釋迦譜 1.472

1.472

爾時耶舍。既見如來說此偈已。心自念言。世尊所以說此偈者。正當以我猶著七寶。我今宜應脫如此服。即便禮足而白佛言。唯願世尊聽我出家。佛言善來比丘。鬚髮自落袈裟著身。即成沙門。爾時耶舍父。既至天曉求覓耶舍。不知所在心大懊惱。悲號涕泣緣路推尋。到恒河側見其子屐。心自思惟。我子正當從此道去。即尋其跡至於佛所。爾時世尊。知其為子故來至此。若使即得見耶舍者。必生大苦或能命終。便以神力隱耶舍身。其父即便前到佛所。頭面禮足退坐一面。於是如來。即隨其根而為說法。善男子。色受想行識。無常苦空無我。汝知之不。時耶舍父聞說此言。即於諸法。遠塵離垢得法眼淨。而答佛言。世尊。色受想行識。實是無常苦空無我。爾時如來。既已知其見於道跡。恩愛漸薄而問之言。汝何因緣而來至此。其即答言。我有一子名曰耶舍。昨夜之中忽失所在。今旦推求。見其寶屐在恒河側。追尋之跡故來至此。爾時世尊攝其神力。其父即便得見耶舍。心大歡喜語耶舍言。善哉善哉。汝為此事真實快也。既能自度又能度他。汝今在此。故令我來得見道跡。即於佛前受三自歸。於是閻浮提中。唯此長者為優婆塞。最初獲得供養三寶。爾時又有耶舍朋類。五十長者子。聞佛出世。又聞耶舍於佛法中。出家修道。各自念言。世間今者有無上尊。長者子耶舍。聰慧辯了才藝兼人。乃能捨其豪族。棄五欲樂。毀形守志而為沙門。我等今者。復何顧戀不出家也。作是念已共詣佛所。未至之間遙見如來。相好殊特光明赫奕。心大歡喜舉體清涼。敬情轉至即前佛所。合掌圍繞頭面禮足。諸長者子。宿植德本聰達易悟。如來即便隨其所應而為說法。善男子。色受想行識無常苦空無我。汝知之不。說此語已。諸長者子於諸法中。遠離塵垢得法眼淨。即答佛言。世尊。色受想行識。實是無常苦空無我。唯願世尊聽我出家。佛言。善來比丘。鬚髮自落袈裟著身。即成沙門。爾時世尊。又為廣說四諦。時五十比丘漏盡意解。得阿羅漢果。爾時始有五十六阿羅漢。是時如來告諸比丘。汝等所作已辦。堪為世間作上福田。宜各遊方教化。以慈悲心度諸眾生。我今亦當獨往摩竭提國王舍城中。度諸人民諸比丘言。善哉世尊。爾時比丘頭面禮足。各持衣鉢辭別而去。

At that time, when Yaśas had seen the Tathāgata speak this verse, he thought to himself: "The reason the World-Honoured One spoke this verse must be precisely because I am still wearing the seven treasures. I should now take off such clothes." He then bowed down at the feet [of the Buddha] and addressed the Buddha, saying: "I only wish that the World-Honoured One would allow me to go forth from the household life." The Buddha said: "Come, monk (ehi bhikṣu)!" His beard and hair fell away naturally, kāṣāya robes clothed his body, and he immediately became a śramaṇa. At that time, when day broke, Yaśas's father searched for Yaśas. Not knowing where he was, his heart was full of sorrow and distress. Weeping and wailing, he searched along the road. Reaching the bank of the Ganges River, he saw his son's sandals. He pondered: "My son must have gone along this path." Following his tracks, he arrived at the Buddha's dwelling. At that time, the World-Honoured One knew that he had come here for the sake of his son. If he were made to see Yaśas right away, he would surely suffer great torment or might even lose his life; so by supernatural power [the Buddha] concealed Yaśas's body. The father then stepped forward to the Buddha's dwelling, bowed his head and face at [the Buddha's] feet, and sat back to one side. Thereupon the Tathāgata preached the Dharma to him according to his capacity: "Good man, form, sensation, perception, formations, and consciousness are impermanent, suffering, empty, and non-self. Do you know this or not?" When Yaśas's father heard these words spoken, he separated from dust and left behind defilement regarding all phenomena, obtaining the purity of the Dharma-eye. He then answered the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One, form, sensation, perception, formations, and consciousness are indeed impermanent, suffering, empty, and non-self." At that time the Tathāgata, already knowing that he had seen the path and that his affections had gradually thinned, asked him, saying: "For what reason have you come here?" He answered, saying: "I have a son named Yaśas. In the middle of last night, his whereabouts were suddenly lost. This morning I searched for him and saw his jeweled sandals by the bank of the Ganges River. Tracking his footprints, I came here." At that time the World-Honoured One withdrew his supernatural power. The father then saw Yaśas. With great joy in his heart, he said to Yaśas: "Excellent, excellent! What you have done is truly delightful. You are able both to cross over yourself and to cross over others. It is because you are here that I was made to come and see the path." He then took the three refuges before the Buddha. Thus, in Jambudvīpa, this elder alone became the first upāsaka to obtain the opportunity to make offerings to the Three Jewels. At that time, there were also fifty friends and peers of Yaśas, sons of elders. Hearing that the Buddha had appeared in the world, and also hearing that Yaśas had gone forth from the household life to cultivate the path in the Buddha's teaching, they each thought: "In the world today there is the Unsurpassed Honoured One. The elder's son Yaśas is intelligent, discerning, eloquent, and possesses talents and arts surpassing others, yet he was able to abandon his noble clan, cast away the pleasures of the five desires, shave his hair and beard, and maintain his resolve to become a śramaṇa. Why should we now cling to our attachments and not go forth from the household life?" Having thought this, they went together to the Buddha's dwelling. Before arriving, they saw the Tathāgata from afar, his marks and signs extraordinary, his radiant light dazzling. Their hearts were filled with great joy and their whole bodies felt refreshingly cool. Their feelings of reverence deepening, they stepped forward to the Buddha's dwelling, clasped their hands, circumambulated him, and bowed their heads and faces at his feet. These sons of elders had planted roots of virtue in past lives; they were intelligent, penetrating, and easy to awaken. The Tathāgata then preached the Dharma to them according to what was appropriate: "Good men, form, sensation, perception, formations, and consciousness are impermanent, suffering, empty, and non-self. Do you know this or not?" When these words had been spoken, the sons of elders left behind dust and defilement regarding all phenomena, obtaining the purity of the Dharma-eye. They answered the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One, form, sensation, perception, formations, and consciousness are indeed impermanent, suffering, empty, and non-self. We only wish that the World-Honoured One would allow us to go forth from the household life." The Buddha said: "Come, monks (ehi bhikṣavaḥ)!" Their beards and hair fell away naturally, kāṣāya robes clothed their bodies, and they immediately became śramaṇas. At that time the World-Honoured One further explained the Four Truths extensively to them. Then the fifty monks exhausted their taints, their minds were liberated, and they attained the fruit of arhatship. At that time, there were for the first time fifty-six arhats. At that time, the Tathāgata addressed the monks: "What you had to do has been accomplished. You are worthy of being superior fields of merit for the world. You should each wander to teach and transform, crossing over sentient beings with a mind of loving-kindness and compassion. I myself shall now also go alone to the city of Rājagṛha in the country of Magadha to cross over the people there." The monks said: "Excellent, World-Honoured One." At that time, the monks bowed their heads and faces at his feet, each took up his robes and bowl, bade farewell, and departed.