經律異相 17.12

17.12

差摩比丘身得重病。受大苦痛。陀娑比丘為瞻病者。時諸上座令陀娑比丘。為病者說五受陰法。往反至再。差摩比丘語陀娑比丘。何煩令汝驅馳往反。汝取杖來我自扶杖。詣彼上座。彼上座遙見差摩扶杖而來。自為敷座命令就坐。更為具說往古談論。差摩比丘即便說法。時彼上座。遠塵離垢得法眼淨。差摩比丘不起諸漏。心得解脫（出差摩比丘喻重病經）。

The bhikṣu Kṣema fell gravely ill and suffered great pain. The bhikṣu Dāsa was his caregiver. At that time, the elders told the bhikṣu Dāsa to speak to the sick monk on the Dharma of the five aggregates of clinging. He went back and forth twice. The bhikṣu Kṣema said to the bhikṣu Dāsa: 'Why trouble yourself to rush back and forth? Bring a staff; I will support myself with the staff and go to those elders.' When those elders saw Kṣema coming from afar supported by a staff, they spread a seat for him and told him to sit, and further recounted ancient discourses in detail. The bhikṣu Kṣema then preached the Dharma. Thereupon those elders were freed from defilements and parted from dust, attaining the pure Dharma eye; and for the bhikṣu Kṣema, the defilements no longer arose, and his mind attained liberation. (Extracted from the *Sūtra on the Bhikṣu Kṣema's Parable of Grave Illness*)