釋迦譜 3.27

3.27

爾時國王請佛入城。龍王怒曰。汝奪我利吾滅汝國。佛告大王。王先歸國。佛自知時。於是佛即為龍王及羅剎女。說三歸五戒心大歡喜。龍王眷屬百千諸龍。更從池出。佛令目連與受戒法。爾時龍王白佛言。唯願如來常住此間。佛若不在。我發惡心無由成道。唯願留神慇懃三請。常住於此。時梵天王及百千諸梵復來勸請。願為一切諸眾生故。莫獨偏為一龍住此。佛即微笑口出光明。無量化佛及菩薩以為侍從。龍王於其池中。出七寶臺奉上如來。唯願天尊受我此臺。佛言。不須此臺。汝但以羅剎石窟施我。諸天聞各脫寶衣以掃拂窟。佛攝神足獨入石室自敷坐具。令此石窟暫為七寶。時羅剎女及以龍王。為四大弟子及阿難造五石窟。爾時世尊。坐龍王窟不移。坐處亦受王請。入那乾訶城及以諸國。處處皆見有佛虛空花座滿中化佛。龍王歡喜發大誓願。願我來世得佛如此。佛受王請。經七日已王遣一人乘八千里象。持諸供具遍一切國。供養眾僧處處見佛。信反白王釋迦不但此國。餘國亦有皆說苦空無常。六波羅蜜。王聞廓然意解得無生忍。爾時世尊還攝神足。從石窟出與諸比丘。遍遊履諸處龍皆隨從。是時龍王聞佛還國。啼哭雨淚白言。願佛常住云何捨我。我不見佛。當作惡事墜墮惡道。爾時世尊安慰龍王。我受汝請。當坐汝窟中經千五百歲。時諸龍王合掌勸請。還入窟中佛即坐已。窟中作十八變。踊身入石猶如明鏡。在於石內映現於外。遠望則見近則不現。諸天百千供養佛影。影亦說法。石窟高一丈八尺。深二十四步。石清白色（窟在那乾訶羅國。古仙瞻蔔花林毒龍池側。青蓮泉北羅剎穴中。阿那斯山巖南）。

At that time the king invited the Buddha to enter the city. The dragon king said angrily, "You rob me of my gain; I shall destroy your kingdom!" The Buddha told the great king, "Your Majesty should return to your kingdom first. The Buddha himself knows the proper time." Thereupon the Buddha preached the three refuges and the five precepts for the dragon king and the rākṣasī, and their hearts were filled with great joy. The dragon king's retinue, hundreds of thousands of dragons, also emerged from the pool. The Buddha commanded Maudgalyāyana to bestow the precept methods upon them. At that time the dragon king said to the Buddha, "We pray only that the Tathāgata will constantly dwell here. If the Buddha is not present, evil thoughts will arise in me and I will have no way to attain the Way. We pray only that you will leave your spirit!" He earnestly requested three times: "Constantly dwell here!" At that time Brahmā Sahāmpati and hundreds of thousands of Brahmā deities came again to urge and entreat him: "We pray that for the sake of all sentient beings, you do not dwell here solely and partially for a single dragon." The Buddha then smiled, and light issued from his mouth, with immeasurable transformed Buddhas and bodhisattvas as his retinue. From within the pool, the dragon king brought forth a seven-jeweled terrace and offered it up to the Tathāgata: "We pray only that the Heavenly Honored One will accept this terrace of mine." The Buddha said, "There is no need for this terrace. You have only to give me the rākṣasa stone cave." Hearing this, the devas each took off their jeweled garments to sweep and dust the cave. The Buddha withdrew his supernatural feet, entered the stone chamber alone, and spread his sitting mat himself, causing this stone cave temporarily to become [made of] the seven jewels. Then the rākṣasī and the dragon king made five stone caves for the four great disciples and Ānanda. At that time the World-Honoured One sat in the dragon king's cave without moving from his seat, yet he also accepted the king's invitation and entered the city of Nagarahāra and various countries; everywhere, the Buddha was seen on a flower seat in the empty sky, filled with transformed Buddhas. The dragon king rejoiced and made a great vow: "May I in a future life attain Buddhahood such as this!" The Buddha accepted the king's invitation. After seven days had passed, the king dispatched a man riding an eight-thousand-li elephant, carrying all manner of offerings to go throughout all the countries to make offerings to the saṅgha, and everywhere he saw the Buddha. The messenger returned and reported to the king, "Śākya is not only in this country; he is in other countries as well, everywhere preaching suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and the six pāramitās." When the king heard this, his mind opened in clear understanding, and he attained the patience of the non-arising of dharmas. At that time the World-Honoured One once again withdrew his supernatural power, came out of the stone cave, and together with the bhikṣus traveled to various places, with the dragons all following him. When the dragon king heard that the Buddha was returning to his country, he wept tears like rain and said, "I pray that the Buddha will constantly dwell [here]; why do you abandon me? If I do not see the Buddha, I will commit evil deeds and fall into the evil destinies." At that time the World-Honoured One consoled the dragon king: "I accept your request; I shall sit in your cave for one thousand five hundred years." Then the dragon kings joined their palms and urged him to return into the cave. When the Buddha was seated, within the cave he performed eighteen transformations, leaping into the stone like a clear mirror; while inside the stone, he was reflected on the outside. Viewed from afar he was seen, but up close he was not visible. Hundreds of thousands of devas made offerings to the Buddha's shadow, and the shadow also preached the Dharma. The stone cave was one zhang and eight chi high, and twenty-four paces deep; the stone was clear white. (The cave is in the country of Nagarahāra, beside the pool of the poisonous dragon in the campaka flower forest of the ancient seers, north of the Blue Lotus Spring in the rākṣasa cavern, south of the cliff of Mount Anasi.)