bza005
爾時長老難陀著鮮淨衣，執持好鉢，意氣憍慢， * 陵蔑餘人，自貢高言：
「我是佛弟，姨母之子！」
爾時眾多比丘往至佛所，頂禮佛足，在一面坐，白佛言：
「世尊！難陀比丘著鮮 * 潔衣，手持淨鉢，稱是佛弟，云是姨子，內自憍 * 慢，陵蔑餘人。」
佛聞語已，遣一比丘，往召難陀。時一比丘受佛勅已，往至其所，語難陀言：
「世尊喚汝！」
難陀聞已，即詣佛所，頂禮佛足，在一面立。佛告難陀：
「汝實著鮮潔衣，手持好鉢，稱是佛弟，姨母之子，憍慢 * 於人。有是事不？」
難陀答言：
「實爾，世尊！」
佛告難陀：
「汝今不應作如是事。汝今應當樂阿練若處、塚間、樹下，納衣，乞食。若是我弟，姨母所生，應當修行如是等事。」
爾時世尊即說偈言：
「我當云何見 難陀樂苦行
如彼阿練若 塚間坐乞食
山林閑靜處 捨欲而入定」
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Nanda 1 - Nanda is reproached
Translation of BZA 005. First version published in Buddhist Studies
Review vol. 23-1 (2006).
Thus have I heard, once, the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī at the Jeta Grove in
the Anāthapiṇḍika Park.
At that time the elder Nanda was [always] wearing new and spotless robes and
carrying the best alms bowls. He gave himself airs and with an arrogant attitude
thought himself superior to others. Trying to advance himself, he was saying
haughtily: ‘I am a younger brother of the Buddha, the son of his maternal aunt’.
Thereupon a number of monks went to the Buddha, paid homage to his feet, sat to
one side and said to the Buddha: ‘World-honored One! The monk Nanda is always
wearing new and spotless robes, is carrying the best bowls, and calls himself
‘younger brother of the Buddha’, saying he is ‘the son of the maternal aunt’, he
is giving himself airs and treats others haughtily’. When the Buddha heard this,
he send a monk to fetch Nanda. Having been ordered by the Buddha, the monk went
to Nanda and said to him: ‘The World-honored One calls you!’. When Nanda heard
this he went to the Buddha, paid homage to his feet and stood to one side. The
Buddha said to him: ‘Are you really wearing new and spotless robes, carrying the
best alms bowls, saying you are my younger brother, the son of my maternal aunt,
and behave haughtily towards others? Is this true?’. Nanda said: ‘It is true,
World-honored One!’. The Buddha said to him: ‘You shouldn’t do this. From now
on, enjoy living in the forest, among graves, under trees, in worn-out robes
begging for food. If you are my younger brother, born of my maternal aunt, you
should practise like this, work in this way’.
At that time the World-honored One spoke a verse:
When will I see / Nanda enjoying the practice of ascetics,//
Living like them in forests / sitting between graves begging for food,//
in mountains and forests resting at silent places / letting go of desire,
entering meditation?//
When the Buddha finished this verse, the monks, having listened to what he had
said, were happy and practised accordingly.
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