維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.44

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Regarding 'The Buddha told Aniruddha,' he is also named Aniruddha [transcribed as Aniloutuo] or Anilingdou. Because the languages of this region vary, there are many names. In Chinese it translates as 'Without Extinction' (Wumie) or 'As One Wishes' (Ruyi). As for 'Without Extinction,' eighty thousand kalpas ago he once made an offering to a pratyekabuddha, and the good roots attained have remained unextinguished down to the present. The *Avadāna Sūtra* says that after Vipaśyin Buddha entered nirvāṇa, Aniruddha once entered the Buddha hall as a robber. Seeing that a lamp was about to go out, he drew an arrow and trimmed the wick to make it brighter. Seeing the majestic light and bodily marks of the Buddha, his hair stood on end and he thought: 'Others even bestow gifts to seek merit; why should I steal?' He then abandoned [his theft] and left. Because of this root of goodness, for ninety-one kalpas he was always reborn in good realms. Now meeting the Buddha, he left home, cultivated the path, and attained the fruit of arhatship, becoming foremost in the divine eye. Fulfilling the wish of his mind, he is called 'As One Wishes.' The merits he attained have never been extinguished, hence he is called 'Without Extinction.' The *Ekottarika Āgama* says he was the Buddha's cousin. The Tathāgata's father and uncles totaled four men, each with two sons. The Buddha's father was the eldest, named King Śuddhodana, who had two sons: the elder was named in worldly life Siddhārtha, which translates as 'Attaining Benefit', namely the Tathāgata; the younger was named Nanda. The second uncle was named King Droṇodana, whose elder son was named Devadatta and younger son Ānanda. The third uncle was named King Śuklodana, whose elder son was named Aniruddha and younger son Mahānāma. The fourth uncle was named King Amṛtodana, whose elder son was named Bhadrika and younger son Tiṣya. The Buddha had an aunt named Amṛtā, who had a son named Nidāna. These Śākya sons all left home. When Aniruddha was first born, jewel treasuries naturally emerged all around his house. Later he left home under the Buddha. While listening to the Dharma beside the Buddha, he unwittingly fell asleep. The Tathāgata spoke a verse reprimanding him: 'Alas, alas, why do you sleep? / Of the kind of snails, clams, and oysters! / In a single lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, / Revolving without end!' Being reprimanded, Aniruddha felt shame in his heart, made a vow not to sleep, and consequently lost his sight. Later he went to Jīvaka to seek a cure. Jīvaka asked the cause of his eye affliction, and Aniruddha answered in full. Jīvaka replied: 'Sleep is food for the eyes. If one does not sleep for even a short time, the eyes will starve to death and can never be cured.' Hearing this, Aniruddha diligently cultivated the divine eye; half his head could see things, penetratingly seeing the trichiliocosm as if viewing an āmalaka fruit in his palm. Although he attained the divine eye, it was not practiced in conjunction with signless wisdom; therefore he was reprimanded. In terms of practice, this person had cultivated and initiated generic powers, but because Aniruddha had not awakened to the two emptinesses and engaged in discrimination grasping at signs, he was instructed to cultivate the signless divine eye.