釋迦譜 4.31

4.31

時香姓婆羅門。曉眾人曰。諸賢。長夜受佛教戒。口誦法言。一切眾生常念欲安。寧可諍佛舍利。共相殘害。如來遺形欲以廣益。舍利現在但當分耳。眾咸稱善。尋復議言誰堪分者。皆曰香姓婆羅門。仁智平均可使分也。時諸國王即命香姓。汝為我等分佛舍利。均作八分。於時香姓即詣舍利所。頭面禮畢。徐前取佛上牙。別置一面。尋遣使者齎佛上牙。詣阿闍世所。語使者言。汝以我聲上白大王。起居輕利遊步強耶。舍利未至傾遲無量耶。今付使者如來上牙。並可供養以慰企望。明星出時分舍利訖。當自奉送。爾時香姓。以一瓶受石許。即分舍利均為八分已。告眾人言。願以此瓶眾議見與。自欲於舍起塔供養。皆言智哉是為知時。即共聽與。時有畢鉢村人。白眾人言。乞地燋炭起塔供養。皆言與之。爾時拘尸國人。得舍利分即於其土。起塔供養。波波國。遮羅國。羅摩伽國。毘留提國。迦維衛國。毘舍羅國。摩竭國。阿闍世王等。得舍利分各歸其國。起塔供養。香姓婆羅門持瓶歸起塔。畢鉢村人。持地燋炭歸起塔。當於爾時。如來舍利起於八塔。第九瓶塔。第十炭塔。第十一生時髮塔。何等時佛生。沸星出時生。沸星出出家。沸星出成道。沸星出滅度。八日佛出家。八日成菩提。八日取滅度。二月如來生。二月佛出家。二月成菩提。二月取涅槃。

At that time the brāhmaṇa Droṇa exhorted the multitudes, saying, “Worthy ones! For the long night you have received the Buddha’s teachings and precepts, and your mouths recite the words of the Dharma. You should always keep in mind the wish to bring peace to all living beings. How could you dispute over the Buddha’s relics and slaughter one another? The Tathāgata’s bodily remains were meant to bring widespread benefit. Since the relics are now present, they should simply be divided.” The assembly all praised this as good. Soon they deliberated again, asking, “Who is capable of dividing them?” All said, “The brāhmaṇa Droṇa is humane, wise, and impartial; he can be charged to divide them.” Then the kings ordered Droṇa, “Divide the Buddha’s relics for us equally into eight portions.” Thereupon Droṇa went to the place where the relics were. Having bowed with his head and face to the ground, he slowly stepped forward, took the Buddha’s upper tooth, and placed it separately to one side. Soon he sent an envoy bearing the Buddha’s upper tooth to Ajātaśatru, saying to the envoy, “In my words, report to the Great King: ‘Are your daily movements light and easy, and your steps vigorous? Is your yearning immeasurable as the relics have not yet arrived? Now I deliver to the envoy the Tathāgata’s upper tooth, and you may make offerings to it to comfort your longing. When the morning star appears, the division of the relics will be complete, and I shall personally convey them.’” At that time Droṇa took a jar that held about a dān and divided the relics equally into eight portions. He then said to the multitudes, “I pray that by general consent this jar may be granted to me; I wish to erect a stūpa in my house to make offerings.” All said, “How wise! This is knowing the proper time,” and they consented to give it to him. At that time, a person of the village of Pipphalivana said to the multitudes, “I beg for the burnt charcoal from the ground to erect a stūpa and make offerings.” All said, “Give it to him.” Then the people of the country of Kuśīnagara obtained a share of the relics, and right in their land they erected a stūpa to make offerings. The country of Pāvā, the country of Allakappa, the country of Rāmagāma, the country of Vethadīpa, the country of Kapilavastu, the country of Vaiśālī, and the country of Magadha with King Ajātaśatru, having each obtained a share of the relics, returned to their respective countries and erected stūpas to make offerings. The brāhmaṇa Droṇa took the jar and returned to erect a stūpa. The person of the village of Pipphalivana took the burnt charcoal from the ground and returned to erect a stūpa. At that time, eight stūpas were erected for the Tathāgata’s relics; the ninth was the Jar Stūpa; the tenth was the Charcoal Stūpa; and the eleventh was the Hair Stūpa from his birth. At what time was the Buddha born? He was born when the Puṣya star appeared. When the Puṣya star appeared, he went forth from home. When the Puṣya star appeared, he attained bodhi. When the Puṣya star appeared, he passed into extinction. On the eighth day the Buddha went forth from home; on the eighth day he attained bodhi; on the eighth day he entered extinction. In the second month the Tathāgata was born; in the second month the Buddha went forth from home; in the second month he attained bodhi; in the second month he entered nirvāṇa.