法苑珠林 11.17

11.17

如四分律云。時菩薩即向阿藍迦藍所。學不用處定。精進不久得證此法。時菩薩捨之而去。後往欝頭藍子處。學有想無想定。精進不久得證此法。菩薩思惟。此兩處定非涅槃非永寂休處。不樂此法。便捨二人而去更求勝法。時菩薩更求勝法者。即無上休息法也。時有五人追逐菩薩。念言。若菩薩成道。當與我等說法。

As the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya states: Then the Bodhisattva went to Ārāḍa Kālāma and studied the concentration of the sphere of nothingness. Striving with diligence, he soon realised this dharma. The Bodhisattva then left him and went on. Later he went to Udraka Rāmaputra and studied the concentration of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. Striving with diligence, he soon realised this dharma. The Bodhisattva contemplated: "The concentrations of these two places are not nirvāṇa, nor are they the place of eternal stillness and cessation." Finding no delight in this dharma, he abandoned the two men, departed, and sought an even superior dharma. That superior dharma which the Bodhisattva sought was the unexcelled dharma of rest. At that time, five men followed the Bodhisattva, thinking: "If the Bodhisattva attains the Way, he will expound the Dharma for us."