佛祖統紀 4.13

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時優填王（拘睒彌國）戀慕世尊。鑄金為像。聞佛當下寶階。象載金像來迎世尊。金像上下猶如生佛。雨華放光為佛作禮。世尊合掌語像。我滅度後。我諸弟子以付囑汝（觀佛三昧經○案增一阿含經。帝釋請佛。升忉利天為母說法。優填王思覩如來。即以旃檀作如來像。高至五尺。波斯匿王。聞之以紫磨金作像。亦高五尺。時閻浮提始有二像。又西域記。優填王。請目連。以神力。接工人上天。親[目*(日/目)]妙相。用旃檀雕像）佛姨母摩訶波闍波提（此云大愛道）不忍見如來滅度。與五百除饉女禮佛。退還精舍。各在空中。作十八變。同時泥洹。佛令阿難入城遍告理家（優婆塞受戒在家者）作五百梓材。闍維畢取舍利。造廟供養（佛母泥洹經）佛躬舉床一脚。阿難舉一脚。飛在虛空往至冢間。四部大眾各舉五百比丘尼（增一阿含經○案智度論。四天王舉床。佛在前擎爐燒香供養。為報恩故）。

At that time, King Udayana (of the kingdom of Kauśāmbī), longing for the World-Honoured One, cast a golden image. Hearing that the Buddha was about to descend the jeweled steps, he had an elephant carry the golden image to welcome the World-Honoured One. The golden image rose and descended just like a living Buddha, raining flowers, emitting light, and paying homage to the Buddha. The World-Honoured One joined his palms and said to the image: 'After my extinction, I entrust my disciples to you' (Guanfo sanmei jing. Note: According to the Ekottarika-āgama, Śakra invited the Buddha to ascend to Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to preach the Dharma for his mother. King Udayana, yearning to see the Tathāgata, carved an image of the Tathāgata from sandalwood, five feet in height. King Prasenajit heard of this and made an image of purple-gold, also five feet in height. At that time, Jambudvīpa first had these two images. Also, the Xiyu ji says: 'King Udayana requested Maudgalyāyana to use his supernatural power to transport artisans up to heaven to directly view the marvelous marks, and they carved an image with sandalwood'). The Buddha's maternal aunt Mahāprajāpatī (translated as Great Path of Love), unable to bear seeing the Tathāgata's extinction, paid homage to the Buddha together with five hundred nuns, withdrew to the monastery, and each performed the eighteen transformations in the air, entering nirvāṇa simultaneously. The Buddha ordered Ānanda to go into the city to announce to all householders (upāsakas who had received precepts and remained at home) to make five hundred catalpa coffins, and after the cremation to collect the relics and erect shrines to make offerings (Fomu nihuan jing). The Buddha personally lifted one leg of the bier, and Ānanda lifted one leg, flying through the air to the cemetery. The fourfold assembly each carried the five hundred bhikṣuṇīs (Ekottarika-āgama. Note: According to the Dazhidu lun, the Four Heavenly Kings carried the bier, while the Buddha walked in front holding an incense burner to burn incense and make offerings in order to repay her kindness).