出三藏記集 1.13

1.13

下座比丘持衣鉢還僧。是時中間阿難思惟求盡殘結。其坐禪經行慇懃求道。是阿難智多定少。不即得道。定智等者乃可速得。後夜欲過。疲極偃息却臥就枕。頭未至枕廓然得悟。如電光出闇者見道。阿難如是入金剛定。破一切諸煩惱山。得三明六通。具八解脫。作大力阿羅漢。即夜到僧堂門撓門而喚。大迦葉問言。撓門者誰。答言。我是阿難。又問。汝何以來答言。我於今夜得盡諸漏。又言。不與汝開門。汝從門鑰孔來。阿難言爾。即以神力從非門而入。禮拜僧足懺悔。大迦葉言。莫復見責。大迦葉手摩其頂。我故為汝使得道故。汝無嫌恨。我亦如是。以汝自證譬如手畫虛空無所染著。阿羅漢心亦復如是。復汝本座。是時僧中復共議言。憍梵波提已取滅度。更有誰能結集法藏。阿泥盧豆言。是長老阿難。於佛弟子常侍近佛。聞經能持佛常嘆譽。唯是阿難結集法藏。是時大迦葉摩阿難頭言。佛囑累汝令持法藏。汝應報佛恩。佛在何處最初說法。佛諸大弟子能守護法藏者。皆已滅度。唯汝一人在。今應隨佛心憐愍眾生結集法藏。是時阿難敬禮僧已。坐師子座。時大迦葉說此偈言。

The junior monk took the robes and bowl and returned to the saṃgha. Meanwhile, Ānanda reflected, seeking to exhaust his residual fetters. Sitting in meditation and pacing in walking meditation, he diligently sought the Way. This Ānanda possessed much wisdom but little concentration; thus he did not attain the Way immediately. Only when concentration and wisdom are balanced can one attain it swiftly. As the final watch of the night was about to pass, utterly exhausted, he stopped to rest and reclined towards his pillow. Before his head reached the pillow, he was suddenly enlightened, like a flash of lightning illuminating the darkness so that one sees the path. Ānanda thus entered the vajra-like samādhi, crushed all the mountains of afflictions, attained the three knowledges and six supernormal powers, was endowed with the eight liberations, and became an arhat of great power. That very night, he went to the door of the saṃgha hall, knocked upon the door, and called out. Mahākāśyapa asked: “Who is knocking on the door?” He answered: “I am Ānanda.” [Mahākāśyapa] asked again: “Why have you come?” He answered: “Tonight I have exhausted all outflows.” [Mahākāśyapa] further said: “I will not open the door for you. Come through the keyhole!” Ānanda said: “Yes.” He then used his supernormal power to enter through what was not a doorway, bowed to the feet of the saṃgha, and repented. Mahākāśyapa said: “Do not take offense at me anymore.” Mahākāśyapa stroked his head with his hand, [saying]: “I purposely did this to cause you to attain the Way; bear no resentment. I feel the same toward you. Since you have personally realized it, it is just like drawing a hand through empty space with nothing adhering to it; the mind of an arhat is also like this. Return to your original seat.”

At that time, the saṃgha again deliberated together: “Gavāmpati has already entered extinction. Who else can compile the Dharma repository?”

Aniruddha said: “This Venerable Ānanda, among the Buddha's disciples, constantly attended closely upon the Buddha; having heard the sūtras, he could retain them, and the Buddha constantly praised him. Ānanda alone should compile the Dharma repository.”

At that time, Mahākāśyapa stroked Ānanda's head and said: “The Buddha entrusted you with the command to uphold the Dharma repository. You ought to repay the Buddha's kindness. Where did the Buddha first preach the Dharma? The Buddha's great disciples who could protect and maintain the Dharma repository have all entered extinction; only you alone remain. Now, in accordance with the Buddha's intention and out of pity for sentient beings, you should compile the Dharma repository.”

Thereupon, Ānanda respectfully paid homage to the saṃgha and sat upon the lion seat. Then Mahākāśyapa spoke this verse: