法苑珠林 97.27

97.27

又增一阿含經云。佛告阿難陀羅雲。汝等輿大愛道身。我當親自供養。爾時釋提桓因四天王等。前白佛言。唯願勿自勞神。我等自當供養。佛言。止止。所以然者。父母生子多有所益。長養恩重乳哺懷抱。要當報恩不得不報。過去未來諸佛母。先取滅度。諸佛皆自供養闍維舍利也。時毘沙門天王使諸鬼神往栴檀林取栴檀薪。至曠野之間。佛躬自轝床一脚。阿難輿一脚。飛在虛空。往至塚間。爾時佛自取栴檀木著大愛道身上。佛言。有四人應起塔供養。一者佛。二者辟支佛。三者漏盡阿羅漢。四者轉輪聖王。皆以十善化物故。爾時人民即取舍利。各起塔供養。依雜阿含經。愛道姨母。即是難陀親母也。

Furthermore, the Ekottarika-āgama says: The Buddha told Ānanda and Rāhula, "Lift the body of Mahāprajāpatī; I shall personally make offerings." At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra, the Four Heavenly Kings, and others came forward and addressed the Buddha, saying: "We pray only that you do not exhaust your spirit; we ourselves will naturally make offerings." The Buddha said: "Cease, cease! Why is that? Parents give birth to children and benefit them greatly; the kindness of raising them is profound, suckling them and holding them in their bosoms. One definitely must repay this kindness; it cannot be left unpaid. The mothers of all the buddhas of the past and future took extinction first, and all buddhas personally made offerings and cremated their relics." At that time, Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa sent various spirits to go to the candana forest to take candana firewood and bring it to the wilderness. The Buddha personally carried one leg of the bier-couch and Ānanda carried one leg, flying through the sky and proceeding to the graveyard. At that time, the Buddha personally took the candana wood and placed it upon Mahāprajāpatī's body. The Buddha said: "There are four persons for whom a stūpa should be erected and offerings made: first, a buddha; second, a pratyekabuddha; third, an arhat whose outflows are exhausted; fourth, a wheel-turning sage king; all because they transform sentient beings through the ten virtues." At that time, the people took the relics and each erected a stūpa to make offerings. According to the Saṃyuktāgama, the maternal aunt Prajāpatī was the biological mother of Nanda.