釋迦氏譜 1.222

1.222

摩訶波闍波提。唐言大愛道也。亦名瞿曇彌姨母大愛道告眾曰。吾不忍見佛滅度。與五百除饉女（即比丘尼。康僧會注法鏡云。聖斷六情飢饉故得號焉）俱到佛所。禮已白言欲先滅度。佛默然。以手摩佛足曰。此最後見如來也。佛為說身患滅度為安。諸尼禮還於精舍。布五百座各現神足。上動諸天俱時泥洹。佛告阿難。入城遍告令興供養。乃闍維之。捧舍利詣佛所。四方比丘千人飛來就座。佛令阿難取舍利鉢盛。佛兩手受已。告諸比丘。斯聚舍利本是穢身。敗道壞德陰謀嫉妬。今母能拔愚穢興丈夫行。遷神本無。四眾八部興塔供養。僉曰。唯然。雜阿含云難陀親所生母也。增一云。佛令阿難難陀羅雲輿大愛道。佛親供養帝釋四王欲供養之佛言止止。父母生子多有恩德。要當報恩不得不報。三世諸佛母先滅度。皆自供養闍維舍利。佛自舉床一脚。阿難又舉飛至塚間。佛取栴檀著其身上。便說四人應起塔供養。以皆十善化物故。

Mahāprajāpatī is translated into Chinese as Da'aidao (Great Love for the Path); she is also called Gautamī. The maternal aunt Da'aidao addressed the assembly, saying, "I cannot bear to see the Buddha enter extinction." Together with five hundred bhikṣuṇīs (that is, nun; Kang Senghui's commentary on the Fajing says that because the noble ones sever the famine of the six passions, they obtain this name), she came to the Buddha's place. Having paid homage, she stated that she wished to enter extinction first. The Buddha remained silent. She caressed the Buddha's feet with her hands and said, "This is the last time I will see the Tathāgata." The Buddha expounded for her that the body is an affliction and extinction is peace. The nuns paid homage and returned to the monastery; setting out five hundred seats, they each manifested supernatural powers, shaking the heavens above, and entered parinirvāṇa simultaneously. The Buddha told Ānanda to enter the city and announce it everywhere so that offerings would be made. They then cremated them and brought the relics to the Buddha's place. A thousand monks from the four quarters flew in and took their seats. The Buddha ordered Ānanda to take a bowl and fill it with the relics. The Buddha received it with both hands and told the monks, "This heap of relics was originally an impure body, ruining the path and destroying virtue, plotting and envious; now my mother has been able to pluck out ignorance and impurity, arouse the conduct of a great man, and transfer her spirit to original nonbeing. Let the four assemblies and the eight classes erect a stūpa and make offerings." All said, "So be it." The Saṃyuktāgama states that she was Nanda's biological mother. The Ekottarāgama states: The Buddha ordered Ānanda, Nanda, and Rāhula to carry Da'aidao's bier, and the Buddha personally made offerings. Śakra and the Four Heavenly Kings wished to make offerings to her, but the Buddha said, "Stop, stop! When parents bear a child, their kindness is great; one must repay their kindness, it cannot be left unrepaid. When the mothers of the buddhas of the three times enter extinction first, they all personally make offerings and cremate the relics." The Buddha personally lifted one leg of the bier, and Ānanda also lifted it, flying to the cemetery. The Buddha took sandalwood and placed it on her body, and then expounded that four kinds of people should have stūpas erected to make offerings to them, because they transform beings through the ten virtues.