辯正論 6.114

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阿育王經云。王殺八萬四千宮人。夜聞宮外哭聲。王悔為造八萬四千塔。今此震旦亦有在此者。釋提桓因天上造三千偷婆也。竭溟海而求珠。淨康衢而徙石。蓋勞力也。總群生為己任。等含氣於天屬。棲遑有漏之壤。負荷無賴之儔。蓋勞心也。迴軒實相之域。凝神寂照之場。指泥洹而長歸。乘法身而遐覽。斯不匱之道也。暨乃母氏降天。剖金棺而演句。父王即世。執寶床而送終。

The Sūtra of King Aśoka states: 'The king killed eighty-four thousand palace attendants. Hearing wailing outside the palace at night, the king repented and erected eighty-four thousand stūpas for them.' Some of these are located here in Cīnasthāna (China) as well. Śakra Devānām-Indra built three thousand stūpas in heaven. Emptying the immense sea to seek a pearl, or clearing a wide highway by moving stones—these are instances of exerting physical labor. Taking responsibility for all sentient beings as one's own duty, regarding all breath-possessing creatures as one's kindred, rushing anxiously across this defiled realm, and bearing the burdens of the unruly multitude—these are instances of exerting mental labor. Turning the carriage toward the realm of the true mark, focusing the spirit in the field of serene illumination, pointing toward nirvāṇa to return eternally, and mounting the dharmakāya to gaze far and wide—this is the way of inexhaustibility. When [the Buddha's] mother descended from heaven, he opened the golden coffin to expound his stanzas; when his royal father passed away, he held the jeweled bier to see him off to his end.