慈悲道場懺法 3.6

3.6

如是我聞：一時佛住王舍城耆闍崛山中，與菩薩摩訶薩及聲聞眷屬俱，亦與比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷，及諸天龍鬼神等，皆悉集會。爾時信相菩薩白佛言：「世尊！今有地獄、餓鬼、畜生、奴婢貧富貴賤，種類若干。凡有眾生聞佛說法，如孩子得母、如病得醫、如裸得衣、如闇得燈。世尊說法利益眾生亦復如是。」爾時世尊觀時已至，知諸菩薩勸請殷勤，即放眉間白毫相光，照于十方無量世界，地獄休息、苦痛安寧。爾時一切受罪眾生，尋佛光明來詣佛所，遶佛七匝至心作禮，勸請世尊廣宣道化，令諸眾生得蒙解脫。

Thus have I heard: At one time the Buddha was staying in Rājagṛha, on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa, together with an assembly of bodhisattva-mahāsattvas and śrāvakas, as well as bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, upāsikās, devas, nāgas, ghosts, and spirits, all gathered together. At that time, the bodhisattva Faith-Appearance addressed the Buddha, saying: 'Bhagavat! There are now hells, hungry ghosts, animals, male and female slaves, the poor, the rich, the noble, and the lowly, of many various kinds. Whenever sentient beings hear the Buddha preach the Dharma, they are like a child finding its mother, like a sick person finding a physician, like a naked person finding clothes, like someone in darkness finding a lamp. The Bhagavat's preaching of the Dharma to benefit sentient beings is also like this.' At that time, the Bhagavat, seeing that the time had arrived and knowing that the bodhisattvas were earnestly entreating him, immediately emitted from the white ūrṇā between his eyebrows a light that illuminated immeasurable worlds in the ten directions; the hells rested, and their pains were calmed. At that time, all the sentient beings undergoing retribution for their sins, following the Buddha's light, came before the Buddha, circumambulated him seven times, paid homage with utmost sincerity, and entreated the Bhagavat to broadly proclaim the transforming guidance of the Way so that all sentient beings might receive liberation.