釋迦氏譜 1.185

1.185

長阿含云。佛在毘舍離與阿難獨居。後夏舉體皆痛。告阿難。諸有修四神足在意所欲。可得不死一劫有餘佛多於是天人獲安。如是再三。阿難為魔所蔽不悟佛意。魔請佛言願入涅槃。乃至三請告言。是後三月於本生處。拘尸那竭娑羅園雙樹間當取滅度。即天地大動人物驚怖。佛言八動八相。便集大眾普告令知涅槃云。二月十五日晨朝放光照大千界。乃至十方六趣眾生。遇光罪滅同聲哀戀。五十四眾一時雲集各設供具。乃至十方無量佛國皆來同赴。惟除迦葉阿難二眾所應現已光從口入。會中有優婆塞純陀等一十人俱設供度。成熟粳飯滿足八斛。以佛神力充足大會。

The Dīrgha Āgama states: The Buddha dwelt alone with Ānanda in Vaiśālī. After the summer retreat, his whole body ached. He told Ānanda: 'Anyone who has cultivated the four bases of spiritual power (ṛddhipāda) can, according to his wish, remain without dying for a kalpa or more than a kalpa. The Buddha possesses far more than this, so that gods and humans may attain peace.' He said this two or three times, but Ānanda was clouded by Māra and did not grasp the Buddha's intention. Māra requested the Buddha, saying: 'I pray that you enter nirvāṇa,' entreating up to three times. [The Buddha] informed him: 'After three months from now, in my native land, in Kuśinagara between the twin trees in the Śāla Grove, I shall attain extinction.' Immediately heaven and earth shook violently, and all people and beings were startled and frightened. The Buddha said there are eight earthquakes and eight signs. He then gathered the great assembly and universally proclaimed it so they would know of his nirvāṇa, saying: 'On the morning of the fifteenth day of the second month, light will radiate and illuminate the great chiliocosm, extending to the beings of the six destinies across the ten directions. Meeting the light, their sins will be eliminated, and with one voice they will mourn and yearn.' The fifty-four assemblies gathered all at once like clouds, each arranging offerings; even [beings from] immeasurable Buddha lands of the ten directions all came together. Only the two assemblies of Kāśyapa and Ānanda were absent. When what was to be manifested was completed, the light entered back through his mouth. In the assembly, there was the upāsaka Cunda and ten others who jointly prepared an offering to cross [beings] over, cooking eight hu of non-glutinous rice. By the Buddha's spiritual power, it amply satisfied the great assembly.