經律異相 17.18

17.18

朱梨槃特兄曰。汝若不能持戒還作白衣。槃特詣祇洹門泣淚。佛告之曰。汝何故悲。以兄言答。佛言。勿怖。我成無上士正覺。不由汝兄。手牽槃特。詣靜室教執掃篲令誦。槃特誦掃忘篲誦篲忘掃。乃經數日掃篲復名除垢。槃特思念。灰土瓦石若除即清淨也。結縛是垢。智慧能除。我今以智慧篲掃。除諸結結縛（出增一阿含經第一卷）。

Cūḍapanthaka's elder brother said, "If you cannot keep the precepts, return to being a layman." Panthaka went to the gate of Jetavana weeping. The Buddha said to him, "Why are you grieving?" He replied with his brother's words. The Buddha said, "Do not be afraid. My attainment of unexcelled, fully enlightened Buddhahood did not depend on your brother." Taking Panthaka by the hand, he led him to a quiet room, taught him to hold a broom, and had him recite. Panthaka chanted "sweep" and forgot "broom"; he chanted "broom" and forgot "sweep". Only after several days [did he grasp it; then the Buddha taught that] "sweeping with a broom" is also called "removing defilement". Panthaka contemplated: "When ashes, dirt, tiles, and stones are removed, there is purity. Fetters are defilements; wisdom can remove them. I now, using the broom of wisdom, sweep away and remove all fetters." (From the first fascicle of the Ekottarika-āgama.)