傳法正宗記 2.70

2.70

脇尊者。中天竺國人也。其姓未詳。本名難生。以其久處胎故也。初尊者將生。而其父香蓋遂夢。一白象背負寶座。座之上寘一明珠。從其門而出至一法會。其光照曜於眾。既而忽然不見。及誕果光燭於室。體有奇香。父異之。成童會伏馱蜜多尊者化於其國。香蓋遂携以詣之。道其所生之異。求與出家。蜜多許之。會七阿羅漢為受具戒。方納戒。乃於壇之上現其瑞相。空中復雨舍利三七粒。然尊者修行精苦未嘗寢寐。雖晝夜而脇不至席。以故得號脇尊者。既預付法。乃遊化他土。尋至花氏國。而憩於樹下。遽以右手指地而謂眾曰。此地變金色。當有聖者入。會少頃其地果為金色。俄有一長者之子。曰富那夜奢。遽至其前合掌而立。脇尊者遂問曰。汝從何來。夜奢曰。我心非往。尊者曰。汝從何住。曰我心非止。尊者曰。汝不定耶。曰諸佛亦然。尊者曰。汝非諸佛。曰諸佛亦非。尊者。因說偈曰。

The Venerable Pārśva was a native of Central India; his surname is unknown. His original name was Duṣprasaha because he had stayed in the womb for a long time. Initially, when the Venerable One was about to be born, his father Gandhahasti had a dream in which a white elephant carried a jeweled throne on its back, upon which rested a bright pearl. It went out from his gate to a Dharma assembly, where its light shone upon the multitudes; shortly thereafter, it suddenly disappeared. When he was born, light indeed illuminated the chamber, and his body possessed a marvelous fragrance. His father marveled at this. When he grew into boyhood, he met the Venerable Buddhamitra converting beings in that country. Gandhahasti brought him to visit the master, related the marvels of his birth, and asked that he be allowed to leave home. Mitra granted it, and assembled seven arhats to bestow upon him the full precepts. Just as he received the precepts, an auspicious sign appeared upon the altar, and from the air there rained down three times seven relics. The Venerable One practiced asceticism diligently and never slept; day and night, his ribs never touched the mat, which is why he was called the Venerable Pārśva. Having previously received the entrustment of the Dharma, he traveled to transform other lands, soon arriving in the kingdom of Pāṭaliputra and resting beneath a tree. Abruptly pointing to the ground with his right hand, he said to the assembly: "This ground is turning golden; a holy one is about to enter." After a short while, the ground indeed became golden. Suddenly the son of an elder, named Puṇyayaśas, hastened before him and stood with palms joined. The Venerable Pārśva asked: "Where have you come from?" Yaśas said: "My mind does not go." The Venerable One said: "Where do you dwell?" He replied: "My mind does not abide." The Venerable One said: "Are you not unsettled?" He replied: "All Buddhas are also like this." The Venerable One said: "You are not all Buddhas." He replied: "Neither are all Buddhas." The Venerable One then spoke a verse, saying: