諸經要集 19.58

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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。取旃檀薪至曠野之間。佛躬自舉床一脚。難陀舉一脚。羅雲舉一脚。阿難舉一脚。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。爾時人民即取舍利。各起塔供養。

Furthermore, the Ekottarika-āgama says: The Buddha addressed Ānanda and Rāhula, "You should carry 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 only pray that you will not exhaust yourself. We ourselves shall make the offerings." The Buddha said, "Stop, stop! Why is this? Parents bring great benefit in giving birth to children; their kindness in nurturing is weighty, suckling and cradling them in their laps. One must repay their kindness; it cannot be left unrepaid. When the mothers of all the Buddhas of the past and future enter extinction first, all the Buddhas personally make offerings and cremate their relics." At that time, the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa sent various ghosts and spirits to the sandalwood forest to gather sandalwood firewood and bring it to the wilderness. The Buddha personally lifted one leg of the bier, Nanda lifted one leg, Rāhula lifted one leg, and Ānanda lifted one leg. Flying into the air, they went to the cemetery. At that time, the Buddha personally took sandalwood and laid it upon the body of Mahāprajāpatī. The Buddha said, "There are four kinds of persons for whom stūpas ought to be erected and offerings made: first, a Buddha; second, a pratyekabuddha; third, an arhat who has exhausted all out-flows; fourth, a wheel-turning sage king. All of them transform beings by means of the ten good deeds." Thereupon, the people took the relics, and each erected a stūpa to make offerings.