三寶感應要略錄 1.13

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即以書報影勝曰。我賴仁恩見真諦。欲見苾芻。令來至此。影勝讀書白佛。佛觀知迦多演那。於彼有緣。便命遣之受教。時五百苾芻。往勝音城。時影勝報仙道曰。承悟緣生得初果。欲相見苾芻。佛言。五百苾芻。遠起祈請。仁自來迎。造一大寺。營五百房。得福無量。仙道讀書已如言。尊者隨機說法。或得羅漢。乃至發趣大乘。時宮內女人請尊者。不許入女人中說法。有比丘尼。為彼可說法。仙道作書報影勝。影勝白佛。遣世羅等五百尼。受教往為說法。時月光夫人。命終生天上。來下驚覺大王。王悲喜作是念。我可立頂髻太子為王。而我出家。以狀告二大臣。臣聞已流淚。命頂髻以告之。太子悲泣。王鳴鼓宣鈴。普告國人。時荷恩啼泣。多出財寶。廣設無遮會。王將一侍者。徒步而去。向王舍城。太子國人。皆隨後送前而歸。其王漸去。至王舍城。在一園中告影勝。聞已修治道路。引四兵至仙道王所。共相慰問。乘一馬入城問由來。答於世尊所。欲求出家。即共詣佛所。佛言善來。髻髮自落。如百歲苾芻。影勝禮佛而出。仙道苾芻。依眾而好之耳（取意略出）。

He immediately reported to Bimbisāra in a letter, saying, "Relying on your grace, I have seen the true reality. I wish to see bhikṣus; please have them come here." Bimbisāra read the letter and informed the Buddha. The Buddha, looking and knowing that Kātyāyana had an affinity with that place, thereupon commanded him to go and instruct them. At that time, five hundred bhikṣus went to the city of Roruka. At that time, Bimbisāra replied to Rudrāyaṇa, saying, "Hearing that you have realized conditioned arising and attained the first fruit, you wish to meet bhikṣus. The Buddha said: 'The five hundred bhikṣus have arisen from afar at your prayer and petition; you should go in person to welcome them, build a great monastery, and construct five hundred rooms, thereby obtaining immeasurable merit.'" When Rudrāyaṇa had read the letter, he acted according to these words. The venerable one preached the Dharma according to their capacities, and some attained arhatship or even resolved to aspire to the Great Vehicle. At that time, the women in the palace invited the venerable one, but he was not permitted to enter among women to preach the Dharma. There being a nun, she could preach the Dharma to them. Rudrāyaṇa wrote a letter informing Bimbisāra, and Bimbisāra informed the Buddha. [The Buddha] dispatched Śailā and other five hundred nuns to receive his instruction and go preach the Dharma to them. At that time, Queen Candraprabhā (Yueguang) died and was born in the heavens; she came down to awaken the great king. With mingled grief and joy, the king had this thought: "I should install Crown Prince Śikhī as king, and I shall leave the household life." He informed the two ministers of this state of affairs. When the ministers heard it, their tears flowed. They summoned Śikhī to tell him, and the crown prince wept with sorrow. The king beat drums and rang bells to proclaim it universally to the people of the country. At that time, grateful for his kindness, they wept and cried out, as he gave away much wealth and treasures and broadly held an unrestricted assembly. Taking a single attendant, the king set out on foot toward the city of Rājagṛha. The crown prince and the people of the realm all followed behind, escorting him a distance before returning. The king went on gradually and arrived at the city of Rājagṛha. Resting in a park, he informed Bimbisāra. When [Bimbisāra] heard it, he repaired the roads and led the fourfold army to where King Rudrāyaṇa was. They comforted each other, rode a single horse into the city, and asked the reason for his coming. [Rudrāyaṇa] replied, "I wish to seek to leave the household life in the presence of the World-Honoured One." They then went together to the Buddha's place. The Buddha said, "Welcome!" and his topknot and hair fell off of their own accord, [leaving him] like a hundred-year-old bhikṣu. Bimbisāra bowed to the Buddha and departed. The bhikṣu Rudrāyaṇa relied on the assembly and excelled among them. (Abridged to extract the essential meaning.)