注維摩詰經 8.149

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佛告之曰：下方度如四十二恒河沙佛土，有世界名娑婆，佛號釋迦牟尼，今現在。於五濁惡世，為樂小法眾生敷演道教。彼有菩薩名維摩詰，住不可思議解脫，為諸菩薩說法，故遣化來稱揚我名，并讚此土，令彼菩薩增益功德。彼菩薩言：其人何如乃作是化，德力無畏神足若斯？佛言：甚大。一切十方皆遣化往，施作佛事饒益眾生。於是香積如來以眾香鉢盛滿香飯，與化菩薩。時彼九百萬菩薩俱發聲言：我欲詣娑婆世界供養釋迦牟尼佛，并欲見維摩詰等諸菩薩眾。

The Buddha told them: "Below, past buddha-lands as numerous as the sands of forty-two Ganges rivers, there is a world named Saha, where the buddha is named Śākyamuni, currently residing. In that evil world of the five turbidities, he expounds the teachings of the Way for sentient beings who delight in lesser dharmas. There is a bodhisattva there named Vimalakīrti, dwelling in the inconceivable liberation, who preaches the Dharma for the bodhisattvas; he has therefore dispatched this apparition to come and praise my name, and also to extol this land so as to cause those bodhisattvas to increase their merits." Those bodhisattvas said: "What kind of person is he to have produced such an apparition, with power of virtue, fearlessness, and riddhipāda such as this?" The Buddha said: "Exceedingly great! He sends apparitions everywhere to all ten directions to perform buddha-work and benefit sentient beings." Thereupon Fragrance Accumulation Tathāgata filled a bowl made of all fragrances with fragrant food and gave it to the illusory bodhisattva. At that time, those nine million bodhisattvas spoke out in unison: "We wish to go to the saha-world to make offerings to Śākyamuni Buddha, and also wish to see Vimalakīrti and the other bodhisattvas."