[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [付法藏因緣傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058) › 1.12 # 付法藏因緣傳 1.12 付法藏因緣傳 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1.12) 爾時有二牧牛女人。欲祀神故以千頭牛搆取其乳飲五百頭。如是展轉乃至一牛。即取其乳煮用作糜。涌高九尺不棄一渧。有婆羅門問言。姊妹。汝煮此糜欲上何人。女即答曰。持祀樹神。婆羅門言。何有神祇能受斯食。唯有食者成一切智。乃能受汝若斯之供。於是女人便奉菩薩。即為納受而用食之。然後方詣菩提樹下。破魔波旬成最正覺。於波羅㮈為五比丘初轉法輪。乃至詣於拘尸那城力士生地入般涅槃。如是等像皆悉圖畫。王問群臣。汝作何等。答言大王。我畫如來功德之像。次至世尊滅度形變。王便驚愕舉身毛竪。深生悲戀思慕如來。此池中油五分之一。忽然流注入王身中。譬如焦墼投之大池水自滲入。彼亦如是。由斯因緣命得全濟。阿闍世王信敬隆篤。感戀如來其事若此。聞迦葉往甚大歡喜。嚴治道路燒香散華。自乘白象出迎迦葉。王昔見佛自投象下恭敬禮拜。見迦葉時亦復如是。摩訶迦葉神力接之令無傷害。即告王曰。佛力殊勝不同聲聞。聲聞入定乃有神足。自後見我勿投象也。王言敬諾。即白迦葉。世尊涅槃我竟不見。尊若滅度願必垂告。迦葉曰善。因告王言。如來世尊智慧深遠。能滅眾生三毒熾火。能枯十二因緣大樹。諸天世人皆蒙饒益。今入涅槃世間眼滅。生老病死憂悲衰惱。如是等苦轉更熾盛。我欲為彼而作慧明。共諸比丘集佛法藏。王於今者宜辦供具。王言善哉。願諸聖士恒受我供。於是迦葉告阿那律。諸羅漢中誰不來者。阿那律言。憍梵波提在尸利沙宮。猶未來。此爾時迦葉告梨婆提。汝可往彼尸利沙宮語憍梵波提。大迦葉等今有僧事。要須相見。時梨婆提飛空而往。具陳上事。爾時尊者問梨婆提。世尊何在而云迦葉。梨婆提言。佛入涅槃。法橋已壞法山已崩。法燈已滅黑闇時至。憍梵波提歎曰。苦哉世間空虛。魔王波旬今當喜矣。凡愚眾生無明所蔽。流轉生死沒在魔網。十力世尊挽而出之。今入涅槃永無救護。哀哉眾生深可悲愍。告梨婆提。汝可為我頂禮迦葉及餘聖眾。如我辭曰。憍梵波提白大迦葉。世尊若在。我當往彼禮拜供養。今入涅槃。世間空虛。觀閻浮提無一可樂。如大龍王既捨身已龍子必隨。我亦如是。今欲涅槃。作是語已即便滅度。如是諸人聞佛滅度悉入涅槃。迦葉唱言。未集法藏勿涅槃也。時諸比丘問大迦葉。先集何法。迦葉答言。先修多羅。又問使誰集修多羅。大迦葉言。阿難比丘多聞總持有大智慧。常隨如來梵行清淨。最後法中利安眾僧。知見具足佛所讚歎。宜可使彼集修多羅。爾時迦葉即告阿難。汝於今者可演法眼。阿難曰諾。觀察眾心而說偈言。 > At that time there were two cowherd women who, wishing to make an offering to a spirit, milked a thousand cows and fed the milk to five hundred cows, and so on progressively down to a single cow; then they took its milk and boiled it to make rice gruel, which surged up nine feet high without spilling a single drop. A brāhmaṇa asked them: "Sisters, for whom are you boiling this gruel?" The women replied: "To make an offering to the tree spirit." The brāhmaṇa said: "What spirit could possibly receive this food? Only one who eats it and achieves all-knowledge can receive an offering such as yours." Thereupon the women offered it to the Bodhisattva, who accepted and ate it. Only after this did he proceed to the foot of the Bodhi tree, conquer the demon Pāpīyas, attain the most complete enlightenment, first turn the wheel of the Dharma for the five monks in Vārāṇasī, and finally proceed to the birthplace of the wrestlers in the city of Kuśinagara to enter parinirvāṇa. All such images were painted. The king asked his ministers, "What are you making?" They replied, "Great King, we are painting images of the Tathāgata's merits." Next, they came to the change in form of the World-Honored One's extinction. The king was astounded, his hair stood on end, and he gave rise to deep sorrow and yearning, longing for the Tathāgata. One-fifth of the oil in this pool suddenly flowed into the king's body, just as when a sun-baked brick is thrown into a large pool, the water naturally soaks in; so it was with him. Through this cause, his life was preserved intact. King Ajātaśatru's faith and reverence were so deep, and his yearning for the Tathāgata was like this. Hearing that Kāśyapa had arrived, he was overjoyed. He adorned the roads, burned incense, and scattered flowers, and rode a white elephant himself to go out and welcome Kāśyapa. In the past, whenever the king saw the Buddha, he would cast himself down from his elephant to pay reverent homage; seeing Kāśyapa, he did likewise. Mahākāśyapa caught him with supernormal power so that he suffered no injury, and then told the king: "The Buddha's power is supreme and unlike that of the śrāvakas; a śrāvaka has supernormal abilities only when entering samādhi. Henceforth, when you see me, do not cast yourself down from your elephant." The king said, "I respectfully obey." He then said to Kāśyapa: "The World-Honored One entered nirvāṇa, and in the end I did not see him. If the Venerable One is to enter extinction, I pray that you will surely inform me." Kāśyapa said, "Very well." He then addressed the king, saying: "The Tathāgata, the World-Honored One's wisdom is deep and far-reaching; he was able to extinguish the blazing fire of living beings' three poisons, and wither the great tree of the twelve links of dependent origination. All gods and people in the world received benefit. Now that he has entered nirvāṇa, the eye of the world is extinguished; birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, grief, decay, and affliction—such sufferings will become even more fierce. I wish to make the illumination of wisdom for them and, together with the monks, compile the Buddha's Dharma-treasury. The King should now prepare the requisites for offerings." The king said, "Excellent! May the holy ones constantly accept my offerings." Thereupon Kāśyapa said to Aniruddha: "Among the arhats, who has not come?" Aniruddha said: "Gavāmpati is in the Śirīṣaka Palace and has not yet arrived here." At that time Kāśyapa told Revata: "You may go to that Śirīṣaka Palace and tell Gavāmpati: 'Great Kāśyapa and the others now have monastic business; it is essential that we meet.'" Then Revata flew through the air to go there and related the matter in full. At that time the venerable one asked Revata: "Where is the World-Honored One, that you speak of Kāśyapa?" Revata said: "The Buddha has entered nirvāṇa. The Dharma bridge has collapsed; the Dharma mountain has crumbled; the Dharma lamp has been extinguished; the time of darkness has arrived." Gavāmpati lamented: "How bitter! The world is now empty and void. King Pāpīyas the demon will now rejoice! Deluded, foolish living beings are veiled by ignorance, wandering in birth and death and submerged in the demon's net; the World-Honored One of Ten Powers pulled them out. Now that he has entered nirvāṇa, they have no rescue or protection forever. How lamentable! Living beings are deeply pitiable!" He told Revata: "Bow your head to Kāśyapa and the other holy ones on my behalf, and speak as I say: 'Gavāmpati addresses Great Kāśyapa: If the World-Honored One were present, I would go there to bow and make offerings. Now he has entered nirvāṇa; the world is empty and void. Looking upon Jambudvīpa, there is not a single thing worthy of delight. Just as when a great dragon king has abandoned his body, the young dragon will surely follow, so it is with me: I now wish to enter nirvāṇa.'" Having spoken these words, he immediately entered extinction. In this way, when various people heard that the Buddha had entered extinction, they all entered nirvāṇa. Kāśyapa proclaimed: "Before we have compiled the Dharma-treasury, do not enter nirvāṇa!" Then the monks asked Great Kāśyapa: "What Dharma should be compiled first?" Kāśyapa replied: "The sūtras first." They also asked: "Who should be made to compile the sūtras?" Great Kāśyapa said: "The monk Ānanda has heard much, retains what he has heard, and possesses great wisdom. He constantly followed the Tathāgata with pure brahmacarya. In the final Dharma, he will benefit and bring peace to the Saṅgha. He is endowed with knowledge and vision and was praised by the Buddha. It is fitting that he be made to compile the sūtras." Then Kāśyapa told Ānanda: "You may now expound the eye of the Dharma." Ānanda said, "Yes." He contemplated the minds of the assembly and spoke a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.1.12) · Pramāṇa