EĀ 8.2
Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含经
8.2 （二）益
Parallel to: AN 1.170
Thus have I heard: | 闻如是： |
At one time, the Buddha was at Anāthapiṇḍada's Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī. | 一时，佛在舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "If there is one person who appears in the world, it greatly benefits people, brings peace to sentient beings, has compassion for the masses of the world, and wishes to enable devas and humans to obtain blessings. Who is this one person? It is the Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One. This is called one person appearing in the world, greatly benefiting people, bringing peace to sentient beings, having compassion for the masses of the world, and wishing to enable devas and humans to obtain blessings. Therefore, bhikṣus! Always give rise to respect towards the Tathāgata. Therefore, bhikṣus! You should train in this way." | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「若有一人出现于世，多饶益人，安隐众生，愍世群萌，欲使天、人获其福祐。云何为一人？所谓多萨阿竭、阿罗呵、三耶三佛。是谓一人出现于世，多饶益人，安隐众生，愍世群萌，欲使天、人获其福祐。是故，诸比丘！常兴恭敬于如来所。是故，诸比丘！当作是学。」 |
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 Ekottarāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).