佛祖統紀 34.9

34.9

The bodhisattva was born in the Tuṣita Heaven under the name Śreshṭha-bhadra (Shengguan). He expounded the practice of one birth away from Buddhahood to the heavenly lords. When his appointed time was approaching to descend and become a Buddha, he observed that Kapila country in Jambudvīpa within this great thousandworld was the most central; he observed that King Śuddhodana and his wife were upright and truly worthy of being his parents. He informed the gods: 'I should descend to be born in the house of King Śuddhodana, abandon the throne of a wheel-turning king, leave home to study the Way, accomplish sarvākārajñatā, turn the great wheel of the Dharma, and broadly benefit gods and humans. You all should also assemble together at that time' (Sūtra of Cause and Effect. ○ 'Great thousand' is the realm of the trichiliocosm, whose meaning is seen in the 'Treatise on the Three Realms.' Jambudvīpa is also Jambū, the southern continent. 'Kapila' is translated here as 'yellowish color'; the virtue of earth esteems yellow and occupies the center. Śuddhodana was the king of Kapila country. Sarvākārajñatā is the samādhi attained by a Buddha. Sarvajñatā is paramārtha-satya; mārgasatya is saṃvṛti-satya; sarvākārajñatā is the middle truth. 'Zhuan' is in the falling tone).