大般涅槃經後分卷上
The Later Chapters of The Nirvana Sutra, Part One
大唐南海波淩國沙門若那跋陀羅譯
Translated by Shramana Jnanabhadra of Poling Kingdom in the South Sea, Great Tang
憍陳如品餘
Chapter on Kaundinya, Part Two
爾時，須跋陀羅從佛聞說大般涅槃甚深妙法，而得法眼，見法清淨，愛護正法，已捨邪見，於佛法中深信堅固；即從如來，欲求出家。佛言：「善哉，善哉！須跋陀羅！善來比丘，悅可聖心，善入佛道。」於是，須跋陀羅歡喜踊躍，忻慶無量，即時鬚髮自落，而作沙門，法性智水灌注心原，無復縛著，漏盡意解，得羅漢果。
At that time, Subhadra heard the Buddha teach the profound and wonderful Dharma of the Great Parinirvana. He attained the Dharma-eye, saw the Dharma in its purity, cherished and protected the true Dharma, abandoned wrong views, and gained firm and steadfast faith in the Buddha's teaching. He then asked the Tathagata to let him go forth from home into homelessness. The Buddha said, "Excellent, excellent, Subhadra! Come, monk — you gladden the noble heart and enter well into the Buddha's path." Then Subhadra was overjoyed, leaping with delight and filled with boundless rejoicing. Instantly his hair and beard fell away on their own, and he became a monk. The water of wisdom of the Dharma-nature poured into the source of his mind. He was no longer bound or attached; his defilements were exhausted, his mind was liberated, and he attained the fruit of Arhatship.
須跋陀羅既證果已，即前佛所，瞻仰尊顏，頭面禮足，偏袒右肩，右膝著地長跪合掌，悲喜交流，深自悔責在昔罪咎，而白佛言：「世尊！恨我毒身久劫已來常相欺惑，令我長沒無明邪見，淪溺三界外道法中，痛哉！苦哉！為害滋甚。今大喜慶，蒙如來恩，得入正法。世尊智慧大海，慈愍無量，竊自惟忖，累劫碎軀未能報此須臾之恩。」須跋陀羅說是語已，悲泣流淚，不能自裁，復白佛言：「世尊！我年老邁，餘命無幾，未脫眾苦，行苦遷逼。唯願世尊少住教誡，哀愍救護，莫般涅槃。」爾時世尊默然不許。
Having realized the fruit of enlightenment, Subhadra approached the Buddha, gazed up at his revered face, bowed his head to the ground at the Buddha's feet, bared his right shoulder, knelt on his right knee, and with palms joined in reverence, overcome with mingled sorrow and joy, deeply repented and blamed himself for his former transgressions. He said to the Buddha: "World-Honored One! I grieve that this poisonous body of mine has for countless eons endlessly deceived and deluded me, causing me to drown long in ignorance and wrong views, to sink into the three realms and the teachings of outer paths. How painful! How bitter! The harm has been ever-growing. Now I rejoice greatly, for by the Tathagata's grace I have entered the true Dharma. World-Honored One, your wisdom is like a great ocean, your compassion boundless. I privately reflect that even if I were to crush this body for countless eons, I could not repay this brief moment's kindness." Having spoken these words, Subhadra wept and shed tears, unable to compose himself, and again said to the Buddha: "World-Honored One! I am old and advanced in years, with little life remaining. I have not yet escaped the mass of sufferings, and the suffering of aging presses upon me. I only beg the World-Honored One to remain a while longer, to teach and admonish, to have compassion and come to our rescue. Do not enter Parinirvana." At that time the World-Honored One remained silent, giving no consent.
須跋陀羅不果所請，愁憂熱惱，高聲唱曰：「苦哉！苦哉！世間虛空，世間虛空。如何於今大怖即至，熱惱流行？哀哉！哀哉！眾生福盡，正慧眼滅。」復更流淚、悲號、哽咽，遍體血現，發聲大哭，於如來前舉身投地，慌亂濁心，昏迷悶絕。久乃蘇醒，涕淚哽咽，而白佛言：「世尊！我今不忍見於如來入般涅槃，中心痛切難任裁抑。我自何能，與此坏器毒身共住？今前寧可先自速滅，唯願世尊後當涅槃。」爾時須跋陀羅說是語已，悲戀哽咽，於是時頃，即入涅槃。
Subhadra's request was not granted. Overwhelmed with sorrow and anguish, he cried out loudly: "How terrible! How terrible! The world is empty, the world is empty. How is it that now great fear is suddenly upon us, and burning distress spreads everywhere? Alas! Alas! The blessings of sentient beings are exhausted, and the eye of true wisdom is being extinguished."
He wept again, wailing and choking with sobs. Blood appeared all over his body. Crying out loud, he threw himself to the ground before the Tathagata, his mind confused and agitated, and he fainted away. After a long while he revived, and with tears and choking sobs he said to the Buddha: "World Honored One, I cannot bear to watch the Tathagata enter Parinirvana. My heart is pierced with such pain that I cannot restrain it. How could I possibly go on living with this rotten vessel, this poisonous body? Let me rather extinguish myself first, and only afterward may the World Honored One enter Nirvana."
When Subhadra had spoken these words, choking with grief and longing, he entered Nirvana on the spot.
