佛教常識_佛在世的時候，歸依的人多嗎？

Were there many people who came and followed the Buddha during his lifetime?
佛在世的時候，歸依的人多嗎？

Yes. On the way from Sārnāth to Magadha State after the Buddha's first sermon, many people were converted to follow his teachings. Among them were three brothers, Brahmins, by the name of Kassapa. They had been Zoroastrians, but were now converted and brought along with them more than one thousand of their followers to be converted to Buddhism. After the Buddha arrived in Rājagaha, the capital of Magadha, many more people were converted, including some who were to become prominent disciples, like Sāriputta, Mahāmoggallāna and Mahākassapa. Afterwards, when the Buddha returned to his native land, a number of his relatives: his younger half brother Nanda, his cousins ānanda and Devadatta, his son Rāhula became monastic disciples. Among them, there was a barber named Up?li, who had served the royal family, and later became a famous master of Buddhist disciplines (Vinaya bhānaka). The Buddha's aunt Prajāpati also followed to become the first female monastic disciple of the Buddha. Besides, even more devotees were converted to the faith without renouncing the home life. Therefore, the Buddha's disciples consist of Bhikkhu (monks) and Bhikkhunī (nuns), who form the Buddhist monastic order; and Upāsaka and Upāsikā, who are the male and female lay followers; together they are known as the four groups of disciples.
是的，佛初轉(zhuǎn)法輪后從鹿野苑到摩揭陀國（Magadha）去的一路上，受到他的教化而歸依的人就很多。其中有拜火教的婆羅門姓迦葉的三兄弟，都改變了原來的信仰，率領(lǐng)他們的弟子一千多人歸依了佛教。佛到了摩揭陀國首都王舍城（Rājagaha）后，歸依的人更多。其中最有名的出家弟子有舍利弗（Sāriputta）、摩訶目犍連（Mahāmoggallāna）、摩訶迦葉（Mahākassapa）等人。后來佛回到故鄉(xiāng)去，他的異母弟難陀（Nanda）、堂兄弟阿難陀（ānanda）、提婆達多（Devadatta）和他兒子羅怙羅等都隨他出了家。還有宮廷中一個剃發(fā)工奴優(yōu)波離（Upāli）也出家加入了僧團，后來成為有名的佛教戒律學(xué)大師。佛的姨母波阇波提也歸依了佛，是第一個出家女弟子。至于不出家而歸依三寶的弟子則為數(shù)更多。佛的出家弟子，男的叫比丘（bhikkhu），女的叫做比丘尼（bhikkhunī）；在家弟子，男的叫做鄔波索迦（upāsaka），女的叫做鄔波斯迦（upāsikā），合稱為四眾弟子。