法苑珠林 12.52

12.52

大迦葉言。汝有此六種突吉羅罪。盡應僧中悔過。阿難言諾。隨長老大迦葉及僧所教。是時阿難長跪合掌。偏袒右肩脫革屣。作六種突吉羅罪懺悔。大迦葉於僧中手牽阿難出。語阿難言。斷汝漏盡然後來入。殘結未盡汝勿來也。如是語竟。便自閉門。爾時諸阿羅漢議言。誰能結集毘尼法藏者。長老阿泥盧豆言。舍利弗是第二佛。有好弟子。字憍梵波提（秦言牛呞）柔軟和雅。常處閑居。住心寂宴。能知毘尼法藏。今在天上尸利沙樹園中住。遣使請來。大迦葉語下座比丘。汝次應僧使。下座比丘歡喜踊躍。受僧勅命白大迦葉言。我到彼所陳說何事。大迦葉言。汝到彼已語憍梵波提。大迦葉等漏盡阿羅漢。皆會閻浮提僧有大法事。汝可疾來。是下座比丘頭面禮僧足。右繞三匝。如金翅鳥飛騰虛空。往到憍梵波提所。頭面作禮。語憍梵波提前迦葉教。是時憍梵波提心覺生疑。語是比丘言。僧將無鬪諍喚我耶。無有破僧者不。佛日滅度耶。是比丘言。佛已滅度。憍梵波提言。佛滅度太疾。世間眼滅。逐佛轉法輪將。我和上舍利弗。今在何所。答曰。先入涅槃。憍梵波提言。大師法將各自別離。當可奈何。摩訶目伽連子今在何所。是比丘言。此亦滅度。憍梵波提言。佛法欲散。眾生可憐。大人過去。如是次第問諸羅漢。憍梵波提言。我失離欲大師皆已滅度。我不復能下閻浮提。住此般涅槃。說是言已。作十八變自心出火燒身。身中出水。四道流下至大迦葉所。水中有聲。說此偈言。

Mahākāśyapa said: "You have these six duṣkṛta offenses; you must confess every one before the Saṃgha." Ānanda said: "Yes, I shall comply with the instruction of the Elder Mahākāśyapa and the Saṃgha." Thereupon, Ānanda knelt long with joined palms, bared his right shoulder, removed his leather shoes, and performed deśanā for the six duṣkṛta offenses. Mahākāśyapa, within the Saṃgha, took Ānanda by the hand and led him out, saying to Ānanda: "Completely cut off your defilements, and only then return and enter. So long as residual fetters remain unsevered, you must not come!" Having spoken thus, he closed the door. At that time, the arhats conferred together, saying: "Who is capable of reciting and compiling the Vinaya-piṭaka?" The Elder Aniruddha said: "Śāriputra was the second Buddha, and he had an excellent disciple named Gavāmpati (in the language of Qin, 'cow-rumination'), who is gentle, harmonious, and refined. Constantly abiding in seclusion, his mind rests in calm tranquility; he knows the Vinaya-piṭaka. Currently he resides in the heavenly realm, dwelling in the Grove of the Śirīṣa Trees. Send an envoy to invite him to come." Mahākāśyapa said to a junior bhikṣu: "It is your turn to serve as the Saṃgha's envoy." The junior bhikṣu was overjoyed; receiving the Saṃgha's command, he said to Mahākāśyapa: "When I arrive there, what matter should I declare?" Mahākāśyapa said: "When you arrive there, tell Gavāmpati: 'Mahākāśyapa and the other defilement-free arhats have all assembled in Jambudvīpa; the Saṃgha has a great matter of the Dharma. You should come swiftly.'" This junior bhikṣu bowed his head to the feet of the Saṃgha, circumambulated them three times to the right, and like a garuḍa soared into the sky. Arriving at Gavāmpati's dwelling, he bowed his head and made obeisance, then related Mahākāśyapa's previous instruction to Gavāmpati. At that time Gavāmpati felt doubt in his mind and said to this bhikṣu: "Is the Saṃgha summoning me over some dispute? Has there been no schism in the Saṃgha? Has the sun of the Buddha passed into extinction?" The bhikṣu said: "The Buddha has already passed into extinction." Gavāmpati said: "The Buddha's extinction came too swiftly; the eye of the world is extinguished! Where now is our preceptor Śāriputra, the general who followed the Buddha in turning the wheel of the Dharma?" He replied: "He entered nirvāṇa beforehand." Gavāmpati said: "The great teacher and the Dharma-general have each departed; what is to be done? Where is Mahāmaudgalyāyana now?" The bhikṣu said: "He too has passed into extinction." Gavāmpati said: "The Buddha's Dharma is on the verge of scattering; sentient beings are pitiable! The great personages have passed away." In this manner, he inquired one by one about all the arhats. Gavāmpati said: "I have lost the great masters free from desire, who have all already passed into extinction. I can no longer descend to Jambudvīpa; I shall abide here and enter parinirvāṇa." Having spoken these words, he manifested eighteen transformations, and from his own heart emitted fire that burned his body. From his body issued water, which flowed down in four streams to Mahākāśyapa's dwelling. Within the water was a voice reciting this verse: