釋迦譜 1.469

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爾時地神見於如來。在其境界而轉法輪。心大歡喜高聲唱言。如來於此轉妙法輪。虛空天神既聞此言。又生踊躍展轉唱聲。乃至阿迦膩吒天。諸天聞已欣悅無量。高聲唱言。如來今日於波羅柰國鹿野苑中仙人住處。轉大法輪。一切世間天人魔梵沙門婆羅門所不能轉。爾時大地十八相動。天龍八部於虛空中作眾妓樂天鼓自鳴。燒眾名香散諸妙華。寶憍幡蓋歌唄讚歎。世界之中自然大明。阿若憍陳如於弟子中。以始悟故為第一弟子。時彼摩訶那摩等四人。聞佛轉法輪已。阿若憍陳如獨悟道跡。心自念言。世尊若更為我說法。我等亦當復得悟道。作此念已。瞻仰尊顏目不暫捨爾時世尊知四人念。即便重為廣說四諦。于時四人於諸法中。亦離塵垢得法眼淨。時彼五人見道跡已。頂禮佛足而白佛言。世尊。我等五人。已見道跡已證道跡。我等今者。欲於佛法出家修道。唯願世尊慈愍聽許。於時世尊。喚彼五人善來比丘。鬚髮自落袈裟著身。即成沙門。爾時世尊問彼五人。汝等比丘。知色受想行識。為是常為無常也。為是苦為非苦也。為是空為非空也。為有我為無我也。時五比丘。聞佛說是五陰法已。漏盡意解成阿羅漢果。即便答言。世尊。色受想行識。實是無常苦空無我。於是世間始有六阿羅漢。佛阿羅漢是為佛寶。四諦法輪是為法寶。五阿羅漢是為僧寶。如是世間三寶具足。為諸天人第一福田。

At that time, the earth deity, seeing the Tathāgata turning the wheel of the Dharma in its domain, rejoiced greatly in its mind and called out in a loud voice, "Here the Tathāgata turns the wondrous wheel of the Dharma!" The sky devas, having heard these words, also leaped for joy, relaying the cry successively up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven. When all the devas heard this, they rejoiced boundlessly and called out in loud voices, "Today, in the country of Vārāṇasī, in the Deer Park, the dwelling place of the ṛṣis, the Tathāgata has turned the great wheel of the Dharma, which no one in all the world—deva, human, Māra, Brahmā, śramaṇa, or brāhmaṇa—can turn!" At that time, the great earth shook in eighteen ways. The eight classes of beings, including devas and nāgas, played diverse instrumental music in the open sky, and the celestial drums sounded on their own; they burned various famous incenses, scattered wonderful flowers, and with jewel banners, canopies, songs, and chants praised him. Throughout the world, a great light naturally appeared. Among the disciples, Ājñātakauṇḍinya was the foremost disciple because he was the first to awaken. At that time, when the four others, including Mahānāman, heard the Buddha turn the wheel of the Dharma and saw Ājñātakauṇḍinya alone awaken to the traces of the Path, they thought to themselves, "If the World-Honoured One preaches the Dharma for us further, we too will surely awaken to the Path." Having had this thought, they gazed up at the Honoured One's countenance without looking away for an instant. At that time, the World-Honoured One knew the thoughts of the four men, and immediately expounded the four truths extensively for them once more. Thereupon, with regard to all phenomena, the four men also left dust and defilement behind and attained the pure Dharma-eye. When the five men had seen the traces of the Path, they bowed their heads at the Buddha's feet and said to the Buddha, "World-Honoured One, we five have seen the traces of the Path and realized the traces of the Path. We now wish to go forth and cultivate the Path in the Buddha's Dharma; we only pray that the World-Honoured One compassionately grant permission." At that time, the World-Honoured One called to the five men, "Welcome, bhikṣus!" Their hair and beards fell off naturally, kāṣāyas appeared upon their bodies, and they immediately became śramaṇas. At that time, the World-Honoured One asked the five men, "You bhikṣus, do you know whether form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness are permanent or impermanent? Are they suffering or not suffering? Are they empty or not empty? Are they with a self or without a self?" When the five bhikṣus heard the Buddha teach this Dharma of the five aggregates, their outflows were exhausted, their minds liberated, and they attained the fruit of arhatship. They immediately replied, saying, "World-Honoured One, form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness are truly impermanent, suffering, empty, and non-self." Thereupon, there were for the first time six arhats in the world. The Buddha-arhat is the Buddha Jewel; the wheel of the Dharma of the four truths is the Dharma Jewel; the five arhats are the Saṅgha Jewel. In this way, the Three Jewels were complete in the world, becoming the supreme field of merit for all devas and humans.