105. （一〇五）愿经

I have heard thus:

At one time, the Buddha was traveling in the country of Śrāvastī, staying at the Jeta Grove Anāthapiṇḍada-ārāma.

At that time, a certain bhikṣu was in a secluded place, alone and in a quiet place, sitting in meditation and contemplating, thinking in his mind: "The World-Honored One comforts and speaks with me, teaches me the Dharma, and attains the full precepts without neglecting meditation, accomplishing the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place." Having thought this, the bhikṣu then rose from his meditation in the afternoon and went to where the Buddha was.

The World-Honored One saw the bhikṣu coming from afar. Because of that bhikṣu, he told the bhikṣus: "You should all wish that the World-Honored One would comfort and speak with me, teach me the Dharma, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I have relatives, so that because of my body's destruction and end of life, they will definitely ascend to a good place, be reborn in the heavens, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that those who give me robes, food and drink, bedding, medicine, and other necessities of life will have great merit and great light, obtain great rewards, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place.

Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can endure hunger, thirst, cold, heat, mosquitoes, flies, wind, sun, harsh sounds, beatings, and other afflictions, as well as the pain of illness and even the agony of death. All that is unpleasant, I can endure, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can endure what is unpleasant, and if unpleasant things arise, my mind will never be attached to them, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can endure fear, and if fear arises, my mind will never be attached to it, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that if I give rise to the three unwholesome thoughts of desire, anger, and harmfulness, my mind will never be attached to these three unwholesome thoughts, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place.

Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can be free from desire, free from unwholesome dharmas, and attain the fourth dhyāna, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can eliminate the three fetters, become a srota-āpanna, not fall into evil ways, definitely attain right enlightenment, experience seven rebirths in the heavens and human realms, and then reach the end of suffering, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can eliminate the three fetters, and with weakened desire, anger, and delusion, be reborn once more in the heavens and human realms, and then reach the end of suffering, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can eliminate the five lower fetters, be reborn there, attain parinirvāṇa, attain the irreversible state, not return to this world, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place.

Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can attain the formless realm through the cessation of form, attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place. Bhikṣu! You should wish that I can attain the supernormal powers, divine hearing, knowledge of others' minds, knowledge of past lives, and knowledge of the end of birth and death, eliminate all taints, attain the state of no taints, liberation of the mind, liberation through wisdom, and in this very life, know for myself, awaken to, and personally realize the accomplishment of the practice, with the end of rebirth, the establishment of the holy life, the completion of what was to be done, and the knowledge that there is no more rebirth. Attain the full precepts without neglecting meditation, and accomplish the practice of contemplation in an empty and quiet place.

Then, having heard the Buddha's words, the bhikṣu accepted them well and upheld them well. He immediately rose from his seat, bowed his head at the Buddha's feet, circumambulated him three times, and departed. The bhikṣu received this instruction from the Buddha and, in a secluded and quiet place, sat in meditation, contemplating and practicing diligently, without being negligent. Because of his seclusion, quietude, sitting in meditation, contemplation, diligent practice, and non-negligence, he attained the highest form of the holy life, completed the practice, and in this very life, knew for himself, awakened to, and personally realized the accomplishment of the practice, with the end of rebirth, the establishment of the holy life, the completion of what was to be done, and the knowledge that there is no more rebirth. The Venerable One, having known the Dharma, attained arahantship.

The Buddha spoke thus. Those bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's words, joyfully received and upheld them.