經律異相 7.9

7.9

佛昇忉利天。入歡喜園。在波利質多羅樹下。三月安居。放毛孔光照大千界。諸天子等不知何緣。佛告文殊。汝詣我母道我在此。願母暫屈。往白摩耶。摩耶乳汁自流。若是悉達。當令汁入其口。兩乳汁出。遠入佛口。摩耶歡悅。普地震動。諸妙華果非時敷熟。即語文殊為母子來歡喜安樂未曾如今。俱往佛所。佛遙見母曰。身所經履與苦樂俱。當修涅槃以求永離。摩耶一心五體投地專精正念結使消伏。佛為說法即識宿命。得須陀洹果。即白佛言。生死牢獄今已解脫。大眾咸曰。願一切眾生皆得解脫。廣化天人大有利益。三月將盡。告鳩摩羅。汝今可下至閻浮提。如來不久當入涅槃。時眾愁惱。我不早知不久涅槃。世眼將滅。何其苦哉。帝釋使諸鬼神作三道寶階。摩耶垂淚。於是而別。足躡寶階。梵王執蓋。四天侍立左右。四部大眾歌唄讚歎。天作伎樂充塞虛空。散華燒香至閻浮提（出佛昇忉利天為母說法經又出善見毘婆沙）。

The Buddha ascended to the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, entered the Nandana grove, and stayed under the pārijāta tree for the three-month rain retreat. Emitting light from his pores, he illuminated the great trichiliocosm. The sons of the gods did not understand the cause. The Buddha said to Mañjuśrī: "Go to my mother and say that I am here; I pray she will deign to visit." [Mañjuśrī] went and told Māyā. Milk flowed spontaneously from Māyā's breasts, [and she said:] "If it is indeed Siddhārtha, let the milk enter his mouth!" The milk streamed from both breasts and traveled far, entering the Buddha's mouth. Māyā was filled with joy. The entire earth trembled, and wonderful flowers and fruits blossomed and ripened out of season. She then said to Mañjuśrī: "Because mother and son are reunited, I have joy and peace as never before." Together they went to the Buddha's place. The Buddha saw his mother from afar and said: "The bodily paths one travels are accompanied by both suffering and joy. You should cultivate nirvāṇa to seek eternal liberation." Māyā single-mindedly threw her five limbs to the ground, concentrated her correct mindfulness, and her defilements and fetters were subdued and extinguished. When the Buddha expounded the Dharma for her, she immediately recognized her past lives and attained the fruit of srotāpanna. She then said to the Buddha: "From the prison of birth and death, I am now liberated!" The great assembly all said: "May all sentient beings attain liberation!" The broad conversion of devas and humans brought great benefit. When the three months were drawing to a close, he addressed Kumāra: "You may now descend to Jambudvīpa. The Tathāgata will soon enter parinirvāṇa." At that time the assembly was distressed: "We did not know earlier that he would soon enter parinirvāṇa. The eye of the world is about to be extinguished—how bitter it is!" Śakra ordered the ghosts and spirits to create three flights of jeweled stairs. Māyā shed tears, and thereupon they parted. Treading upon the jeweled stairs, with Brahmā holding a parasol and the Four Heavenly Kings attending on left and right, the fourfold assembly sang verses of praise, and divine music filled the sky. Scattering flowers and burning incense, he arrived in Jambudvīpa. (From the *Sūtra on the Buddha Ascending to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to Preach the Dharma for His Mother*, and also from the *Samantapāsādikā*.)