[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) › 2.45 # 太子瑞應本起經 2.45 太子瑞應本起經 2.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.45) 「優為迦葉有二弟：次曰那提迦葉，幼曰竭夷迦葉。二弟各有二百五十弟子，廬舍列居水邊。見諸梵志，衣服什物，諸事火具，皆隨水流。二弟驚愕，恐兄師徒五百人，為惡人所害，大水所漂。即與五百弟子，逆水而上。見兄師徒，皆作沙門。怪問：『大兄年百二十，智慧高遠，國王吏民，所共宗事。我意以兄為是羅漢，今反捨梵志道、學沙門法，此非小事。佛豈獨大，其道勝乎？』迦葉答言：『佛道最勝，其法無量。我雖世學，未曾有得道神智如佛者也。其經戒甚清淨，我今以見慈心度人，以三事教化：一者道定神足，變化自然；二者智慧，知人本意；三者經道正行，隨病與藥。』二弟各顧謂諸弟子：『汝等欲何趣？』合五百人，俱同聲言：『願如大師。』即皆稽首，求作沙門。佛言：『可！諸沙門來。』二弟及五百弟子，皆除鬚髮，即隨佛後，復成沙門。 > "Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa had two younger brothers: the next was named Nadī-Kāśyapa, and the youngest was named Gayā-Kāśyapa. The two younger brothers each had two hundred and fifty disciples, and their huts stood in a row by the water. Seeing the clothes, utensils, and various implements for fire sacrifice of the brāhmaṇas all drifting down with the current, the two younger brothers were astonished and alarmed, fearing that their elder brother and his five hundred disciples had been harmed by evil men or swept away by the great flood. They immediately went up against the stream with their five hundred disciples. Seeing that their elder brother and his disciples had all become śramaṇas, they asked in wonder: 'Eldest brother, you are one hundred and twenty years old, of high and far-reaching wisdom, revered and served by the king, officials, and people alike. We thought that you were an arhat. Now on the contrary you abandon the way of the brāhmaṇas and study the dharma of the śramaṇas. This is no small matter! Can the Buddha alone be so great, and his Way superior?' Kāśyapa replied: 'The Buddha's Way is supreme, and his Dharma is immeasurable. Although I have studied worldly teachings, I have never seen anyone attain the spiritual wisdom of the Way like the Buddha. His sūtras and precepts are utterly pure. I now see that with a compassionate mind he delivers people, transforming them through three things: first, spiritual footing in the samādhi of the Way, transforming spontaneously; second, wisdom, knowing people's original thoughts; third, the correct practice of the path of sūtras, giving medicine according to the sickness.' The two younger brothers each turned and said to their disciples: 'What path do you wish to take?' The five hundred men said with one voice: 'We wish to follow our great master.' They then all bowed their heads and sought to become śramaṇas. The Buddha said: 'It is granted! Come, śramaṇas.' The two younger brothers and the five hundred disciples all had their beards and hair removed, and following behind the Buddha, they too became śramaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.44) - [Next: 2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.46) - [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.2.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [中本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nidana.madhyamanidanasutra*zh-tanguo.1.69) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.45) · Pramāṇa