天竺釋迦牟尼佛
Shakyamuni Buddha of India
佛在舍衛城竹林精舍。阿難白言。如來往昔供養幾佛求於菩提。復於何佛最初種諸善根。
The Buddha was staying at the Bamboo Grove Monastery in the city of Shravasti. Ananda asked, "In the past, how many Buddhas did the Tathagata make offerings to while seeking enlightenment? And with which Buddha did he first plant the roots of goodness?"
佛告阿難。我念過去無量劫中。閻浮提有一剎利王。名降魔冤。住蓮華大城。十善化世。時有佛出世。號然燈。其王聞佛功德。躬迎供養。
The Buddha said to Ananda, "In countless eons of the past, there was a Kshatriya king in Jambudvipa named Conqueror of Mara's Hosts. He lived in the great city of Lotus Flower, ruling the world with the ten wholesome deeds. At that time, a Buddha appeared in the world, called Dipankara. Hearing of this Buddha's virtues, the king personally went to welcome and make offerings to him."
時雪山南有一大姓婆羅門之子雲童。為五百婆羅門子上首。年十六。諸珍寶仙人受學毗陀等論。卒業辭還。仙曰。我法教中。弟子學道得成。應須厚報。雲童曰。未審何物堪酬訓道。仙曰。當須金寶缾鉢。杖蓋革屣。悉用金裝。雲童答曰。我今唯此一身。仙若聽我丐求。即來奉上。
In the snowy mountains to the south, there lived a young man named Yuntong, son of a prominent Brahmin family. He was the foremost among five hundred Brahmin students. At sixteen, he had studied under various sages and mastered texts such as the Vedas. Upon completing his studies, he took leave to return home. The sage said, "In our tradition, when a disciple completes their training, they should offer a generous gift in return." Yuntong asked, "What kind of offering would be fitting to repay your guidance?" The sage replied, "You should bring golden treasures, a bowl, a staff, an umbrella, and sandals, all adorned with gold." Yuntong answered, "I have only this body now. If you allow me to go and seek these things, I will bring them to you."
乃辭行。至輸羅波奢大城之中。有一婆羅門名祭祀德。家世富饒。正設般遮于瑟。(無遮齋也)最後一日。雲童至會。眾久已欽名。歡喜逢迎。推為上座。受第一供養。雲童收噠嚫已。持奉仙師。行至蓮華大城。見嚴麗有若諸天集會。即問城人。欲何所作。答曰。汝不聞然燈如來出世。今降冤王請佛入城。故斯嚴潔。
He then took his leave and traveled on. In the great city of Shūrapaśa, there lived a Brahmin named Yajñadatta, from a wealthy and distinguished family, who was just then holding a great *Pañca-vārṣika* assembly—that is, a great almsgiving free to all. On its final day, Cloud Youth arrived at the gathering. Many there had long heard of his name, and they welcomed him with joy, offering him the seat of honor and presenting the foremost gifts. After receiving these offerings, Cloud Youth took them to offer to his teacher. He then continued on to the city of Padma, where he saw such splendor and beauty as though the gods themselves had gathered in assembly. He asked the city's people, "What is being prepared here?" They replied, "Have you not heard that the Tathāgata Dīpaṅkara has appeared in the world? The subduer of enemies has now invited the Buddha into the city, and so this place is being made beautiful and clean."
雲童即自念。我今應往起居。酬仙未晚。又念。佛法唯重以法供養最為殊勝。我未具法。可贖華以奉供。
Yuntong then thought to himself, "I should go and attend to my duties now; it won't be too late to repay the immortals later." Then he thought again, "The Dharma values nothing more than offering the Dharma itself as the supreme form of offering. I do not yet possess the Dharma, so I can buy these flowers and present them as an offering."
時王裒市香華奉佛。不許私賣。雲童求買。了不能得。忽於里巷見一青衣。名為賢者。密持七莖優鉢羅華藏於缾內。雲童見已歡喜。乃出金錢買之。賢者曰。王禁私鬻華者。雲童曰。願潛輟五枚。誓不相忘。賢者曰。欲將何用。雲童曰。我適聞然燈如來出世。志買妙華以為供養。賢者曰。若仁者能與我作未來因。長為夫婦。及出家得道。願同修梵行。為汝弟子者。即與汝華。雲童曰。善。我若行菩薩道。捨國城．妻子．頭目．髓腦等。時卿能不作障礙者。即隨汝願。賢者曰。隨喜所作。我無悋惜。即收金錢。付華五枚。并寄餘華同奉予佛。
At that time, King Abhaya had forbidden the private sale of incense, flowers, and other offerings to the Buddha. Sumati the youth tried to buy some, but could not find any for sale. Then, in a lane, he met a young woman named Bhadrā, who secretly carried seven blue lotus blossoms hidden in a pot. When Sumati saw them, he was overjoyed and offered gold coins to buy them. Bhadrā said, “The king has forbidden the private sale of flowers.” Sumati replied, “Please secretly give me five of them, and I swear I will never forget your kindness.” Bhadrā asked, “What do you want them for?” Sumati said, “I have just heard that Buddha Dīpaṅkara has appeared in the world, and I am determined to buy beautiful flowers to make an offering.” Bhadrā said, “If you, noble one, will vow to make me your wife in a future life, and if, when you renounce the world and attain the Path, you will let me join you in the pure life and become your disciple, then I will give you the flowers.” Sumati said, “Agreed. But if I practice the Bodhisattva path and give away my kingdom, my wife, my children, my head, my eyes, my marrow, my brain, and so on—if you can refrain from hindering me then, I will grant your wish.” Bhadrā said, “I will rejoice in whatever you do and hold nothing back.” She took the gold coins, gave him five flowers, and entrusted the remaining flowers to him as well, to be offered together to the Buddha.
雲童持華。隨王献佛。生希有心而發願言。若我身得同佛身不謬者。是華住於空中。變大華蓋。纔發願已。其華成蓋。住虗空中。覆佛頂上。是時。天人各脫上妙寶衣。敷地供養。雲童唯有所著鹿皮。亦以布地。眾人罵辱。擲之遠處。時雲童悵然涕淚。自念孤窮。佛知其心。即變前途忽為泥濘。眾皆避之。雲童遽往泥中。敷鹿皮衣。仆面布髮。願言。佛及人天皆當踐過。若如來不與我受菩提記。我終不起。
Cloud Boy offered the flowers to the Buddha on behalf of the king. A rare and precious resolve arose in his heart, and he made a vow: "If my body will truly become the same as the Buddha's body, without fail, may these flowers remain suspended in the air and transform into a great flower canopy." No sooner had he made this vow than the flowers formed a canopy, resting in empty space and covering the Buddha's crown. At that moment, the gods and humans each removed their fine jeweled garments and spread them on the ground as offerings. Cloud Boy had only the deerskin he was wearing, so he spread that on the ground as well. The crowd cursed and insulted him, and threw it far away. Then Cloud Boy, overcome with sorrow, wept. He thought to himself how alone and destitute he was. The Buddha knew his heart, and immediately transformed the road ahead into mud. Everyone avoided it. Cloud Boy hurried into the mud, spread his deerskin garment, and lay face down, spreading out his hair, and made a vow: "May the Buddha, along with humans and gods, all walk over me. If the Tathagata does not grant me the prophecy of Enlightenment, I will never rise."
時然燈佛與諸大眾。徐步而來。先踐其髮。次履其身。顧大眾曰。汝等不得輙踐摩那婆身髮。唯除如來。無可蹈者。復告雲童曰。汝能發此廣大誓願。荷負如來。不惜身命。此是第二阿僧祗劫最初發菩提心之因地。自今已後。淨修三業。行諸波羅蜜門。心不放逸。如救頭然。三十七品具足八萬聖行。憐愍眾生。護持正法。三昧正受。觀法無我。入甚深義。澤趣正覺。中無退屈。汝若能辦是事。即自唱言。我能。
Then the Buddha Dipankara, together with the great assembly, came walking slowly. He first stepped on the young man's hair, then stepped over his body. He looked at the assembly and said, "You must not casually step on this young man's body or hair. No one may tread upon him except the Tathagata." He then said to Sumedha, "You have been able to make this great vow, to bear the burden of the Tathagata, without sparing your life. This is the second incalculable eon, the initial ground of generating the aspiration for enlightenment. From now on, purify your three actions, practice all the gates of the paramitas, and keep your mind free from heedlessness, as though your head were on fire. Fulfill the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment and the eighty thousand noble practices. Have compassion for all beings, protect and uphold the true Dharma, enter meditative absorption, contemplate the dharma of non-self, penetrate profound meaning, and advance toward perfect enlightenment without ever retreating. If you can accomplish this, then declare yourself: 'I can.'"
