辯偽錄 2.15

2.15

The thirty-fourth transformation states: Lord Lao told the barbarian king, 'I shall have my disciple become a buddha, and you must take him as your master.' Thereupon he had Yin Xi transform his body into a buddha to be a master to the barbarians, commanded them to become śramaṇas, bestowed on them the Dharma of the Buddha (futu), and preached the Scripture of Forty-Two Sections. It also states: Lord Lao went to the country of Śrāvastī, transformed himself into a buddha seated on a seven-jeweled throne, with a body hundreds of thousands of myriad zhang tall, filling all of empty space. It also states: When Lord Lao wished to reorganize the Buddhist teachings once again, in the ninth year of King Zhuang of Zhou, he commanded King Fantuo (a disciple of Lord Lao) from the Brahma heaven to ride the lunar essence and enter the womb of Lady Māyā in India. In the tenth year, on the eighth day of the fourth month, he was born from her right flank. Later he entered the Snowy Mountains and cultivated the practice for six years; when his Way was accomplished, he resembled a buddha, and the multitudes called him Momouni (Śākyamuni). In the fourth year of King Kuang, shedding this transformation, the Supreme Lord commanded him to ascend to the Jiayi Heaven as the immortal Shanhui (Sumedha).