佛祖統紀 3.87

3.87

五年（甲申）有長者子。名曰耶舍。聰明利根。於中夜見空中光。開門尋光趣鹿野苑。佛說四諦成阿羅漢。願求出家。佛言善來比丘。即成沙門。時耶舍父尋子佛所。佛為說法得法眼淨。受三自歸。為最初優婆塞。又耶舍朋類五十長者。聞耶舍出家。共詣佛所願求出家。佛言善來比丘。即成沙門。是時始有五十六羅漢。佛告諸比丘。汝等宜各遊方教化眾生。時諸比丘禮足辭去。世尊即發波羅柰趣摩竭提國。日暮寄宿優樓頻螺迦葉住處。降伏火龍授三歸依。置於鉢中以示迦葉。歎未曾有。佛知迦葉根緣漸熟。即趣尼連河側。時魔王求請入般涅槃。至於三請。世尊答曰。所應度者。皆未究竟。魔王聞已即還本宮。時頻螺迦葉與五百弟子願求出家。佛言善來比丘。即成沙門。佛說四諦。漸漸乃得阿羅漢果。以事火之具捐棄河中。時頻螺二弟。一名那提。一名伽耶。在河下流。見兄火具逐流而下。心大驚愕。即往尋兄。見兄身披袈裟。乃各與二百五十弟子願求出家。佛呼善來比丘。即成沙門得阿羅漢。世尊即與頻螺迦葉及千比丘往王舍城。詣頻婆娑羅王所（阿闍世王之父）。王與百官出城迎佛。佛為說法。王及八萬那由他婆羅門大臣人民得法眼淨（因果經）。國有長者。名曰迦陵。往詣佛所奉上竹園（按西域記靈山竹園。皆在王舍城旁五里）。可作精舍。王勅諸臣起諸堂舍。迎佛入城俱往竹園。諸王見佛。頻婆娑羅。最為其首。諸僧伽藍竹園為始（普耀經○案中本起經。迦蘭陀長者。先施尼犍。悔不奉佛。鬼師知其心念。召閱又。推逐尼犍。驚怖馳走。長者歡喜。請佛居之）。

In the fifth year (jiāshen), there was an elder's son named Yaśas, who was intelligent and of sharp faculties. In the middle of the night, he saw a light in the sky; opening his door, he followed the light to the Deer Park. The Buddha expounded the Four Truths, and he became an arhat. He wished to leave household life, and the Buddha said, 'Come, bhikṣu!' and he immediately became a śramaṇa. At that time, Yaśas's father sought his son at the Buddha's place; the Buddha expounded the Dharma for him, and he obtained the purity of the Dharma-eye. He took the three refuges, becoming the very first upāsaka. Furthermore, fifty elders who were friends of Yaśas, hearing that Yaśas had left household life, went together to the Buddha's place wishing to leave household life. The Buddha said, 'Come, bhikṣus!' and they immediately became śramaṇas. At this time, there were for the first time fifty-six arhats. The Buddha told the bhikṣus, 'You should each wander about to transform sentient beings.' Thereupon, the bhikṣus paid homage at his feet and took their leave. The Bhagavat then set out from Vārāṇasī toward the country of Magadha. At dusk, he lodged at the dwelling place of Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa, subduing a fire-dragon, administering the three refuges to it, and placing it in his alms-bowl to show Kāśyapa, who praised it as unprecedented. The Buddha knew that Kāśyapa's faculties and conditions were gradually ripening, so he went to the bank of the Nairañjanā River. At that time, Māra the Evil One beseeched him to enter parinirvāṇa, making his request three times. The Bhagavat replied, 'Those who ought to be saved have not yet been brought to completion.' Having heard this, Māra returned to his own palace. At that time, Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa and five hundred disciples wished to leave household life. The Buddha said, 'Come, bhikṣus!' and they immediately became śramaṇas. The Buddha expounded the Four Truths, and they gradually attained the fruit of arhatship; they discarded their fire-worship implements into the river. At that time, Uruvilvā's two younger brothers—one named Nadī and the other named Gayā—were downstream on the river. Seeing their elder brother's fire-worship implements floating downstream, they were greatly alarmed and astonished, and went immediately to find their brother. Seeing their brother wearing a kāṣāya, each, together with two hundred and fifty disciples, wished to leave household life. The Buddha called, 'Come, bhikṣus!' and they immediately became śramaṇas and attained arhatship. The Bhagavat then went with Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa and the thousand bhikṣus to Rājagṛha, to King Bimbisāra's place (the father of King Ajātaśatru). The king and the hundred officials went out of the city to welcome the Buddha. The Buddha expounded the Dharma for them, and the king along with eighty thousand nayutas of brāhmaṇas, great ministers, and common people obtained the purity of the Dharma-eye (Yinguo jing). In the country there was an elder named Kāliṅga who went to the Buddha's place and offered a bamboo grove (according to the Xiyu ji, the Vulture Peak and the Bamboo Grove are both five li beside Rājagṛha), which could serve as a monastery. The king ordered his ministers to erect halls and quarters, welcomed the Buddha into the city, and they went together to the Bamboo Grove. Of all the kings who met the Buddha, Bimbisāra was foremost; of all saṅghārāmas, the Bamboo Grove was the first (Puyao jing. Note: According to the Zhong benqi jing, Elder Kalandaka had earlier donated it to the Nirgranthas, but regretted not offering it to the Buddha. A demon-master, knowing his thought, summoned yaksas who drove the Nirgranthas away in fright. The elder rejoiced and invited the Buddha to dwell there).