EĀ 45.4
Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含经
45.4 （四）
Parallel to: SN 4.18
Thus have I heard: | 闻如是： |
At one time, the Buddha was in the Bamboo Grove. | 一时，佛在婆罗园中。 |
At that time, the World Honored One, at the proper time, put on his robe, took his alms bowl, and entered the village of Brahmins to beg for alms. At that time, the evil Mara Pāpīyas thought: "Now this śramaṇa wants to enter the village to beg for alms. I should now use means to instruct the men and women not to give him food." At that time, the evil Mara Pāpīyas immediately told the people of the country: "Do not give food to that śramaṇa Gautama." | 尔时，世尊时到，著衣持钵，入婆罗村乞食。是时，弊魔波旬便作是念：「今此沙门欲入村乞食，我今当以方宜教诸男女不令与食。」是时，弊魔波旬寻告国界人民之类：「无令施彼沙门瞿昙之食。」 |
At that time, the World-Honored One entered the village to beg for alms. The people did not speak with the Tathāgata, nor did anyone come to serve and make offerings. The Tathāgata begged for alms but did not receive anything, so he returned out of the village. | 尔时，世尊入村乞食，人民之类皆不与如来共言谈者，亦无有来承事供养者，如来乞食竟不得，便还出村。 |
At that time, the evil Mara Pāpīyān came to the Tathāgata and asked the Buddha, "Ascetic! Did you not get any alms?" | 是时，弊魔波旬至如来所问佛言：「沙门！乞食竟不得乎？」 |
The World-Honored One said, "It is because of the demon's doing that I cannot receive alms. You will also not receive it for long. Now, listen to me, demon! In the Bhadrakalpa, there was a Buddha named Krakucchanda Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One, Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, Well-Gone, Knower of the Secular World, Unsurpassed Person, Tamer of Men, Teacher of Gods and Men, Buddha, World-Honored One, who appeared in the world. At that time, he also stayed in this village with a retinue of forty thousand. At that time, the evil demon Māra thought, 'I now seek this śramaṇa, but I will not succeed.' Then the demon thought again, 'I should now order the people of the village of Brāhmaṇa not to give alms to the śramaṇa.' At that time, the assembly of sages put on their robes, took their bowls, entered the village to beg for food. At that time, the bhikṣus did not receive any food, so they returned out of the village. | 世尊告曰：「由魔所为，使吾不得食，汝亦不久当受其报。魔！今听吾说，贤劫之中有佛名拘楼孙如来、至真、等正觉、明行成为、善逝、世间解、无上士、道法御、天人师，号佛、众祐，出现于世。是时，彼亦依此村居止，将四十万众。尔时，弊魔波旬便作是念：『吾今求此沙门方便，终不果获。』时，魔复作是念：『吾今当约勅婆罗村中人民之类，使不施沙门之食。』是时，诸圣众著衣持钵，入村乞食。尔时诸比丘竟不得食，即还出村。 |
"At that time, the Buddha told the bhikṣus, speaking this kind of wonderful Dharma: 'The contemplation of food has nine aspects: four kinds of human food and five kinds of supramundane food. What are the four kinds of human food? First, solid food; second, pleasure; third, recollection; fourth, consciousness. These are called the four kinds of food in the world. What are the five kinds of food called supramundane? First, meditation; second, aspiration; third, recollection; fourth, the food of the eight liberations; fifth, joy. These are called the five kinds of food. Thus, bhikṣus! The nine kinds of food, which are supramundane, should be diligently contemplated. Abandon the four kinds of food and seek the means to accomplish the five kinds of food. Thus, bhikṣus! You should train in this way.' At that time, the bhikṣus, having received the Buddha's teaching, immediately disciplined themselves and accomplished the five kinds of food. At that time, Māra Pāpīyas was unable to find an opportunity. | 「尔时，彼佛告诸比丘，说如此妙法：『夫观食有九事：四种人间食，五种出人间食。云何四种是人间食？一者揣食，二者更乐食，三者念食，四者识食，是谓世间有四种之食。彼云何名为五种之食，出世间之表？一者禅食，二者愿食，三者念食，四者八解脱食，五者喜食，是谓名为五种之食。如是，比丘！九种之食，出世间之表，当共专念，舍除四种之食，求于方便办五种之食。如是，比丘！当作是学。』尔时，诸比丘受彼佛教已，即自克己，成办五种之食。是时，彼魔波旬不能得其便。 |
"At that time, Māra thought, 'I cannot now find an opportunity with this śramaṇa. I shall now seek an opportunity with his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, body, and mind. I shall now dwell in the village and teach the people, causing the śramaṇa's disciples to seek material support. I shall cause them to obtain it, so that the material support will be doubled and increased. I shall cause those bhikṣus to be attached to material support, unable to temporarily let go, and again wish to find an opportunity with the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, body, and mind.' | 「是时，波旬便作是念：『吾今不能得此沙门方便，今当求眼、耳、鼻、口、身、意之便。吾今当住村中，教诸人民，使沙门众等求得利养，使令得之，以办利养倍增多也；使彼比丘贪著利养，不能暂舍，复欲从眼、耳、鼻、口、身、意得方便乎。』 |
"At that time, the Buddha and the śrāvakas, having put on their robes and taken their alms bowls, entered the village to beg for food. At that time, the people of the brāhman village provided the bhikṣus with robes, food, bedding, and medicine for the sick, not allowing them to be in want, all taking hold of the saṃghāṭī robe and forcefully giving things. At that time, that Buddha spoke this kind of Dharma to the assembly of śrāvakas: 'As for material gain, it causes one to fall into evil destinies and does not allow one to reach the state of non-conditioning. You bhikṣus! Do not give rise to a mind that is attached to material gain, but should think of abandoning it; if a bhikṣu is attached to material gain, he will not accomplish the five parts of the Dharma body and will not be fully endowed with the virtues of the precepts.' | 「是时，彼佛、声闻到时，著衣持钵，入村乞食。是时，婆罗门村人民供给比丘衣被、饭食、床卧具、病瘦医药，不令有乏，皆前捉僧伽梨，以物强施。是时，彼佛与众声闻说如此之法：『夫利养者，堕人恶趣，不令至无为之处。汝等，比丘！莫趣想著之心，向于利养，当念舍离；其有比丘著利养者，不成五分法身，不具戒德。』 |
"Therefore, bhikṣus, you should not give rise to a mind of gain and honor that has not yet arisen, and you should quickly extinguish a mind of gain and honor that has already arisen. Thus, bhikṣus, you should train in this." At that time, Māra Pāpīyān vanished on the spot. | 「是故，比丘！未生利养之心，当使不生；已生利养之心，时速灭之。如是。比丘！当作是学。」时，魔波旬即隐形去。 |
At that time, the bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's teaching, joyfully received and practiced it. | 尔时，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Ekottarika Āgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).