傳法正宗記 3.60

3.60

大士復謂眾曰。此頭陀者。非汝輩所並。彼於往劫修常不輕行而致然也。適吾抑之。蓋以其趣道心切。恐其如絃甚急必絕。故吾不即讚之。欲其趣無所得住安樂地。尋謂槃頭曰。吾言相逆。汝得不動心乎。槃頭曰。何敢動乎。我念前之七世生安樂國。以務道故嘗事智者月淨。而其人謂我曰。汝非久當證斯陀含果。宜勤精進。夫修行譬若昇天。必慕漸上不可退之。苟有所墮而復上益難。其時我年已八十。扶杖不能履。適會大光明菩薩出世。我欲禮之乃詣其精舍。事已而月淨俄來相責曰。咄哉。汝何輕父而重子。吾昨視汝將得證果。今已失之。我時自以無咎不伏其語。即問月淨示其所過。月淨曰。汝適禮大光。安得以杖倚畫佛之面。汝以坐此故退果位。我熟思之。實如其言。此後凡有所聞。不復不信。縱彼惡語猶風度耳。況今尊者以正法見教。豈宜悔吝。大士尋命之曰。如來大法眼藏今以付汝。汝宜傳布勿令其絕。聽吾偈曰。

The Mahāsattva further said to the assembly: 'This dhūta is not one to whom your peers can be compared. He reached this through cultivating the practice of Sadāparibhūta in past kalpas. Just now I suppressed him because his mind seeking the Way was overly fervent; fearing that like a string drawn too taut it would inevitably snap, I did not immediately praise him, wishing for him to proceed to the state of having nothing to attain and abide in the ground of peace and bliss.' He soon said to Bandhu: 'My words opposed you; did your mind remain unmoved?' Bandhu said: 'How would I dare be moved? I recall that seven lifetimes ago I was born in the Land of Peace and Bliss; because of devoting myself to the Way, I once served the wise man Candravimala. That man said to me: "Before long you will realize the fruit of the sakṛdāgāmin; you should be diligent and vigorous. Cultivation is like ascending to heaven: one must aspire to rise gradually and not regress. If one falls, to ascend again is even more difficult." At that time I was already eighty years old, leaning on a staff and unable to walk. It happened that Bodhisattva Mahāprabhā appeared in the world; wishing to pay homage to him, I went to his vihāra. When I had finished, Candravimala suddenly came and rebuked me, saying: "Outrageous! Why do you belittle the father and honor the son? Yesterday I saw that you were about to realize the fruit, but now you have lost it." At that time, thinking myself blameless, I did not accept his words, and immediately asked Candravimala to show where my fault lay. Candravimala said: "When you just paid homage to Mahāprabhā, how could you lean your staff against the face of a painted Buddha? Because of this, you regressed from the stage of the fruit." I considered it carefully, and it was truly as he said. After that, whatever I heard, I never doubted again. Even harsh words were like the wind passing by my ears; how much more so when the Venerable One instructs me with the True Dharma—how could I feel remorse or resentment?' The Mahāsattva soon instructed him, saying: 'The Tathāgata’s Great Dharma-Eye Treasury is now entrusted to you. You should propagate it and not allow it to be cut off. Listen to my verse:'