, he immediately bowed his head and said: 'The Great Man of the Way is truly divine and holy, so to know my thoughts! Might I receive the sūtras and precepts from the Great Man of the Way and become a śramaṇa?' The Buddha said: 'Go back first and inform your disciples; to inform them would be best. You are a great elder whom the entire kingdom looks up to and honors. If you now wish to study the Great Way, can you decide it on your own?' Kāśyapa received the instruction, returned, and announced to his disciples: 'Do you know? What my eyes have seen has now made my mind believe and understand. I shall shave my beard and hair, put on the dharma robe, receive the Buddha's precepts, and become a śramaṇa. What path do you wish to take?' The five hundred disciples said: 'All that we know is by our great master's kindness. What our master honors and believes must not be false. We wish to follow you and all become śramaṇas.' Thereupon master and disciples took off their garments of fur and coarse cloth, gathered their water jars, staffs, sandals, and all their implements for fire sacrifice, and cast them all into the water. Together they went to the Buddha, bowed their heads, and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'Now my five hundred disciples also have minds of faith, wishing to leave home, shave beard and hair, and receive the Buddha's precepts.' The Buddha said: 'It is granted! Come, śramaṇas.' The beard and hair of Kāśyapa and the five hundred disciples fell off of themselves, and they all became śramaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.43) - [Next: 2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.45) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185~en-mt.2.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [普曜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lalitavistara*zh-dharmaraksa.8.13) — Classical Chinese - [中本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nidana.madhyamanidanasutra*zh-tanguo.1.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.44) · Pramāṇa