佛祖統紀 5.25

5.25

The eighteenth patriarch, the Venerable Kumāralāta, was the son of a brāhmaṇa in the country of the Yuezhi. When Yaśas arrived in his country, he went and knocked on his door. Kumāra said, 'There is no one in this house.' Yaśas said, 'Who is the one answering "no one"?' Kumāra knew he was an extraordinary person and hurried to open the door and welcome him in. Yaśas said to him, 'The Buddha prophesied that one thousand years after his extinction, a great being would appear in the country of the Yuezhi to carry on and prosper the true teaching.' He then left the household life and respectfully received the entrustment. Once he arrived in a country where the people would not accept his teaching. He said to them, 'Now you may assemble ten thousand mounted ironclad horses to pass before me.' With a single glance, Kumāra distinguished each person's name, horse's color, clothing, and appearance without the slightest error. Thereupon, the whole country believed and submitted. There was an elder's son named Jayata, who came and asked the master, 'My parents revere faith, yet they are entangled in illness and disappointment; our neighbor's family engages in slaughter, yet they are healthy and harmonious. Why are they so fortunate, while I am so blameless?' The master said, 'Because the creation of karma has an earlier and a later, the discussion of its retribution is unfixed. Sometimes the benevolent die young while the violent live long; sometimes the rebellious enjoy good fortune while the righteous meet with disaster. Benevolence and righteousness are the manifest good deeds of the present life; dying young and meeting disaster are retributions of past evil received in the present life. Violence and rebellion are the manifest evil deeds of the present life; long life and good fortune are retributions of past good received in the present life. The causes and effects of good and evil bring retribution according to karma, and therefore their sequence is unfixed.' Having heard this, Jayata instantly resolved his doubts. Kumāra said, 'Although you have believed in the three karmas, you have not yet understood that karma arises from delusion, delusion exists on account of consciousness, consciousness relies on non-enlightenment, and non-enlightenment relies on mind. The mind is fundamentally pure: it has no arising or ceasing, no creating or acting, no retribution, no victory or defeat; it is utterly tranquil and wondrously sentient. If you enter this Dharma gate, you will be identical with all Buddhas.' Jayata grasped the import and immediately awakened his innate wisdom. Kumāra then scratched his face and forehead with his fingernails; like a red lotus just opening, he radiated great light and entered extinction. The assembly gathered his relics, built a stupa, and made offerings to them (Fu fazang jing).