諸經要集 19.56

19.56

又淨飯王泥洹經云。白淨王在舍夷國。病篤將終。思見世尊及難陀等。世尊在王舍城耆闍崛山中。去此懸遠五十由旬。世尊在靈鷲山。天耳遙聞父思憶聲。即共阿難等乘空而至。以手摩王額上。慰勞王已。為王說摩訶波羅本生經。王聞得阿那含果。王捉佛手捧置心上。佛又說法。得阿羅漢果。無常對至。命盡氣絕。忽就後世。至闍維時。佛共難陀等喪頭前肅恭而立。阿難羅雲在喪足後。阿難陀長跪白佛言。唯願聽我擔伯父棺。羅雲復言。唯願聽我擔祖王棺。世尊慰言。當來世人。皆凶暴不報父母育養之恩。為是不孝眾生。設其化法。故如來躬欲擔於父王之棺。即時三千大千世界六種震動。一切眾山頗俄涌沒。如水上船。爾時一切諸天龍神。皆來赴喪。舉聲啼哭。四天王將鬼神億百千眾。皆共輿喪。白佛言。佛為當來諸不孝父母者故。以大慈悲親欲自身擔父王棺。四王俱白佛言。我等是佛弟子。從佛聞法。得須陀洹。以是之故。我曹宜擔父王之棺。佛聽四王擔父王棺。即變為人一切人民莫不啼泣。世尊躬自手執香鑪。在前行詣於墓所。令千羅漢往大海渚上。取牛頭旃檀種種香木。以火焚之。佛言。苦空無常。猶如幻化水月鏡像。燒身既竟。爾時諸王各持五百瓶乳。以用滅火。滅火之後。競共收骨。盛置金剛函。即於其上便共起塔。懸繒幡蓋供養塔廟。佛告眾會。父王淨飯是清淨人。生淨居天。

Furthermore, the Sūtra on King Śuddhodana's Nirvāṇa states: King Śuddhodana was in the country of Kapilavastu. Critically ill and nearing his end, he longed to see the Bhagavat, Nanda, and the others. The Bhagavat was in the city of Rājagṛha on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa, fifty yojanas away from there. On Vulture Peak, the Bhagavat heard with the divine ear from afar the sound of his father's longing thoughts, and immediately together with Ānanda and others arrived by flying through the air. Stroking the king's forehead with his hand, having comforted the king, he preached for him the Mahāpāla Jātaka. Hearing it, the king attained the fruit of anāgāmin. The king took the Buddha's hand and held it against his heart. The Buddha again preached the Dharma, and he attained the fruit of arhat. Impermanence having arrived, his life ended, his breath ceased, and he suddenly passed to the next world. When it came time for the cremation (jhāpita), the Buddha together with Nanda and others stood respectfully at the head of the bier. Ānanda and Rāhula stood behind the feet of the bier. Ānandada knelt upright and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'We only pray that you will permit me to carry my uncle's coffin.' Rāhula also said: 'We only pray that you will permit me to carry my royal grandfather's coffin.' The Bhagavat comforted them, saying: 'People of future generations will all be fierce and cruel, failing to repay the kindness of their parents' upbringing. For the sake of these unfilial sentient beings, I establish a method of transformation; therefore, the Tathāgata personally wishes to carry the coffin of his royal father.' At that moment, the trichiliocosm quaked in six ways, and all the mountains rose and sank as though ships on water. At that time, all the devas, dragons, and spirits all came to attend the funeral, raising their voices in weeping. The Four Heavenly Kings, leading hundreds of thousands of millions of ghosts and spirits, all came to bear the bier. They addressed the Buddha, saying: 'For the sake of all who in future generations are unfilial to their parents, the Buddha with great compassion personally wishes to carry the coffin of his royal father. The Four Heavenly Kings all addressed the Buddha, saying: "We are disciples of the Buddha; hearing the Dharma from the Buddha, we attained srotāpanna. For this reason, it is fitting that we carry the coffin of the royal father."' The Buddha permitted the Four Kings to carry his royal father's coffin. They immediately transformed into human beings, and among all the people none did not weep. The Bhagavat personally held an incense burner in his own hand, walking ahead to proceed to the cemetery. He ordered a thousand arhats to go to the islands of the great ocean to fetch gośīrṣa-candana and various kinds of fragrant wood to burn him with fire. The Buddha said: 'Suffering, emptiness, and impermanence are just like an illusion, the moon in the water, or an image in a mirror.' When the burning of the body was completed, at that time the kings each held five hundred vases of milk to extinguish the fire. After extinguishing the fire, they vied with one another to collect the bones, placed them in a vajra casket, and immediately built a stūpa over them, hanging silk banners and canopies to make offerings to the stūpa and temple. The Buddha told the great assembly: 'My royal father Śuddhodana was a pure man; he is born in the Śuddhāvāsa heaven.'