[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) › [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912) › 1.23 # 止觀輔行傳弘決 1.23 止觀輔行傳弘決 1.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.23) 「法附阿難」，阿難持法經二十年。聞一比丘誦《法句》偈云「人生百歲時，不見水潦涸，不如生一歲，而得覩見者。」阿難慘然云：「此非佛偈。佛偈云『人生百歲時，不聞生滅法。不如生一歲，而得覩見者。』」阿難歎曰：「我世無用。」詣闍王別，門人云：「王睡。」即度恒河。王於睡中夢蓋莖折，覺已門人即奏其事，王乃隨追半河方及，請曰：「世尊涅槃、迦葉入滅我皆不見，唯仰尊者。今復棄我，何所歸依？」尊者默然，即入三昧名風奮迅，分身四派。派者，分也，分與二國、上天下地。 > Regarding "the Dharma was transmitted to Ānanda": Ānanda upheld the Dharma for twenty years. He heard a bhikṣu reciting a verse from the \*Dharmapada\*, which went: "Though a person live a hundred years, / and never see the water heron, / it is not as good as living for a single year / and being able to see it." Ānanda said sorrowfully: "This is not the Buddha's verse. The Buddha's verse says: / 'Though a person live a hundred years, / and never hear the Dharma of arising and perishing, / it is not as good as living for a single year / and being able to hear it.'" Ānanda sighed, saying: "I am of no use to the world." He went to King Ajātaśatru to take his leave, but the gatekeeper said: "The king is asleep." He then crossed the Ganges River. While asleep, the king dreamt that the stem of his parasol broke. Having awakened, the gatekeeper reported the matter, and the king pursued him, catching up only in the middle of the river. He pleaded, saying: "I saw neither the World-Honoured One's nirvāṇa nor Kāśyapa's extinction; I rely solely upon you, Venerable One. Now you abandon me again; where shall I take refuge?" The Venerable One remained silent; he immediately entered the samādhi named Wind-Swiftness and divided his body into four portions. "Pai" means to divide: he divided them between the two kingdoms, the heavens above, and the earth below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.22) - [Next: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.24) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912~en-mt.1.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.23) · Pramāṇa