法苑珠林 35.42

35.42

爾時世尊又告大眾。我初成道時欲入河洗。爾時河神現身手執此寶塔。內有黃金函。盛一安陀會。并一尼師檀。及有一鉢袋。迦葉佛四牙並在函中。此是迦葉佛付我令付世尊今澡浴竟。請披安陀會。我即受著。地為六種震動。而安陀會四角放光照千百億國土。十方諸梵王尋光來至我所前白我言。此白㲲五條是拘留孫佛衣。佛涅槃已展轉相付。乃至婁至佛。釋迦佛涅槃後付囑娑竭龍王。令依此法衣造八萬領。仍造塔供養鎮後遺法。而此安陀會四角及條節頭。皆安萬字。此衣賢劫中最初而造而此寶塔形同五寸。而世尊開塔現真珠樓觀。其數八萬。盛拘留孫佛所說遺教。又有彼佛三比丘坐禪。佛命文殊。汝取我法螺至。彼比丘所吹佛興世曲。文殊依命吹螺。入定比丘即起。問文殊師利。今有何佛出世。文殊答言。此賢劫中第四釋迦佛出世。彼三比丘俱來禮佛在一面住。即白佛言。拘留孫佛般涅槃時。付我安陀會尼師檀及鉢袋。令我住此塔中。乃至婁至佛。令我始入涅槃。迦葉佛又付我四牙。牟尼佛施我少爪髮。並置塔中。世尊涅槃後從塔中出於此閻浮提乃至大千界。處處流布衣塔鎮後遺法也。

At that time the World-Honoured One further addressed the great assembly: "When I first attained the Way, I wished to enter a river to bathe. At that time, the river deity manifested a body, holding in his hands this jewelled stūpa. Inside it was a golden casket containing an antarvāsas, a niṣīdana, and a bowl-bag, and the four canine teeth of Kāśyapa Buddha were all inside the casket. [The deity said,] 'These were entrusted to me by Kāśyapa Buddha, who bade me give them to the World-Honoured One. Now that your bath is finished, please put on this antarvāsas.' I immediately received and put it on, and the earth shook in six ways, while the four corners of the antarvāsas emitted light illuminating hundreds of thousands of koṭīs of lands. The Brahmā kings of the ten directions followed the light and came before me, addressing me saying, 'This five-strip robe of white cotton is the robe of Krakucchanda Buddha. After that Buddha's parinirvāṇa it was transmitted down in turn until it reached Rocana Buddha. After Śākyamuni Buddha enters parinirvāṇa, entrust it to the dragon king Sāgara, commanding him to make eighty thousand robes based on this Dharma robe and further erect stūpas to make offerings to maintain the bequeathed Dharma thereafter. On the four corners and the joints of the strips of this antarvāsas, svastikas are placed everywhere. This robe was the very first made in the Bhadrakalpa.' This jewelled stūpa was five inches in shape. Then the World-Honoured One opened the stūpa and revealed pearl multistoried pavilions, numbering eighty thousand, which stored the bequeathed teachings spoken by Krakucchanda Buddha. There were also three monks of that Buddha sitting in meditation. The Buddha bade Mañjuśrī: 'Take my Dharma conch, go to where those monks are, and blow the melody of the Buddha's arising in the world.' Mañjuśrī blew the conch as bidden. The monks in concentration immediately arose and asked Mañjuśrī, 'Which Buddha has now appeared in the world?' Mañjuśrī answered, 'The fourth Buddha of this Bhadrakalpa, Śākyamuni Buddha, has appeared in the world.' Those three monks all came to pay homage to the Buddha and stood to one side, saying to the Buddha: 'When Krakucchanda Buddha entered parinirvāṇa, he entrusted to us the antarvāsas, the niṣīdana, and the bowl-bag, instructing us to dwell in this stūpa until Rocana Buddha, when we would first enter nirvāṇa. Kāśyapa Buddha also entrusted to us his four canine teeth, and Śākyamuni Buddha has bestowed on us a small amount of his nails and hair, all placed within the stūpa. After the World-Honoured One enters nirvāṇa, we shall emerge from the stūpa into this Jambudvīpa and even the trichiliocosm, everywhere propagating the robes and stūpa to maintain the bequeathed Dharma thereafter.'"