釋迦譜 1.515

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爾時世尊告諸比丘言。普光如來出興世時。善慧仙人豈異人乎。即我身是。緣路所過五百外道。所共論議及隨喜者。今此會中。優樓頻螺迦葉兄弟。及其眷屬千比丘是。時賣華女者。今耶輸陀羅是。善慧仙人髮布地時傍有二人掃佛前地。及二百人隨喜助者。今此會中舍利弗大目犍連夜那。并二百弟子比丘是。虛空諸天見善慧仙人。以髮布地。悉皆隨喜而讚歎者。我初得道。鹿野苑中始轉法輪。八萬天子及頻婆娑羅王。所將眷屬八萬那由他人。及九十六萬億那由他天是。汝等當知。過去所種因緣。無量劫終不磨滅。我於往昔精勤修習一切善業。及發大願心不退轉。故於今者。而已成就一切種智。汝等宜應勤修道行。無得懈怠。時諸比丘聞佛所說。歡喜頂戴作禮而退。普曜經云。王遙聞子得佛道。已來六年生念久已。心中悲喜饑虛欲覩。有一梵志名優陀耶。聰明智慧本侍菩薩常得其意。王告優陀往請。迎佛別闊。已來十有二年夙夜愁慼。不捨其心思一相見如復更生。優陀受教往詣佛所。稽首佛足具以王意白佛。優陀見佛。諸天釋梵歸化一切受命。前白佛言。願得出家以為沙門。佛言呼比丘來。頭髮自墮便成沙門。得羅漢道佛時所度。其餘前後得道所度不可稱計。佛自念言。本與父王要得佛道。爾乃還國當度父母。今正應還。設若還國無所感動。於事不宜所化尠少。先遣神足弟子。比丘優陀耶。往顯威神足。知佛欲往。乃解道尊咸共渴仰。發起道心所度乃多。爾時世尊告優陀耶。佛本出家與父母誓。若得佛道還度父母。今已得佛道德已成。必當還國不違本誓。汝以神足經行虛空。現其神變。乃知吾身已成大道。弟子尚爾況佛威德。巍巍無量爾乃信受。優陀受教神足飛行。經遊虛空往到本國。迦維羅衛城上虛空。現無數變。身上出水身下出火。水不濕身火無所傷。七現七沒。從東方沒地出於西方。西沒東出南沒北出。北沒南出。行空如鳥沒地如水。履水如地。王及臣民莫不欣喜。乃知道尊。於是頌曰。

At that time, the World-Honoured One said to the bhikṣus: 'When Prabhāpāla Tathāgata appeared in the world, was the ṛṣi Sumati any other person? It was myself. The five hundred non-Buddhists encountered along the road who joined in debate and rejoiced in accord are the present assembly's Uruvilvā Kāśyapa and his brothers, together with their retinue of one thousand bhikṣus. The woman who sold flowers at that time is now Yaśodharā. When the ṛṣi Sumati spread his hair upon the ground, the two people beside him who swept the ground before the Buddha, along with the two hundred people who rejoiced and assisted, are Śāriputra, Mahāmaudgalyāyana, and Yaśa in this assembly, together with their two hundred disciple bhikṣus. The devas in the sky who saw the ṛṣi Sumati spread his hair upon the ground and all rejoiced and praised him are the eighty thousand devaputras when I first attained the Way and began turning the wheel of the Dharma in the Deer Park, as well as King Bimbisāra and his retinue of eighty thousand nayutas of people, and ninety-six trillion nayutas of devas. You should know that causes and conditions planted in the past will never perish through immeasurable eons. Because in the past I diligently cultivated all good karmas and made great vows without turning back, I have now achieved sarvākārajñatā. You should all diligently cultivate the practice of the Way and never be negligent.' At that time, the bhikṣus, hearing what the Buddha said, rejoiced, received it on their crowns, made obeisance, and withdrew. The Puyue jing says: When the king heard from afar that his son had attained the Buddha Way, six years had already passed, and he had long harboured this thought. In his heart were sorrow and joy; feeling hungry and vacant, he wished to see him. There was a brāhmaṇa named Udāyin, intelligent and wise, who originally served the Bodhisattva and always understood his intention. The king told Udāyin to go and invite the Buddha, saying: 'Since our parting, twelve years have passed. Day and night I grieve, unable to let go of this thought; I wish to see him once more as if reborn.' Udāyin received the instruction, went to the Buddha's dwelling, bowed his head at the Buddha's feet, and reported the king's intention in full to the Buddha. When Udāyin saw the Buddha, with all the devas, Śakra, and Brahmā taking refuge and receiving his commands, he stepped forward and addressed the Buddha: 'I pray to go forth and become a śramaṇa.' The Buddha said: 'Welcome, bhikṣu.' His hair fell away of itself and he became a śramaṇa, attaining the arhat path, converted by the Buddha at that time. The others who attained the path and were converted before and after were beyond reckoning. The Buddha reflected to himself: 'Originally I made a pledge with my royal father that when I attained the Buddha Way, I would return to my home country to convert my parents. Now is indeed the time to return. If I return to my country without causing wonder, it would be unfitting and few would be converted. I shall first dispatch my disciple of supernormal powers, the bhikṣu Udāyin, to display his mighty supernormal powers, so that they will know the Buddha wishes to come. Only then will they understand the venerability of the Way, all will thirst for it, generate the aspiration for the Way, and many will be converted.' Then the World-Honoured One said to Udāyin: 'When the Buddha originally renounced home, he made a vow to his parents that if he attained the Buddha Way, he would return to convert them. Now that I have attained buddhahood and my virtue is complete, I must return to my home country and not violate my original vow. With your supernormal powers, walk through the sky and display supernormal transformations, so that they know I have achieved the Great Way. If the disciple is such, how much more the Buddha's boundless and towering majestic virtue? Only then will they believe and accept.' Udāyin received the command and flew with supernormal powers, traversing the sky until he reached his native country. In the sky above the city of Kapilavastu, he displayed countless transformations: emitting water from the upper body and fire from the lower body, water not wetting his body and fire not harming him. Appearing seven times and vanishing seven times, he vanished into the ground in the east and emerged in the west; vanished in the west and emerged in the east; vanished in the south and emerged in the north; vanished in the north and emerged in the south. He walked in the sky like a bird, sank into the earth as if into water, and trod on water as if on land. The king, ministers, and commoners all rejoiced, and only then did they know the venerability of the Way. Thereupon he spoke in verse: