景德傳燈錄 1.46

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第一祖摩訶迦葉。摩竭陀國人也。姓婆羅門。父飲澤。母香志。昔為鍛金師。善明金性使其柔伏。付法傳云。嘗於久遠劫中毘婆尸佛入涅槃後。四眾起塔。塔中像面上金色有少缺壞。時有貧女將金珠往金師所請飾佛面。既而因共發願。願我二人為無姻夫妻。由是因緣九十一劫身皆金色。後生梵天。天壽盡生中天摩竭陀國婆羅門家。名曰迦葉波。此云飲光勝尊。蓋以金色為號也。繇是志求出家冀度諸有。佛言。善來比丘。鬚髮自除袈裟著體。常於眾中稱歎第一。復言。吾以清淨法眼將付於汝。汝可流布無令斷絕。涅槃經云。爾時世尊欲涅槃時。迦葉不在眾會。佛告諸大弟子。迦葉來時可令宣揚正法眼藏。爾時迦葉在耆闍堀山賓鉢羅窟。覩勝光明即入三昧。以淨天眼觀見世尊。於熙連河側入般涅槃。乃告其徒曰。如來涅槃也。何其駛哉。即至雙樹間悲戀號泣。佛於金棺內現雙足。爾時迦葉告諸比丘。佛已茶毘。金剛舍利非我等事。我等宜當結集法眼無令斷絕。乃說偈曰。

The first patriarch, Mahākāśyapa, was a native of Magadha. His caste was Brahmin. His father was Nyagrodha-prasādha, and his mother was Candrabālā. Formerly, he had been a goldsmith, well understanding the nature of gold and how to make it malleable. The Fu fazang zhuan states: Long kalpas ago, after Vipaśyin Buddha entered nirvāṇa, the fourfold assembly erected a stūpa. In the stūpa, the golden surface of the statue's face was slightly damaged. At that time, a poor woman brought gold and a jewel to the goldsmith, asking him to adorn the Buddha's face. Thereupon they jointly made a vow: 'May the two of us become husband and wife without worldly marriage.' Due to this cause and condition, their bodies were golden in color for ninety-one kalpas. Later he was born in the Brahma Heaven. When his celestial lifespan ended, he was born into a Brahmin household in Magadha in central India, and named Kāśyapa, which means 'Radiance-Drinking Honoured One,' named so because of his golden color. Thereupon he aspired to leave home, hoping to deliver all sentient beings. The Buddha said: 'Welcome, bhikṣu!' His hair and beard fell away naturally, and the kāṣāya clung to his body. Among the assembly, he was always praised as foremost. [The Buddha] further said: 'I now entrust to you the pure Dharma eye; you must disseminate it so that it is never cut off.' The Nirvāṇa-sūtra states: At that time, when the World-Honoured One was about to enter nirvāṇa, Kāśyapa was not present in the assembly. The Buddha told his great disciples: 'When Kāśyapa arrives, you should have him proclaim the treasury of the correct Dharma eye.' At that time, Kāśyapa was in the Pippala Cave on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa. Seeing a wondrous light, he entered samādhi. With the pure divine eye, he saw the World-Honoured One enter parinirvāṇa beside the river Hiraṇyavatī. He then said to his followers: 'The Tathāgata has entered nirvāṇa! How swift it was!' He immediately went to the twin trees, weeping in grief and longing. The Buddha revealed his two feet from within the golden coffin. At that time, Kāśyapa told the bhikṣus: 'The Buddha has been cremated. The adamantine relics are not our affair; we should compile the Dharma eye so that it will not be cut off.' And he spoke this verse: