諸經要集 7.11

7.11

佛告女言。阿難無髮。汝今有髮。汝能剃髮。我使阿難為汝作夫。女言。能剃。佛言。歸報汝母剃頭竟來。女歸具白母知。母言。我生汝護汝頭髮。何為欲得沙門作夫。國中大有豪富。我自嫁汝。女言。我寧生死為阿難作婦。母言。汝辱我種。母為下刀剃頭已。女還到佛所言。我已剃髮。佛言。汝愛阿難何等。女言。我愛阿難眼。愛阿難鼻。愛阿難口。愛阿難耳。愛阿難聲。愛阿難行步。佛言。眼中但有淚。鼻中但有洟。口中但有唾。耳中但有垢。身中但有屎尿臭處不淨。其有夫妻者。便有惡露。惡露中便生兒子。已有兒子便有死亡。已有死亡便有哭泣。於是身中有何所益。女即思念身中惡露。便自止心。即得羅漢。佛知得道。即告女言。汝起至阿難所。女即慚愧低頭長跪佛前言。實愚癡故逐阿難耳。今我心開。如冥中有燈火。如人乘船船壞依岸。如盲人得扶。如老人持杖。今佛與我道。令我心開如是。諸比丘俱問佛。是女人何因得道。佛告諸比丘。是摩鄧女。先世時五百世。為阿難作婦。常相愛敬故。於我法中得道。於今夫妻相見如兄如弟。如是佛道何用不為。佛說是經。諸比丘聞已。皆大歡喜。

The Buddha told the woman, 'Ānanda has no hair; you now have hair. If you can shave your hair, I will make Ānanda your husband.' The woman said, 'I can shave it.' The Buddha said, 'Go back, report to your mother, and return after shaving your head.' The woman returned and told her mother in full. The mother said, 'I gave birth to you and protected your hair; why do you wish to have a śramaṇa as a husband? There are many wealthy and noble men in the country; I will marry you off myself.' The woman said, 'I would rather live and die as Ānanda's wife.' The mother said, 'You bring shame upon my lineage.' The mother applied the blade for her and shaved her head; the woman returned to the Buddha's place and said, 'I have shaved my hair.' The Buddha said, 'What do you love about Ānanda?' The woman said, 'I love Ānanda's eyes; I love Ānanda's nose; I love Ānanda's mouth; I love Ānanda's ears; I love Ānanda's voice; I love Ānanda's manner of walking.' The Buddha said, 'In the eyes there are only tears; in the nose there is only mucus; in the mouth there is only saliva; in the ears there is only wax; in the body there are only feces and urine, foul places and impurities. For those who are husband and wife, there are vile discharges; amid vile discharges, sons and daughters are born; once there are children, there is death; once there is death, there is weeping. In this body, what benefit is there?' The woman then contemplated the vile discharges within the body, and her mind subsided on its own; she immediately attained the fruit of an arhat. Knowing that she had attained the Way, the Buddha said to the woman, 'Arise and go to Ānanda.' The woman, ashamed, lowered her head, knelt upright before the Buddha, and said, 'It was truly out of foolishness that I pursued Ānanda. Now my mind has opened, like a lamp in the dark, like a person riding a boat that breaks, who relies on the shore, like a blind person being supported, like an elderly person holding a cane. Now the Buddha has bestowed the Way upon me, causing my mind to open like this.' The bhikṣus all asked the Buddha, 'For what reason did this woman attain the Way?' The Buddha told the bhikṣus, 'In past lives, for five hundred lifetimes, this Mātaṅga girl was Ānanda's wife, and they constantly loved and respected each other. Therefore, she has attained the Way within my teaching. Now, as husband and wife, they see each other as brother and sister. What is there that the Buddha's Way cannot achieve?' When the Buddha had spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus, having heard it, all rejoiced greatly.