景德傳燈錄 1.41

1.41

爾時世尊說此偈已。復告迦葉。吾將金縷僧伽梨衣傳付於汝。轉授補處。至慈氏佛出世勿令朽壞。迦葉聞偈頭面禮足曰。善哉善哉。我當依勅。恭順佛故。爾時世尊至拘尸那城。告諸大眾。吾今背痛欲入涅槃。即往熙連河側娑羅雙樹下。右脇累足泊然宴寂。復從棺起為母說法。特示雙足化婆耆。并說無常偈曰。

At that time, after the World-Honoured One had spoken this verse, he again addressed Kāśyapa: 'I now transmit and entrust to you the golden-thread saṅghāṭī robe, to be handed down in turn to the one who succeeds to Buddhahood, until Maitreya Buddha appears in the world; do not let it decay.' Having heard the verse, Kāśyapa touched his head and face to [the Buddha's] feet in reverence, saying: 'Excellent, excellent! I shall obey your command, reverently following the Buddha.' At that time the World-Honoured One went to the city of Kuśinagara and addressed the great assembly: 'My back now aches; I wish to enter nirvāṇa.' He then proceeded to the twin śāla trees beside the river Hiraṇyavatī. Lying on his right side with one foot over the other, he serenely passed into peaceful extinction. He again arose from the coffin to preach the Dharma for his mother, specially revealed his two feet to convert Vāgīśa, and spoke the verse on impermanence, saying: