釋迦譜 4.36

4.36

梵志屯蹶曉眾人言。諸君皆宿夜承佛嚴教。佛大慈故燒形遺骨。欲廣祐天下。何宜當為毀本慧意。舍利現在但當分耳。眾咸稱善。皆詣舍利稽首畢。乃使屯蹶分之。於是屯蹶持一甖。受一石許蜜塗其裏。分為八分已白眾言。吾既敬佛。願得著甖舍利。歸起塔廟。皆言智哉。即共聽與。梵志溫達乞地燋炭。歸起塔寺。皆言與之。後有衡國異道士。求得地灰。於是八國得佛八分舍利。各還起塔有八塔。第九甖塔。第十炭塔。第十一灰塔。既分舍利。又為遠方諸四輩弟子。未悉聞故留九十日。乃去城四十里。於衛致鄉四衢道中。作塔寺拘夷豪姓。共作㽃瓳石墼。縱廣三尺集用作塔。及高縱廣皆丈五尺。藏黃金甖。舍利於其中置。立長表法輪。柈蓋懸繒。燃燈花香伎樂。禮事供養。

The brāhmaṇa Droṇa exhorted the multitudes, saying, “Worthy ones, day and night you have received the Buddha’s strict teachings. Out of his great compassion, the Buddha cremated his body and left his bones, wishing to bring widespread blessing to all under heaven. Why should you violate the fundamental intention of his wisdom? Since the relics are now present, they should simply be divided.” The assembly all praised this as good. They all went to the relics, and after bowing their heads to the ground, they had Droṇa divide them. Thereupon Droṇa took a jar that held about a dān, smeared its inside with honey, and divided them into eight portions. Having done so, he spoke to the assembly: “Since I revere the Buddha, I wish to obtain the relics that adhere to the jar, so that I may return and erect a stūpa temple.” All said, “How wise!” and they consented to give it to him. The brāhmaṇa Vethadīpaka begged for the burnt charcoal from the ground to return and erect a stūpa temple; all said, “Give it to him.” Later, a non-Buddhist ascetic of another country begged and obtained the earth-ashes. Thereupon eight countries obtained eight shares of the Buddha’s relics, each returning to erect a stūpa, making eight stūpas; the ninth was the Jar Stūpa; the tenth was the Charcoal Stūpa; the eleventh was the Ash Stūpa. Having divided the relics, because the fourfold disciples from distant regions had not yet all heard, [the relics] were kept for ninety days. Then, forty li from the city, at a crossroads in the village of Upavattana, a stūpa temple was constructed. The eminent families of Kuśīnagara jointly made fired and sun-dried bricks and stone blocks three feet square, collecting them to make the stūpa; its height, width, and length were all fifteen feet. Inside it they deposited a gold jar and placed the relics. They erected a tall spire with a Dharma-wheel, canopies with hanging silks, lit lamps, and offered flowers, incense, music, and reverent worship.