傳法正宗記 2.6

2.6

阿難於是作禮奉命。復念。如來舍利皆在諸天。欲往辭之。遽陵虛遍至塔廟。禮已而還。復以夙約必別於阿闍世王。及至其門會王方寢。因謂閽者曰摩訶迦葉將入定於雞足山。故來相別。王起奏之。遂以此周孝王之世。窅然入其山席草而坐。自念。今我被糞掃服。持佛僧伽梨。必經五十七俱胝。六十百千歲。至于彌勒出世。終不致壞。乃語山曰若阿闍世王與阿難偕來。汝當為開去已復合。於是寂然乃入滅盡定。是時大地為之動。而阿闍世王亦夢。其殿梁忽折。及覺而司門者果以尊者之語奏。王聞泣下。為之歎息。即詣竹林精舍。拜阿難命之同往逮至雞足。而其山果闢。尊者定體而儼在其間。王且哀且禮。命香薪欲為焚之。阿難謂王曰。未可燔也。此大迦葉方以禪定持身。而俟彌勒下生。授佛僧伽梨乃般涅槃。王聞此而敬之益勤。及王與阿難引去。而其山合如故。

Ānanda thereupon made obeisance and received his instruction. He further reflected that the Tathāgata's relics were all among the heavens, and wishing to go bid farewell to them, he quickly mounted the void and visited all the stūpas and shrines. Having paid homage, he returned. Furthermore, by a prior agreement, he had to take leave of King Ajātaśatru. When he arrived at his gate, it happened that the king was asleep. He therefore said to the gatekeeper, 'Mahākāśyapa is about to enter meditative absorption on Mount Kukkuṭapāda, and so has come to take leave. When the king awakens, report this.' He thereupon, during the reign of King Xiao of the Zhou dynasty, retired into that mountain, sat upon grass, and thought to himself: 'Now I wear the robes made of rags and hold the Buddha's saṃghāṭī robe; it will certainly endure for fifty-seven koṭis and sixty hundred thousand years until Maitreya appears in the world without decaying.' He then spoke to the mountain, 'If King Ajātaśatru and Ānanda come together, you should open for them, and close again after they leave.' Thereupon, in stillness, he entered the meditative attainment of cessation. At that time, the great earth quaked for this reason, and King Ajātaśatru also dreamt that a pillar of his palace suddenly snapped. When he awoke, the gatekeeper indeed reported the Venerable One's words. Hearing this, the king wept and sighed in lamentation. He immediately went to the Bamboo Grove Monastery, paid homage to Ānanda, and asked him to go along with him. When they reached Kukkuṭapāda, the mountain indeed split open; the Venerable One's absorbed body sat dignified within. The king, weeping and making obeisance, ordered fragrant firewood, intending to cremate him. Ānanda said to the king, 'He must not be burned. This Mahākāśyapa is currently sustaining his body through dhyāna absorption, awaiting Maitreya's descent to birth; only after conferring the Buddha's saṃghāṭī robe will he enter parinirvāṇa.' Hearing this, the king revered him with even greater diligence. When the king and Ānanda withdrew, the mountain closed as before.