中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.5

2.5

The western terrace of the multi-tiered hall has five tiers. In the upper storey is a great maṇi jewel with six facets, shaped like a śarīra stūpa of this land. On its face is a single doorway, with a threefold terrace of white jade and beams made of agate. Within this jewel, past Buddhas once preached the three purifications of the land of the Lotus Sūtra; all that is in the sūtra appears fully within it. No human could see it, but through the supernatural power of Mañjuśrī, the stūpa opened and it was then revealed. The western terrace is likewise, built by the Four Heavenly Kings and completed from the two countries of crystal and agate.