法苑珠林 46.58

46.58

又中阿含經云。爾時有一異學。是尊者薄拘羅未出家時。親善朋友。往詣薄拘羅所請問其義。薄拘羅因為說之。我於此正法律中學道以來八十年。未曾起欲想。我持糞掃衣來已八十年。亦無起貢高想。亦未曾憶受居士衣。未曾割截作衣。未曾倩他比丘作衣。未曾用針縫衣。未曾持針線囊乃至一縷。我乞食來已八十年。亦無起貢高想。亦未曾受居士請。亦未曾超越乞食。未曾從大家乞食於中當得淨好極妙豐饒食噉含消。未曾視女人面。未曾入比丘尼房中。未曾憶與比丘尼共相問訊。乃至道路亦不共語。未曾畜沙彌。未曾憶為白衣說法。乃至四句偈。未曾有病乃至彈指頃頭痛者。未曾憶服藥乃至一片訶梨勒。我結跏趺坐於八十年。未曾倚壁倚樹。我於三日夜中得三達證。我結跏趺坐而般涅槃。是謂尊者薄拘羅未曾有法。

Furthermore, the Madhyamāgama says: At that time there was a non-Buddhist who was a close friend of Venerable Bakkula before he left the household life. He went to Venerable Bakkula's place and asked about its meaning, and Bakkula explained it to him: 'In the eighty years since I studied the path within this correct Dharma and Vinaya, I have never given rise to thoughts of desire. In the eighty years since I took up robes made of rags from the dust heap, I have also never given rise to thoughts of arrogance; nor have I ever remembered receiving robes from householders; nor have I ever cut cloth to make robes; nor have I ever asked another bhikṣu to make robes; nor have I ever used a needle to sew robes; nor have I ever held a bag with needle and thread, down to a single strand of thread. In the eighty years since I went begging for food, I have also never given rise to thoughts of arrogance; nor have I ever accepted an invitation from a householder; nor have I ever skipped houses when begging for food; nor have I ever begged food from great families, seeking to obtain pure, fine, extremely wonderful, and abundant food to chew and digest therein; nor have I ever looked upon the face of a woman; nor have I ever entered the room of a bhikṣuṇī; nor have I ever remembered exchanging greetings with a bhikṣuṇī, down to not speaking with one even along the road; nor have I ever kept a novice (śrāmaṇera); nor have I ever remembered expounding the Dharma for laypeople, down to a four-line verse; nor have I ever had an illness, down to a headache lasting the space of a finger-snap; nor have I ever remembered taking medicine, down to a single piece of harītakī. For eighty years as I sat cross-legged, I never leaned against a wall or leaned against a tree. Within three days and nights, I attained the realization of the three knowledges. I shall enter parinirvāṇa while sitting cross-legged.' These are called the unprecedented dharmas of Venerable Bakkula.