[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 2.26 # 景德傳燈錄 2.26 景德傳燈錄 2.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.26) 第二十一祖婆修盤頭者。羅閱城人也。姓毘舍佉。父光蓋。母嚴一。家富而無子。父母禱于佛塔而求嗣焉。一夕母夢吞明暗二珠。覺而有孕。經七日有一羅漢。名賢眾。至其家。光蓋設禮。賢眾端坐受之。嚴一出拜。賢眾避席云。迴禮法身大士。光蓋罔測其由。遂取一寶珠跪獻賢眾試其真偽。賢眾即受之殊無遜謝。光蓋不能忍。問曰。我是丈夫致禮不顧。我妻何德尊者避之。賢眾曰。我受禮納珠貴福汝耳。汝婦懷聖子。生當為世燈慧日故吾避之。非重女人也。賢眾又曰汝婦當生二子。一名婆修盤頭。則吾所尊者也。二名芻尼（此云野鵲子）昔如來在雪山修道。芻尼巢於頂上。佛既成道芻尼受報。為那提國王。佛記云。汝至第二五百年生羅閱城毘舍佉家與聖同胞。今無爽矣。後一月果產子。尊者婆修盤頭年至十五禮光度羅漢出家。感毘婆訶菩薩與之授戒。行化至那提國。彼王名常自在。有二子。一名摩訶羅。次名摩拏羅。王問尊者曰。羅閱城土風與此同（舊本作何）異。尊者曰。彼土曾三佛出世。今王國有二師化導。曰二師者誰。尊者曰。佛記第二五百年有一神力大士出家繼聖。即王之次子摩拏羅是其一也。吾雖德薄敢當其一。王曰。誠如尊者所言。當捨此子作沙門。尊者曰。善哉大王。能遵佛旨。即與受具。付法偈曰。 > The twenty-first patriarch, Vasubandhu, was a man from Rājagṛha. His family name was Vaiśākha. His father was Guanggao, and his mother was Yanyi. The family was wealthy but childless, so his parents prayed at a Buddhist stupa to seek an heir. One night, the mother dreamed she swallowed two pearls, one bright and one dark; upon waking, she was pregnant. After seven days, an arhat named Xianzhong arrived at their home. Guanggao bowed to him; Xianzhong sat upright and received it. When Yanyi came out and bowed, Xianzhong vacated his seat and said, "I return the bow to the Mahāsattva of the Dharmakāya." Guanggao could not fathom the reason, so he took a precious pearl, knelt, and offered it to Xianzhong to test his authenticity. Xianzhong received it immediately, with no modest decline at all. Unable to bear this, Guanggao asked, "I am the master of the house, yet you disregarded my bow; what virtue does my wife possess that the venerable one yielded his seat to her?" Xianzhong said, "I accepted your bow and received your pearl solely to bring you blessings. Your wife carries a holy son; when born, he shall be the lamp of the world and the sun of wisdom, which is why I yielded my seat, not because I esteem a woman." Xianzhong further said, "Your wife shall give birth to two sons: one named Vasubandhu, who is the one I revere; the other named Chuni (which means 'magpie'). Formerly, when the Tathāgata was practicing the Path in the Snow Mountains, a magpie nested on the crown of his head. After the Buddha attained the Path, the magpie received retribution and became the king of the kingdom of Nadi. The Buddha predicted: 'In the second five-hundred-year period, you will be born in Rājagṛha in the Vaiśākha family, sharing the womb with a holy one.' Now it is without discrepancy." A month later, she indeed gave birth to the son. When the venerable Vasubandhu reached the age of fifteen, he bowed to the arhat Guangdu and went forth from home, and was moved by Bodhisattva Vibhāvaha, who conferred the precepts upon him. Traveling and converting, he arrived in the kingdom of Nadi. The king there was named Changzizai, who had two sons: the first was named Mahāra, and the second was named Manorhita. The king asked the venerable one: "How do the customs of Rājagṛha differ from here?" The venerable one said, "Three Buddhas have appeared in that land; now in the king's realm, two masters teach and transform." He asked, "Who are the two masters?" The venerable one said, "The Buddha predicted that in the second five-hundred-year period, a Mahāsattva of great spiritual power would go forth from home to succeed the holy one; the king's second son, Manorhita, is one of them. Though my virtue is slight, I dare count as the other." The king said, "Truly, as the venerable one has spoken, I shall give up this son to become a śramaṇa." The venerable one said, "Excellent, Great King, that you can follow the Buddha's command!" He then conferred the full ordination on him and transmitted the Dharma with a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.25) - [Next: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.27) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.2.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.27) — 志磐, Classical Chinese - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.26) · Pramāṇa