止觀輔行傳弘決 1.22

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言「結集三藏」者，大迦葉分舍利訖，使阿難出修多羅，使波離出毘奈耶，迦葉自出阿毘曇。問：論藏誰說？答：《婆沙》初明造論緣起中問曰：誰造此論？答：世尊造。問：誰問誰答？答：或云舍利弗問、佛答；有云：五百問、佛答；有云：諸法甚深無能問者，如來自化作比丘問、佛答。若爾，云何復云迦旃延造？答：是彼尊者持讀此論，為他解說令流布，名歸於彼，故云彼造。有云：是彼尊者造。問：既云甚深無能問者，彼迦旃延云何能造？答：彼有利智，三明六通、具八解脫，五百佛所願於釋迦遺法之中造阿毘曇。何者是耶？世尊處處教化說法，尊者於中而立揵度。釋迦滅後六百餘年，北天竺國五百應真共撰集於世尊所說。次依第二本略出付法。准本傳文時有少異，意在略知言趣。初迦葉部分三藏教已，後二十年弘持正法。先禮四塔，謂出家、成道、轉法輪、入涅槃；次禮八塔；次入龍宮禮佛牙塔；次上天上禮佛髮塔。著佛所與僧伽梨衣，持錫擗山如入軟泥。

Regarding "the compilation of the Tripiṭaka": After Mahākāśyapa finished dividing the relics, he had Ānanda recite the Sūtra-piṭaka, Upāli recite the Vinaya-piṭaka, and Kāśyapa himself recited the Abhidharma. Question: Who taught the Abhidharma-piṭaka? Answer: The beginning of the *Vibhāṣā* clarifies the circumstances of the treatise's composition and asks: Who composed this treatise? Answer: The World-Honoured One composed it. Question: Who asked and who answered? Answer: Some say Śāriputra asked and the Buddha answered; some say five hundred [disciples] asked and the Buddha answered; some say that all phenomena are so profound that none could question, so the Tathāgata transformed himself into a bhikṣu who asked, and the Buddha answered. If so, why is it also said that Kātyāyana composed it? Answer: It was that venerable one who upheld and read this treatise, and explained it to others to propagate it; the name became attributed to him, hence it is said that he composed it. Some say: That venerable one composed it. Question: Since it was said that it is profound and none could question, how was that Kātyāyana able to compose it? Answer: He possessed sharp wisdom, the three knowledges, the six supernormal powers, and was endowed with the eight liberations. In the presence of five hundred Buddhas, he vowed to compose an abhidharma within the remaining Dharma of Śākyamuni. Which one is it? The World-Honoured One taught the Dharma in various places, and the venerable one established the sections (skandhaka) within it. More than six hundred years after Śākyamuni's extinction, five hundred arhats in northern India together compiled what the World-Honoured One had taught. Next, relying on the second text, we briefly explain the transmission of the Dharma. Based on the original text of the chronicle, there are occasional slight differences, but the intent lies in briefly understanding the gist of the words. Initially, after Kāśyapa arranged the teachings of the Tripiṭaka, he propagated and maintained the true Dharma for the next twenty years. First, he paid homage to the four stūpas, namely: leaving home, attaining awakening, turning the wheel of the Dharma, and entering nirvāṇa. Next, he paid homage to the eight stūpas. Next, he entered the dragon palace to pay homage to the Buddha's tooth stūpa. Next, he ascended to heaven to pay homage to the Buddha's hair stūpa. Donning the saṅghāṭī robe given by the Buddha, he held his staff and cleaved the mountain as though entering soft mud.