汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.306

2.306

"The six non-Buddhist teachers notified King Prasenajit, King Bimbisāra, and the kings of the sixteen great states, so that all humans and devas assembled in the kingdom of Kosala to demand a contest of supernatural powers with the World-Honored One. Pūraṇa Kāśyapa said: 'If Gautama manifests one, we will manifest two, up to hundreds of thousands, doubling each time.' From the fifteenth day of the twelfth month, before the devas, humans, kings, and all dragons and spirits, the Buddha manifested immeasurable supernatural powers, and by the fifteenth day of the first month, he had delivered countless humans and devas. Those non-Buddhists manifested nothing at all. When questioned by the various kings: 'Why do the six teachers not manifest supernatural powers?' the non-Buddhists were entirely speechless; they scattered and fled in all four directions, some running until they died. At that very time, what supernatural power could they have manifested before the Buddha?" Replacing [the original words], he said: "This humble person respectfully withdraws."