時雲童聞佛教誨。悲喜兼盈。三唱是言。我能。然灯如來始告曰。摩那婆。(此云善男子也)却後無數劫當得作佛。號釋迦牟尼。具足十號。如我無異。既獲授記。身意輕安。忽升虗空。高七多羅樹。向佛作禮。佛告雲童曰。汝觀東方。即見河沙諸佛為雲童授澤定記。如是四維上下皆然。雲童即禮佛足。願求出家。然燈即為授具。十億諸天。共持一髮。歸天供養。
Then Cloud Youth heard the Buddha's teaching and instruction, and was filled with both sorrow and joy. Three times he proclaimed, "I can." Then Burning Lamp Tathagata first told him: "Manava, (This means 'good man.') after countless kalpas in the future, you will attain Buddhahood, with the title Shakyamuni, complete in the ten epithets, no different from me." Having received the prediction, his body and mind became light and at ease. Suddenly he rose into the sky, to the height of seven tala trees, and bowed to the Buddha. The Buddha said to Cloud Youth, "Look to the east." He immediately saw Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges bestowing upon Cloud Youth the prediction of concentration. So too in the four cardinal and four intermediate directions, and above and below, it was the same. Cloud Youth then bowed at the Buddha's feet and vowed to seek renunciation. Burning Lamp then conferred the full ordination on him. A billion celestial beings together held a single hair and returned to the heavens to make offerings.
佛告阿難。爾時雲童者。即我身是也。我從然燈佛所。第二發菩提心已來。常供養河沙諸佛。行菩薩道。以至成等正覺。
餘如本行經說。釋迦自迦葉佛所。正念往生兜率陀天。位當補處。名護明菩薩。化知足天。即現五種衰相。二十八天俱來悲感。護明為說法要。斷除攀緣。乃告金團天子。令選生處。有剎利灌頂甘蔗釋種淨飯王。劫初已來。輪王不斷。堪為一生菩薩作其父王。其家具六十種功德。母亦具三十二勝相。(即天臂城釋種。名善覺。女摩耶夫人也。摩耶此云淨行也)護明菩薩下生。兜率諸天勸請。護明止曰。我常為汝等說一切有處皆是無常。如芭蕉堅。如借物用。會必別離。無有究竟。汝等沉醉。聞已旋忘。今更為汝說一百八法門。與汝憶念。(法門如經)護明乃一心正念。捨天壽命。
時摩耶夫人於夜初分。遂白王曰。我從今夜。請受八關齋戒。玄除五欲娛樂。王即許之。摩耶夫人是夜夢菩薩乘六牙白象從空而來。入於右脅而住。(當〔北士〕姬周第五主昭王二十三年癸丑之歲七月十五日夜矣)。
後及誕月。夫人游於園中。攀波羅叉樹。菩薩從右脅而降生。(即昭王二十四年甲寅歲四月八日)周行七步。目顧四方。分手指天地言。天上天下。唯我獨尊。
