[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 12.23 # 法苑珠林 12.23 法苑珠林 12.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.23) 依智度論云。長老大迦葉。於耆闍崛山集三藏。可度眾生竟隨佛入般涅槃。清朝持鉢入王舍城。乞食已上耆闍崛山語諸弟子。我今日入無餘涅槃。一切諸人聞是語已。皆大愁憂。迦葉晡時從禪定起入眾中坐。讚說無常苦空無我。如是種種說法已。從佛所得僧伽梨。持衣鉢提杖。如金翅鳥現昇虛空作十八變。於耆闍山頭與衣鉢俱。作是願言。今我身不壞。彌勒成佛時我是骨身還出。直入山頭石中如入軟泥。入以山還合。後人壽八萬四千歲。身長八十尺。彌勒佛身長一百六十尺。佛面二十四尺。圓光十里。是時眾生聞佛出世。無量人等隨佛出家。又大悲經云。是迦葉以本願力所加持故住虛空中。現種種神通變化已。以己身火闍維其身。闍維身已。灰炭不現。又薩婆多論云。舍利弗目連。以不忍見佛泥洹。便先泥洹。以先泥洹故。七萬阿羅漢同時泥洹。當於爾時四輩弟子莫不荒亂。於時如來以神通力。化作二大弟子在佛左右。以此緣故。眾生歡喜。憂惱即除佛為說法。各得利益。 > According to the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra: The Elder Mahākāśyapa collected the Tripiṭaka on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa. Having finished crossing over the sentient beings who could be saved, he followed the Buddha in entering parinirvāṇa. In the clear morning, holding his bowl, he entered the city of Rājagṛha. Having finished begging for food, he ascended Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa and said to his disciples: "Today I enter nirvāṇa without remainder." Having heard these words, all the people were filled with great sorrow. In the late afternoon, Kāśyapa arose from meditative absorption, sat among the assembly, and praised and explained impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and non-self. Having preached the Dharma in such varied ways, he took the saṅghāṭī he had received from the Buddha, held his robes and bowl, grasped his staff, and, like a garuḍa, appeared in the sky and performed the eighteen transformations. At the summit of Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa, together with his robes and bowl, he made this vow: "May my body now not decay. When Maitreya becomes a Buddha, this skeleton body of mine shall come out again." He entered directly into the stone at the summit of the mountain as if entering soft mud; having entered, the mountain closed back up. Later, when the human lifespan is eighty-four thousand years and human height is eighty feet, the Buddha Maitreya's body will be one hundred and sixty feet tall, the Buddha's face will be twenty-four feet, and his round halo will extend ten li. At that time, when sentient beings hear that a Buddha has appeared in the world, immeasurable people will follow the Buddha and renounce the household. Furthermore, the Mahākaruṇā Sūtra says: This Kāśyapa, sustained by the power of his original vow, stood in the empty sky; having manifested various supernormal transformations, he cremated his body with his own bodily fire. After his body was cremated, no ashes or charcoal appeared. Furthermore, the Sarvāstivāda-vibhāṣā says: Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, unable to bear seeing the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, entered parinirvāṇa first. Because they entered parinirvāṇa first, seventy thousand arhats entered parinirvāṇa at the same time. At that time, none among the fourfold assembly of disciples was not thrown into panic and confusion. Thereupon, the Tathāgata, by means of supernormal power, transformed into two great disciples to his right and left. Because of this circumstance, sentient beings were delighted, their grief and distress were immediately dispelled, and the Buddha preached the Dharma for them, each obtaining benefit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.22) - [Next: 12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.24) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.12.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.15) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.23) · Pramāṇa