仁王般若經疏 2.89

2.89

"—this person will surpass the painful difficulties of rebirth after rebirth through hundreds of kalpas, thousands of kalpas, and immeasurable Gaṅgā-sands [of kalpas], and entering this Dharma gateway, will obtain retribution in this very body." At that time, in the assemblies, there were one billion bodhisattvas sharing the name Ākāśagarbha-samudra, who rejoiced in the joy of the Dharma and scattered flowers into the sky, which transformed into immeasurable flower-daises upon which immeasurable great assemblies expounded the fourteen correct practices. The eighteen Brahmās and the kings of the six desire heavens also scattered jeweled flowers, and each sitting upon a platform in the sky, expounded the fourteen correct practices, upholding, reciting, and understanding their principles; and immeasurable ghosts and spirits in their present bodies practiced the prajñāpāramitā.