阿彌陀經疏 1.109

1.109

答：「依《首楞嚴經》云：過去不可思議阿僧祇劫於此南方作佛，世界名平等，佛號龍種上尊王如來，即文殊菩薩是也。《央掘魔經》云：今北方有剎名常喜，佛號歡喜藏摩尼寶積如來，文殊是也。又《菩薩處胎經》云：文殊言：『本為能仁師，今為其弟子，二尊不竝化，故我為菩薩。』《瓔珞經》第四云：過去久遠有佛名大身者，文殊師利是也。又《文殊師利佛土經》云：却後於南方作佛名普現，世界名離垢心，勝阿彌陀國。又《文殊涅槃經》云：佛告言：『我滅度後四百五十年，文殊從雪山出，趣本生處舍衛國多羅聚落，現其妙身三十二相八十種好放大光明，奄然光滅遂即涅槃，留全身舍利一丈六尺，如淨瑠璃內外明徹，心中有真金像，結跏趺坐蓮華上，長六尺。其文殊全身左臂有十佛印，一一印中有十佛名字；右臂有七佛印，一一印中有七佛名字。若人念文殊者，先當心想瑠璃像及心中坐像，又一念其名除十二億劫生死之罪，若至心者七日必現所願得從。香山有八鬼神，移置香山頂上供養。』

Answer: "According to the *Śūraṅgama-sūtra*, in the southern direction inconceivable asaṃkhyeya kalpas ago, he became a Buddha in a world named Samatā, with the Buddha name Tathāgata Longzhong Shangzun Wang ('Dragon-Seed Supreme Sovereign King'), who was precisely Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. The *Aṅgulimālīya-sūtra* states: Now in the northern direction there is a land named Nityapramudita, where the Buddha is named Tathāgata Huanxizang Mani Baoji ('Joyful Storehouse Mani Jewel-Accumulation'), who is Mañjuśrī. Furthermore, the *Bodhisattvagarbha-sūtra* states: Mañjuśrī said: 'Originally I was the teacher of Śākyamuni, and now I am his disciple; two honored ones do not teach side by side, so I act as a bodhisattva.' Fascicle four of the *Yingluo jing* states: Long ago in the past there was a Buddha named Great Body, who was Mañjuśrī. Furthermore, the *Sūtra on the Buddha-Land of Mañjuśrī* states: Later, he will become a Buddha in the southern direction named Universal Manifestation, in a world named Vimalacitta, surpassing the land of Amitābha. Furthermore, the *Mañjuśrīparinirvāṇa-sūtra* states: The Buddha told him: 'Four hundred and fifty years after my nirvāṇa, Mañjuśrī will emerge from the Snow Mountains and proceed to his birthplace, the village of Tāla in the country of Śrāvastī, displaying his wondrous body with the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs, emitting great light; suddenly the light will vanish and he will then enter parinirvāṇa, leaving a whole-body relic sixteen feet tall, like pure lapis lazuli clear and bright inside and out, with a pure gold image within his heart sitting in full lotus posture upon a lotus flower, six feet high. On the left arm of this full body of Mañjuśrī there will be ten Buddha seals, with the names of ten Buddhas in each seal; on the right arm there will be seven Buddha seals, with the names of seven Buddhas in each seal. If someone is mindful of Mañjuśrī, they should first mentally visualize the lapis lazuli image and the seated image within the heart; furthermore, being mindful of his name once eradicates the sins of birth-and-death for one billion two hundred million kalpas; if one is wholehearted, within seven days he is certain to manifest, and what is wished will be granted. There are eight spirits at Mount Gandhamādana who will move and place it atop the summit of Mount Gandhamādana to make offerings.'"