The Lotus Sūtra 1.16

1.16

爾時佛放眉間白毫相光，照東方萬八千世界，靡不周遍，下至阿鼻地獄，上至阿迦尼吒天。於此世界，盡見彼土六趣眾生，又見彼土現在諸佛，及聞諸佛所說經法。并見彼諸比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷，諸修行得道者。復見諸菩薩摩訶薩，種種因緣、種種信解、種種相貌，行菩薩道。復見諸佛般涅槃者。復見諸佛般涅槃後，以佛舍利起七寶塔。

“sent forth from the curl of white hair between his eyebrows a ray of light, which illuminated eighteen thousand worlds in the eastern quarter, so that there was nowhere it did not reach, downwards to the lowest hell and upward to the highest heaven of each world. Here, in this our own world, were then made visible in those vast domains their living beings in the six states of existence; likewise were seen the Buddhas at present existing in those lands. The doctrines those Buddhas were preaching could be clearly heard; and in those worlds were revealed the monks, nuns and disciples of both sexes”,

also their Bodhisattvas, their Buddhas who had attained Nirvana, and the Stupas for the relics of those Buddhas erected after their respective departures.

While the vast assembly looked on the Buddha in amaze, he