廬山蓮宗寶鑑 1.53

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《鼓音王經》云「過去劫中有國名妙喜，王名憍尸迦，祖父清泰國王，父月上轉輪王，母殊勝妙顏。生三子，長曰月明，次曰憍尸迦，三曰帝眾。時有一佛出世，名曰世自在王。憍尸迦心發道意，棄捨國位投佛出家，號曰法藏比丘。」又《大彌陀經》云「法藏比丘於世自在王佛所發無上意，一切世間無能及者，時佛說二百一十億諸佛剎土應其心願。法藏稽首禮佛，廣說四十八願，云（本經具載）若不爾者誓不成佛。是時大地震動、天雨妙華，空中同聲讚言決定成佛。」

The Sūtra of the King of Drum Sound states: "In a past kalpa, there was a kingdom named Abhirati (Wonderful Joy). The king was named Kauśika; his grandfather was the king of the Pure and Peaceful Country; his father was the wheel-turning king Candrottara; and his mother was Varaprabhāvatī. She bore three sons: the eldest was named Candramukha, the second Kauśika, and the third Devagaṇa. At that time, a buddha appeared in the world, named Lokeśvararāja. The mind of Kauśika generated the resolve for the Way. He abandoned his kingdom's throne, took refuge in the Buddha, left the household life, and was named Monk Dharmākara." Furthermore, the Larger Amitābha Sūtra states: "Monk Dharmākara generated the unexcelled resolve in the presence of Lokeśvararāja Buddha, which none in all the worlds could match. At that time, the Buddha expounded the lands of twenty-one billion buddhas in response to his aspiration. Dharmākara bowed his head in reverence to the Buddha and expounded forty-eight vows at length, saying (recorded fully in the sūtra proper) that if they were not fulfilled, he swore not to attain buddhahood. At that time the great earth trembled, the heavens rained wondrous flowers, and a voice in the sky praised in unison: 'You will decisively attain buddhahood.'"