爾時，不可說不可說無數億恒河沙諸大菩薩、比丘、比丘尼，一切世間天、人、阿修羅等，同聲唱言：「苦哉！苦哉！如何正覺一旦捨離，無主、無歸、無依、無趣。」追思戀慕，悲感號泣，互相執手搥胸，悶絕迷失諸方，哀慟三千大千世界。
At that time, countless billions of great bodhisattvas, monks, and nuns beyond all reckoning—as numerous as the sands of the Ganges—together with all heavenly beings, humans, and asuras in the world, cried out with one voice:
"How terrible! How terrible! How could the Fully Awakened One abandon us in a single moment, leaving us with no protector, no refuge, no shelter, no path to follow?"
Grieving and longing for him, overwhelmed with sorrow, they wept and wailed. Grasping one another's hands and beating their chests, they fainted away, losing all sense of direction. Their mourning shook the entire three-thousand great thousandfold world.
爾時，世尊出八種聲普告大眾：「莫大號哭猶如嬰兒，各相裁抑，勿自亂心。汝等於此行苦生死大海，勤修淨心，莫失念慧，疾求正智，速出諸有。三界受身苦輪無際，無明郎主、恩愛魔王役使身心，策為僮僕，遍緣境界造生死業，貪、恚、狂癡，念念傷害，無量劫來常受苦惱。何有智者不反斯原？汝等當知，我曠劫來已入大寂，無陰、界、入，永斷諸有，金剛寶藏常樂我淨。我今於此顯難思議現方便力，入大涅槃，示同世法，欲令眾生知身如電，生戀慕心，生死瀑河漂流速疾，諸行輪轉法應如是。如來涅槃，甚深！甚深！不可思議！乃是諸佛、菩薩境界，非諸聲聞、緣覺所知。」
At that time, the World-Honored One spoke in eight kinds of voices, announcing to the great assembly: "Do not wail and cry like infants. Each of you must restrain yourselves and not let your minds fall into confusion. You are here traversing the vast ocean of suffering and birth-and-death. Diligently cultivate a pure mind, do not lose mindfulness and wisdom, quickly seek right understanding, and swiftly escape all forms of existence. Within the three realms, receiving a body means the wheel of suffering has no end. The lord of ignorance and the demon king of craving and affection drive and enslave body and mind, making them servants, roaming everywhere through sense objects and creating karma of birth-and-death. Greed, anger, and deluded madness wound us moment by moment. For countless eons we have constantly endured suffering and affliction. How could anyone with wisdom not turn back to this source? You should know that for vast eons I have already entered great stillness, free of aggregates, elements, and sense fields, forever cutting off all forms of existence — the diamond treasure store of eternal bliss, true self, and purity. Now I display here inconceivable skillful means, entering great Nirvana, appearing to follow the ways of the world, wishing to let beings know that the body is like lightning, so that they give rise to a mind of longing and devotion. The rushing river of birth-and-death drifts and speeds swiftly; all formations turn like a wheel — this is simply the way things are. The Tathagata's Nirvana is profound! Profound! Inconceivable! It is the realm of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, not something that Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas can know."
佛復告諸大眾：「是須跋陀羅，已曾供養恒河沙佛，於諸佛所深種善根；以本願力，常在尼乾外道法中，出家修行，以方便慧誘進邪見失道眾生，令入正智。須跋陀羅乘本願力，今得遇我，最後涅槃，得聞正法；既聞正法，得羅漢果；既得果已，復入涅槃。自我得道度阿若憍陳如，最後涅槃度須跋陀羅，吾事究竟，無復施為；設我久住，無異今也。」爾時，世尊說是語已，即噓長歎唱言：「善哉，善哉！須跋陀羅為報佛恩，汝等大眾應當供養其屍，安立塔廟。」
The Buddha again told the great assembly: "This Subhadra has already made offerings to Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges and has deeply planted roots of goodness in the presence of those Buddhas. Through the power of his original vow, he has always remained within the teachings of the Nirgrantha ascetics, going forth and practicing, using skillful wisdom to guide and draw in beings who hold wrong views and have lost the path, leading them into right understanding. By the power of his original vow, Subhadra has now met me, and at the time of my final nirvana, he has heard the true Dharma. Having heard the true Dharma, he attained the fruit of arhatship. Having attained that fruit, he then entered nirvana. From the time I attained the Way and first guided Ajñata Kaundinya, to this final nirvana when I guide Subhadra, my work is complete, and there is nothing more to do. Even if I were to remain longer, it would be no different from now."
At that time, after the World-Honored One had spoken these words, he breathed a long sigh and proclaimed: "Excellent, excellent! Subhadra has repaid the Buddha's kindness. You in the great assembly should make offerings to his remains and establish a stupa."
爾時，大眾惆悵慘結，掩淚裁抑，即依佛教，以香木、蘇油茶毘其屍。須跋陀羅當焚屍時，即於火中放大光明，現十八變，身上出水、身下出火；右脇出火、左脇出水；小復現大、大復現小；滿虛空中。爾時，無量大眾及諸外道邪見眾生發菩提心，得入正見。須跋陀羅現神變已，還復火中。茶毘已訖，是時大眾悲感傷悼，收取舍利起塔供養。