付法藏因緣傳 3.12

3.12

說此偈已頂禮而去。詣菩提樹而作是言。我今欲為二種之福。一以千瓶盛滿香湯灌菩提樹。二當建立般遮于瑟。即自洗浴著新淨衣。上高樓上四方頂禮。而作是言。願諸聖士皆受吾請。適語已訖十方羅漢飛空而來。三道聖人凡二十萬。亦悉雲集。留上座處無敢坐者。王問眾僧。何故留此空坐處耶。耶舍答曰。有大羅漢名賓頭盧。如來所記能師子吼威德高勝。今當來此。王聞是已身毛皆竪。如優鉢羅華初始開敷。即便合掌瞻仰而待。時賓頭盧與諸羅漢。如鵝王飛從空而下。一切眾會皆起恭敬。王見尊者眉髮秀白身體相好如辟支佛。即為作禮五體投地。問言大聖。見如來不。答曰曾見。色若金聚面如滿月。三十二相莊嚴其身。梵音深妙大悲窟宅。王又問言。於何處見。尊者答曰。在王舍城。夏安居時。我在其中見勝福田。乃至汝昔以土施佛。佛記汝時我亦得見。爾時彼王以國所有妻子眷屬金銀琉璃牛羊田宅。及自己身宮人婇女。盡施眾僧。請稱己名造般遮于瑟。灌菩提樹後自斟酌為僧行食。時賓頭盧用酥澆飯。王言大聖。酥性難消能不為疾。尊者答曰。不為患也。何以故。佛在時水與今酥等。是故食之終不成病。爾時尊者欲驗斯事。申手入地下至四萬二千餘里。即取地肥而示於王。王今當知。眾生薄福肥膩之味皆流入地。是故世間福轉衰減。王供養已歡喜而退。王有一弟。名宿馱吒。邪見熾盛憎惡沙門。王以方便令改邪心。應時出家得羅漢道。後為一羌之所殺害。時眾疑問憂波毱多。以何緣故彼宿馱吒。生處豪貴為羌所殺。尊者答言。善聽當說。過去久遠迦葉佛時。曾供眾僧。由斯福故生生常處尊榮富貴。又過去世作一獵師。張布羅網不得禽鳥。見辟支佛心生瞋恨。即以利劍用斬其首。由此業故墮大地獄。生常為人之所殺害。雖得道果猶被苦毒。

Having spoken this verse, he bowed his head in reverence and departed. He went to the Bodhi tree and said: "I now wish to create two kinds of merit: first, to fill a thousand vases with fragrant broth and bathe the Bodhi tree; second, to establish a Pañcavārṣika." He then bathed himself, put on fresh, clean robes, ascended a high tower, bowed in reverence to the four directions, and said: "May all the noble ones accept my invitation!" Just as he finished speaking, arhats from the ten directions came flying through the air. Sages of the three paths, twenty thousand in all, also gathered like clouds. They left the seat of the elder, and none dared sit in it. The King asked the monks: "Why do you leave this empty seat?" Yaśas answered: "There is a great arhat named Piṇḍola. The Tathāgata prophesied that he can roar the lion's roar, and his majestic virtue is lofty and supreme. He will now come here." Hearing this, the King's bodily hairs all stood on end, like an utpala flower first beginning to blossom; he immediately joined his palms, looking up in anticipation. Then Piṇḍola, together with the arhats, flew down from the sky like king geese. The entire assembly arose in veneration. Seeing that the Venerable's eyebrows and hair were eminent and white, and that his bodily marks and features were like those of a pratyekabuddha, the King bowed in reverence, throwing his five limbs to the ground, and asked: "Great Holy One, have you seen the Tathāgata?" He replied: "I have seen him. His form was like a mass of gold, his face like the full moon, his body adorned with the thirty-two marks; his Brahmā voice was profound and wonderful, a cave and dwelling of great compassion." The King asked again: "In what place did you see him?" The Venerable replied: "In Rājagṛha, during the summer retreat. Residing among them, I saw the supreme field of merit. Even when you formerly offered dirt to the Buddha and the Buddha gave you the prophecy, I was also able to witness it." At that time, that king took everything in his country—his wife, children, and kin, gold, silver, lapis lazuli, cattle, sheep, fields, and houses, as well as his own person, his palace women and female entertainers—and offered them entirely to the saṅgha, requesting that the Pañcavārṣika be established in his name. After bathing the Bodhi tree, he personally poured and served the food for the monks. Then Piṇḍola poured ghee over the rice. The King said: "Great Holy One, the nature of ghee is difficult to digest; might it not cause illness?" The Venerable replied: "It will not cause trouble. Why? In the Buddha's time, water was equal to today's ghee. Therefore, eating it will ultimately not cause disease." At that time, wishing to prove this matter, the Venerable stretched his hand into the ground, reaching down more than forty-two thousand li, took the earth's fat, and showed it to the King: "The King should now know: because sentient beings have meager merit, the rich and oily tastes have all flowed into the earth. Therefore, worldly merit progressively declines." Having made his offerings, the King joyfully withdrew. The King had a younger brother named Suthāta, whose wrong views were vehement, and who hated śramaṇas. The King used skillful means to make him change his wrong mind; he immediately left the household life and attained the path of an arhat. Later, he was killed by a Qiang tribesman. At that time, the assembly questioned Upagupta: "For what reason was that Suthāta born in an eminent and noble family, yet was killed by a Qiang?" The Venerable replied: "Listen well, and I will explain. Long ago in the past, at the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he made offerings to the saṅgha; owing to this merit, he was born life after life always in honor, glory, wealth, and nobility. Furthermore, in a past life, he was a hunter; having laid out his nets and snares and caught no birds, seeing a pratyekabuddha, hatred arose in his mind, and he immediately cut off his head with a sharp sword. Due to this karma, he fell into the great hells, and in life after life was constantly killed by others. Although he attained the fruit of the path, he still underwent bitter pain."