經律異相 6.40

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爾時佛前。有七寶塔。高五百由旬。縱廣二百五十由旬。從地踊出。住在空中。種種寶物。而莊校之。五千欄楯龕室千萬。無數幢幡。以為嚴飾。垂寶瓔珞。寶鈴萬億。而懸其上。四面皆出多摩羅跋栴檀之香。充遍世界。其諸幡蓋。以金銀琉璃硨𤦲碼碯真珠琥珀七寶合成。高至四天王宮。三十三天。雨天曼陀羅華。供養寶塔。下至八部。以一切華香瓔珞幡蓋伎樂。供養寶塔。爾時塔中。出大音聲歎言。善哉釋迦牟尼佛。以平等慧。教菩薩法。四眾聞塔所出音聲。皆得法喜。怪未曾有。此寶塔中。有如來全身。過去東方無量千萬阿僧祇世界。國名寶淨。佛號多寶。其佛行菩薩道時。作大誓願。若我成佛滅度之後。於十方國土。有說法華經處。我之塔廟為聽經故。踊現其前以作證明。若有說法華。全身舍利在於塔中。讚言善哉。大樂說菩薩。白佛言。世尊。我等願欲見此佛身。佛言。多寶佛有深重願。若我寶塔。為聽法華經故出於諸佛前時。欲以我身示四眾者。彼佛分身諸佛。在於十方。盡還一處。然後我身乃出現耳。大樂說言。我等亦願欲見世尊分身諸佛。佛放白毫一光。東西南北四維上下諸佛。諸佛各告眾菩薩言。善男子。我今應往娑婆世界釋迦牟尼佛所。并供養多寶如來寶塔。時娑婆世界即變清淨。琉璃為地。寶樹莊嚴。黃金為繩。以界八道。無諸聚落村營城邑大海江河山川林藪燒大寶香。移諸天人置於他土。是時諸佛各將一大菩薩以為侍者。至娑婆世界。各到寶樹下。樹下皆有師子之座。高五百由旬。十方諸佛皆悉來集。坐於八方。諸佛欲同開寶塔。即從坐起住虛空中。一切四眾起立合掌一心觀佛。於是釋迦牟尼佛。以右指開七寶塔戶。出大音聲。如却關鑰。一切眾會。皆見多寶如來於寶塔中坐師子座。全身不散如入禪定。又聞其言。善哉善哉。釋迦牟尼佛。快說是法華經。我為聽是經故而來至此。爾時四眾等見過去無量千萬億劫滅度之佛。說如是言。歎未曾有。以天寶華聚散多寶佛及釋迦牟尼佛上。爾時多寶佛。於寶塔中。分半坐與釋迦牟尼佛坐。時釋迦牟尼佛坐其半坐。以神通力接諸大眾。皆在虛空（出妙法蓮華經第四卷）。

At that time, in front of the Buddha, there was a seven-jeweled stupa, five hundred yojanas in height, and two hundred and fifty yojanas in length and breadth, which welled forth from the earth and stayed in mid-air. It was adorned with various precious substances. Five thousand railings, tens of millions of niches and chambers, and countless banners and streamers were used as its ornaments. Jeweled necklaces hung down, and hundreds of millions of jeweled bells were suspended above it. From all four sides issued the fragrance of tamālapattra and candana, permeating the entire world. Its various banners and canopies were composed of the seven jewels: gold, silver, lapis lazuli, musāragalva, agate, pearl, and amber. It reached up as high as the palaces of the Four Heavenly Kings. The gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens rained down divine māndārava flowers in offering to the jeweled stupa. Down to the eight classes [of beings], they made offerings to the jeweled stupa with all kinds of flowers, incense, necklaces, banners, canopies, and music. At that time, a great voice issued from the stupa, praising: 'Excellent, Śākyamuni Buddha! With impartial wisdom, you teach the bodhisattvas the Dharma.' When the four assemblies heard the voice issuing from the stupa, they all attained the joy of the Dharma and marveled at this unprecedented event. Within this jeweled stupa was the entire body of a Tathāgata. In the past, immeasurable tens of millions of asaṃkhyeya worlds away in the east, there was a land named Jewel Purity; the Buddha's name was Many Treasures (Prabhūtaratna). When that Buddha was practicing the bodhisattva path, he made a great vow: 'If, after I attain Buddhahood and enter extinction, in the lands of the ten directions there is a place where the Lotus Sūtra is preached, my stupa-shrine, in order to hear the sūtra, shall well forth and appear before it to bear witness. If someone preaches the Lotus [Sūtra], the relics of my whole body within the stupa shall utter praise, saying: "Excellent!"' The Bodhisattva Great Joy in Preaching (Mahāpratibhāna) said to the Buddha: 'Bhagavat, we wish to see the body of this Buddha.' The Buddha said: 'The Buddha Prabhūtaratna has a profound and weighty vow: "When my jeweled stupa appears before the Buddhas to hear the Lotus Sūtra, if anyone wishes to show my body to the four assemblies, the replica Buddhas of that Buddha in the ten directions must all return together to one place, and only then will my body appear."' Great Joy in Preaching said: 'We also wish to see the replica Buddhas of the Bhagavat.' The Buddha emitted a single ray of light from his white curl between the eyebrows. [The light reached] the Buddhas in the east, west, south, north, the four intermediate directions, above, and below. Each of those Buddhas told his assembly of bodhisattvas: 'Good men, I must now go to the Saha world, to the place of Śākyamuni Buddha, and also make offerings to the jeweled stupa of Prabhūtaratna Tathāgata.' Then the Saha world immediately became pure: lapis lazuli formed the ground, jeweled trees were arrayed as adornments, golden cords marked off the eight roads, and there were no villages, towns, cities, great oceans, rivers, mountains, streams, forests, or marshes. Great precious incense was burned, and all the devas and humans were relocated to other lands. At that time, each of the Buddhas brought along one great bodhisattva as an attendant, arrived in the Saha world, and each went beneath a jeweled tree. Beneath each tree was a lion throne, five hundred yojanas high. The Buddhas of the ten directions all assembled and sat in the eight directions. The Buddhas wished together to open the jeweled stupa, so they arose from their seats and stood in empty space. The entire four assemblies stood up, joined their palms, and single-mindedly gazed at the Buddha. Thereupon Śākyamuni Buddha, with his right finger, opened the door of the seven-jeweled stupa. It emitted a great sound, like the drawing back of a lock and key. The entire great assembly saw Prabhūtaratna Tathāgata seated on the lion throne within the jeweled stupa, his whole body intact, as if he had entered meditative absorption. They also heard him say: 'Excellent! Excellent! Śākyamuni Buddha, you have delightfully preached this Lotus Sūtra. I have come to this place to hear this sūtra.' At that time, the four assemblies and others, seeing a Buddha who had entered extinction immeasurable thousands of myriads of koṭis of kalpas ago speak such words, praised it as unprecedented, and scattered masses of divine jeweled flowers upon Prabhūtaratna Buddha and Śākyamuni Buddha. Then Prabhūtaratna Buddha, within the jeweled stupa, yielded half of his seat to Śākyamuni Buddha to sit upon. Śākyamuni Buddha then sat on that half of the seat, and with his supernatural powers, he drew the entire great assembly up so that they were all in empty space. (From the fourth fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra)