釋迦譜 1.514

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爾時偷羅厥叉國。有一婆羅門名曰迦葉。有三十二相。聰明智慧誦四毘陀經。一切書論無不通達。極為巨富善能布施。其婦端正舉國無雙。二人自然無有欲想。乃至亦不同宿一室。久於往昔種善根故。不樂在家受五欲樂。日夜思惟厭離世間。精勤求訪出家之法。如是推尋不能得已。即捨家事入於山林。心念口言諸佛如來。出家修道。我今亦當隨佛出家。即便脫去金縷織成珍寶之衣。而著價直千兩金。壞色納衣自剃鬚髮。爾時諸天於虛空中。既見迦葉自出家已。而語之言。善男子。甘蔗種族白淨王子。其名薩婆悉達。出家學道成一切種智。舉世號為釋迦牟尼佛。今者與千二百五十阿羅漢。在王舍城竹園中住。爾時迦葉聞天語已。歡喜踊躍身毛皆竪。即便往趣竹園僧伽藍。爾時世尊知其當來。而自思惟觀其善根。宜往度之。作此念已。即行逆之。到多子兜婆而逢迦葉。時彼迦葉。既見相好威儀特尊。即便合掌而作此言。世尊實是一切種智。實是慈悲濟眾生者。實是一切所歸依處。即便五體投地。頂禮佛足而白佛言。世尊今者。是我大師。我是弟子。如是三說。佛即答言。如是迦葉。我是汝師。汝我弟子。佛又語言。迦葉當知。若人實非一切種智。而欲受汝為弟子者。頭即裂壞以為七分。又復告言。善哉迦葉快哉迦葉。當知五受陰身是大苦聚。于時迦葉聞此語已。即便見諦。乃至得於阿羅漢果。爾時世尊即與迦葉俱還竹園。以此迦葉有大威德智慧聰明。是故名之為大迦葉。

At that time, in the country of Sthūlakoṣṭhaka, there was a brāhmaṇa named Kāśyapa. He possessed the thirty-two marks, was intelligent and wise, chanted the four Vedas, and was thoroughly versed in all books and treatises. He was exceedingly wealthy and skilled in giving. His wife was beautiful, peerless in the whole land. The two naturally had no desires, to the point of never even sleeping in the same chamber. Because they had long planted good roots in the past, they did not delight in family life or enjoy the pleasures of the five desires. Day and night they reflected, feeling revulsion towards the mundane world, and diligently sought the method of renunciation. When searching in this way yielded no result, he abandoned his household affairs and entered the mountains and forests. Thinking in his mind and speaking with his mouth, he said: 'All Buddha Tathāgatas renounce their homes to cultivate the Way. I too should now follow the Buddhas in renouncing home.' Thereupon he took off his garments woven of gold thread and precious gems, put on a dyed rag-robe worth a thousand ounces of gold, and shaved his own beard and hair. At that time, the devas in the sky, having seen Kāśyapa renounce home on his own, spoke to him: 'Good man! The prince of Śuddhodana from the Ikṣvāku lineage, whose name is Sarvārthasiddha, has renounced home to learn the Way and achieved sarvākārajñatā. The whole world calls him Śākyamuni Buddha. He currently resides with one thousand two hundred and fifty arhats in the Bamboo Grove of Rājagṛha.' When Kāśyapa heard the words of the devas, he leaped for joy, the hairs on his body standing on end, and immediately proceeded towards the sanghārāma in the Bamboo Grove. At that time, the World-Honoured One, knowing that he was coming, reflected to himself and contemplated his good roots, [thinking] it proper to go and convert him. Having had this thought, he immediately went to meet him, arriving at the Bahuputraka Stūpa where he met Kāśyapa. When Kāśyapa saw his marks and extraordinary deportment, he joined his palms and spoke these words: 'The World-Honoured One is truly the possessor of sarvākārajñatā, truly the compassionate rescuer of sentient beings, truly the refuge for all.' Thereupon, he prostrated himself fully on the ground, bowed his head at the Buddha's feet, and addressed the Buddha: 'The World-Honoured One is now my great master, and I am your disciple.' He spoke thus three times. The Buddha replied: 'So it is, Kāśyapa. I am your master, and you are my disciple.' The Buddha further said to him: 'Kāśyapa, you should know that if one who is not truly possessed of sarvākārajñatā were to accept you as a disciple, his head would split into seven pieces.' He also told him: 'Excellent, Kāśyapa! Splendid, Kāśyapa! You should know that the body of the five aggregates of clinging is a great heap of suffering.' When Kāśyapa heard these words, he immediately saw the truths, and even attained the fruit of an arhat. At that time, the World-Honoured One returned with Kāśyapa to the Bamboo Grove. Because this Kāśyapa possessed great majesty, wisdom, and intelligence, he was therefore named Mahākāśyapa.