付法藏因緣傳 2.14

2.14

時憂波毱多有五百弟子。猶處生死不得解脫。心生憍慢甚大貢高。憂波毱多即入三昧。觀此諸人與己無緣。唯有吾師乃能化度。便至心念商那和修。商那和修即以神力。如大鵝王從空飛來至其所止。憂波毱多行至餘處。唯諸弟子而獨見之。商那和修衣裳麁弊髮爪長利。至毱多房坐其座上。毱多弟子咸生瞋忿。是何弊人處我師座。即欲驅逐使令出外。如須彌山不可傾動。欲出惡言口自噤閉。即共相將至毱多所。白言大師。有老比丘形容憔悴。到師坐處跏趺而坐。毱多念言。自非吾師無能坐者。至房便見商那和修。頭面著地稽首作禮。弟子念言。師雖為禮。威德勝之。商那和修知其弟子憍慢未息。手指虛空便下香乳。如高山頂懸泉流注。問言毱多。是何定相。憂波毱多即入三昧。深心觀察不能曉了。即問其師。是何三昧。和修答言。此即名為龍奮迅定。如是次第五百三昧。問其名字都不了知。商那和修一一為說。毱多白言。我之所得盡從師受。唯是三昧我非其器。毱多當知。如來三昧諸辟支佛不識其名。緣覺三昧一切聲聞莫能解了。大目揵連舍利弗等所入三昧。其餘羅漢不能測度。吾師阿難三昧定相我悉不知。今我三昧。汝亦不識。如此三昧我涅槃後皆隨吾滅。七萬七千本生諸經滿足。一萬阿毘曇藏有八萬數清淨毘尼。如斯之法亦隨我滅是故毱多。如來滅後賢聖隱沒。如是法藏漸當衰損。乃至末後一切都盡。汝今應當勤加守護。時諸弟子方自悔責。我無智慧輕慢大聖。始知吾師定不及彼。於是商那即為說法。五百弟子得羅漢道。爾時尊者商那和修。於諸眾生所應作已。飛騰虛空作十八變。還就本座而入涅槃。憂波毱多與諸眷屬積諸香木。以火耶旬。收取舍利起塔供養。

At that time Upagupta had five hundred disciples who still remained in birth and death, unable to attain liberation; haughtiness arose in their minds, and they were exceedingly arrogant. Upagupta immediately entered samādhi and observed that these people had no karmic connection with himself, and that only his teacher could transform and deliver them. He then single-mindedly concentrated on Śāṇakavāsin. Śāṇakavāsin thereupon, through his supernormal powers, flew through the air like a great king of geese and arrived at where he dwelt. Upagupta had walked off to another place, so only the disciples saw him. Śāṇakavāsin's robes were coarse and tattered, and his hair and nails were long and sharp. He went to Gupta's room and sat upon his seat. Gupta's disciples all became angry: 'What wretched person is this, occupying our master's seat?' They immediately wished to drive him away and make him go outside, but he was like Mount Sumeru, impossible to shake. Wishing to utter harsh words, their mouths involuntarily shut tight. They then went together to Upagupta and addressed him, saying: 'Great Master! There is an old bhikṣu, gaunt and haggard in appearance, who went to our master's seat and sat cross-legged upon it.' Gupta thought to himself: 'Unless it were my master, no one else would be able to sit there.' Arriving at the room, he saw Śāṇakavāsin, and bowed his head to the ground in homage. The disciples thought to themselves: 'Although our master pays homage to him, our master's majestic virtue surpasses his.' Śāṇakavāsin knew that the disciples' haughtiness had not yet ceased. Pointing his finger toward the empty sky, fragrant milk rained down, flowing like a suspended cataract from the peak of a high mountain. He asked, saying: 'Gupta, what sign of meditative absorption is this?' Upagupta immediately entered samādhi and observed with a deep mind, but could not understand it. He then asked his teacher: 'What samādhi is this?' [Śāṇaka]vāsin replied, saying: 'This is called the Nāga-Vigṛmbhita (Dragon’s Stride) Samādhi.' In this manner, one after another through five hundred samādhis, when asked their names, he did not understand any of them. Śāṇakavāsin explained them one by one. Gupta said: 'All that I have attained was received from my master; only regarding these samādhis am I not a fit vessel.' [Śāṇakavāsin said:] 'Gupta, you should know that of the Tathāgata's samādhis, none of the pratyekabuddhas know the names. Of the pratyekabuddhas' samādhis, none of the śrāvakas are able to comprehend them. The samādhis entered by Mahāmaudgalyāyana, Śāriputra, and the others cannot be fathomed by the other arhats. The signs of samādhi of my master Ānanda are completely unknown to me. Now, my samādhis are likewise unknown to you. Such samādhis as these will all be extinguished following me after my nirvāṇa. The seventy-seven thousand Jātaka sūtras in full, the ten thousand [sections of] the Abhidharma Pitaka, and the eighty thousand pure vinayas—such teachings as these will also be extinguished following me. Therefore, Gupta, after the Tathāgata's extinction, the worthy and noble ones have vanished from sight, and thus this Dharma-treasury will gradually decline and dwindle, until at the very end all will be completely gone. You must now diligently protect and preserve it.' At that time the disciples only then reproached themselves: 'We were without wisdom and slighted the great sage; only now do we know that our master's meditative absorption is not equal to his.' Thereupon Śāṇaka taught the Dharma for them, and the five hundred disciples attained the path of arhatship. At that time, having completed what was to be done for sentient beings, the Venerable Śāṇakavāsin soared into the sky and displayed the eighteen miraculous transformations, then returned to his original seat and entered nirvāṇa. Upagupta and his retinue gathered various kinds of fragrant wood and cremated him with fire. They collected his śarīra, erected a stūpa, and made offerings to it.