[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 3.34 # 傳法正宗記 3.34 傳法正宗記 3.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.34) 偈已再禮必求見度。大士曰。汝心自在非繫我所。何須依託而求解脫。大士即以右手擎其金鉢。舉至梵天。取天香飯命眾共食。而其大眾忽生厭惡。皆不能饗。大士曰。讓而不能食。非吾所悋。汝業自然。乃命難提分座同食。眾復疑之。意其師弟子混而無品。大士知之曰。汝不得食。皆由此故。今與吾分座之者。乃過去婆羅王如來也。應物降迹。將為第十七世祖師。汝輩亦莊嚴劫中嘗趣三果。而未純無漏。適雖親我豈大見性。正宜專意歸此仁者。然吾滅後。即為大眾上首。復出一師號伽耶舍多。亦宜知之。眾曰。大師神力不敢不信。彼云過去佛者尚或疑之。難提以其眾心未伏於已。乃謂羅多曰。世尊在日。世界平正無有堆阜江河溝洫。水皆甘美草木滋茂國土豐盈。人無八苦而行十善。及乎雙林示滅。今將欲千年。而世界丘墟樹木枯悴。人寡至信正念輕微。不務妙悟但樂神力。然我自不為。為亦何難。即展右手入地至于金剛輪際取甘露水。以瑠璃器持至會中分諸大眾。然飲者其心益寧。於是眾皆推伏作禮悔過。大士後乃命之曰。吾今老矣。非久處世。如來之大法眼用付於汝。聽吾偈曰。 > Having spoken the gāthā, he bowed again and resolutely sought to be ordained. The Mahāsattva said: 'Your mind is self-mastered and not bound to my place; why must you rely on anything to seek liberation?' The Mahāsattva then raised his golden bowl with his right hand up to the Brahmā heaven, fetched heavenly fragrant rice, and told the assembly to eat it together. But the assembly suddenly felt aversion and disgust, and none were able to partake of it. The Mahāsattva said: 'That you decline and cannot eat is not due to my stinginess; it is your karma taking its natural course.' He then directed Nandi to share his seat and eat together with him. The assembly doubted this again, suspecting that master and disciple were confounded without distinction of status. The Mahāsattva, knowing this, said: 'That you could not eat was entirely due to this. He who now shares my seat is none other than the Tathāgata Sālarāja of the past. Responding to beings, he descended in bodily trace and will become the seventeenth patriarchal master. In the Glorious Kalpa, you also once reached toward the three fruitions, but you have not yet achieved pure taintlessness. Although you have just drawn close to me, how could you have greatly perceived your nature? It is truly fitting that you single-mindedly take refuge in this Benevolent One. Furthermore, after my extinction, he will be the leader of the great assembly. Another master will appear, named Gayāśata, which you should also know.' The assembly said, 'We dare not disbelieve the Great Master's spiritual power, but we still harbor some doubt regarding his claim that he was a past Buddha.' Because the minds of the assembly were not yet subdued toward him, Nandi said to Rāhulata: 'When the World-Honoured One was in the world, the earth was flat and even, free from mounds and hills, rivers and trenches; the waters were all sweet and delicious, the vegetation lush, and the lands abundant; people were without the eight sufferings and practiced the ten virtues. Since he manifested extinction in the Twin Trees, nearly a thousand years have now passed; the world has become ruins, the trees withered, people have little utmost faith, and their right mindfulness is slight and weak; they do not apply themselves to wonderful awakening, but only delight in spiritual powers. Although I do not personally do such things, what difficulty would there be in doing so?' He immediately extended his right hand into the earth down to the vajra-wheel boundary, took amṛta water, and, holding it in a lapis lazuli vessel, brought it into the assembly to distribute to everyone. Those who drank it felt their minds become ever more tranquil. Thereupon the assembly all submitted in deferential admiration, made prostrations, and repented their faults. The Mahāsattva later instructed him, saying: 'I am now old and shall not remain long in the world. The great Dharma-eye of the Tathāgata is now entrusted to you. Listen to my gāthā:' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.33) - [Next: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.35) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.3.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.34) · Pramāṇa