相者曰。太子具三十二相。有二種報。在家為轉輪聖王。治四天下。出家成阿耨菩提。化三千界。以瑞異故。立名悉達多。(此云一切利成)復有阿私陀仙人。知佛出世。自天而來。至于王所。王命太子見之。仙人拱立而謂王曰。我及一切人天。應當作禮。菩薩若返禮者。頭破七分。
王曰。國之相師說有二種果報。未知決定是非耶。
私陀曰。彼人妄說。今我誠言。此子出家。成正覺道。為人天師。轉妙法輪。願王善保聖子。福祐無疆。
太子既生七日。摩耶遂薨。王選姨母摩訶波闍波提。令其傅育。年十九。王每慮太子捨家。為造三時殿。多方以娛之。時淨居天知時已至。於虗空中告曰。昔菩薩在兜率天時。發大誓願。願度眾生。今久處王宮。時已至矣。勿貪世樂。即說偈曰。
世間事無常 猶如雲出電 尊者今時至
應捨家出家
太子深厭紛華。始有四門游觀。次第見生．老．病．死。屢咨父母。堅求出家。慈愛所鍾。莫從其欲。太子是夜感五夢。始席此大地。枕以須彌。撮四大海水。置於手足。次則有草一枝。名為建立。自臍輪而至阿迦膩吒天。復見雜色四鳥。各從方來。至於足下。皆變白色。又有一獸。黧首白身。䑛太子足。最後見一糞壤。高峻如山。在上游行。不為潰染。
淨居天子復來告曰。諸天八部。徧滿虗空。贊助法王。不宜久住。是夜三更。踰城而去。遂至迦藍氏大仙所。
仙人問曰。仁者發心。欲求何事。
太子曰。我見世間生．老．病．死。三界愛纏。不能出離。我要成佛。度於未度。
仙曰。善哉。貪愛者是世間大惡蛟龍。居眾生心水。失一切善利。仁者頓能感寤。是大智人。即說偈曰。
一切法勝唯有行 清淨寂定不過心
染著恩愛最冤家 諸有恐怖是老死
太子問曰。諸根不定。云何調伏。
仙曰。凡眾生者。有其二義。一者本性。二者變化。本性者。謂地．水．火．風．空．我及無相。變化者。謂諸根境界。手足語言。動轉去來。及以心識。若能分別此之二義。不生愛染。名為解脫。又復眾生不了四種煩惱。貪著世間。一者無信。二者著我。三者有疑。四者無定。復說偈曰。
山羊被殺因作聲 飛蛾投燈由火色
水魚懸鈎為吞餌 世人趣死以境牽
復曰。若能離諸有相。即獲無相。既若不生。即名非想。
悉達聞已。默而識之。蓋非究竟之法。安令我得至涅槃。說偈辭去。
本無生老病死過 并及地火水風空
湛然三世無師教 常淨自然證解脫
次至優陀羅二仙所。白言。大仙所行之法如何。
大仙言。凡所於相及於非相。此是大患大痴。若正意思惟。獨有微妙體性。寂定殊勝。至非想非非想處。命壽遐永。仙聖所居。
悉達就彼二仙五年修學。知非究竟。即詣雪山。六年苦行。成等正覺。
(今槩舉也)受大梵天王請。至鹿野苑中。始以四諦法度五仙人。憍陳如等。為劣解者。令出三界火難。說四諦法。而證聲聞。如兔渡河。乘號羊車。為中根者。令觀生死根本。因起無明。如是十二攀緣。輪迴不息。使順逆推究。滅無明根。證緣覺果。如馬渡河。乘名鹿車。為大根者。頓開實相。直示菩提。即色即空。一則一切。修波羅蜜行。不住三輪。入薩婆若城。無虧四攝。次登十地。漸斷三愚。等妙圓明。成大菩薩。如香象渡河。乘白牛車。
如來經行至多子墖前。命摩訶迦葉分座令座。遂告云。吾以微妙正法眼藏密付於汝。汝當保護。傳付將來。無令斷絕。此大法眼藏。自爾為初。人囑一人。不擇凡聖。
爾時。如來復為迦葉說是偈曰。
法本法無法 無法法亦法 今付無法時
法法何曾法
又曰。吾今以僧伽梨衣用付於汝。汝當護持。為吾傳授慈氏如來。乃往拘尸那城娑羅雙林示入涅槃。(娑羅樹。行列四雙。佛將圓寂。俄合為二。因名雙樹。色白如練。故名鶴樹)復告純陀曰。諸佛境界。皆悉無常。諸行性相。亦復如是。
如來既以種種法要示教菩薩．緣覺．聲聞。化諸天仙．外道。最後度須䟦陀羅。遺教後代。即廣現神變已。右脅累足。北首而臥。入大寂滅定。應盡還源。
是時大迦葉在外。最後而至。佛從金棺中出現雙足。迦葉作禮已。人天眾奉梅檀薪。終不能然。迦葉乃請如來三昧火自闍維之。即時金棺從七寶牀外舉。遶俱尸那城七帀。却還本處。化火光三昧而自焚之。阿泥盧豆等收舍利八斛四斗。貯以金壜。阿闍世王與八國諸王。各嚴兵護。散分起塔。人天供養。
天聖廣燈錄卷第一