經律異相 8.12

8.12

乃往過去有佛。名雲雷音宿王華智。有王名妙莊嚴。其王夫人名曰淨德。有二子。一名淨藏。二名淨眼。是二子者有大神力。福德智慧修菩薩道。佛欲引導妙莊嚴王愍念眾生說是法華經。時淨藏淨眼白母言。願母往詣雲雷音宿王華智佛。我等亦當侍從供養禮拜。母告子言。汝父信受外道深著婆羅門法。汝等應往白父與共俱去。母又告言。汝等當念父為見神變。於是二子踊在虛空高七多羅樹現十八變。父見神力心大歡喜合掌向子言。汝等師為是誰。二子白言。雲雷音宿王華智佛今在七寶菩提樹下法座上坐說法華經。是我等師。父語子言。我今欲見。二子從空中下白母父王今已信解發菩提心。我等為父已作佛事。願母見聽。於彼佛所出家修道。母言聽汝。佛難值故。於是二子白父母言。願時往詣佛所親覲供養。於是妙莊嚴王與群臣眷屬。淨德夫人與後宮婇女并其二子四萬二千人。一時詣佛。佛為說法示教利喜。王大歡悅。時王及夫人。即解頸真珠瓔珞以散佛上。於虛空中化成四柱寶臺。中有大寶床敷百千萬天衣。其上有佛結跏趺坐放大光明。時雲雷音宿王華智佛告四眾言。汝等見是妙莊嚴王於我前合掌立不。此王於我法中當作比丘精勤修習助佛道法當得作佛號娑羅樹王。國名大光劫名大高王。其王即時以國付弟。王與夫人二子并諸眷屬於佛法中出家修道。王出家已於八萬四千歲常精進修行妙法華經。過是已後得一切淨功德莊嚴三昧。即昇虛空高七多羅樹。妙莊嚴王今華德菩薩是。淨德夫人光照莊嚴相菩薩是。其二子者今藥王藥上菩薩是（出法華經第七卷）。

Long ago in the past, there was a buddha named Jaladharagarjitaghoṣasusvaranakṣatrarāhasaṅkusumitābhijña. There was a king named Śubhavyūha, and his queen's name was Vimaladattā. They had two sons: the first was named Vimalagarbha, and the second was named Vimalanetra. These two sons possessed great spiritual power, merit, and wisdom, and practiced the bodhisattva path. Wishing to guide King Śubhavyūha and out of pity for sentient beings, the Buddha preached this Lotus Sūtra. At that time, Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra addressed their mother, saying: 'May mother go to the Buddha Jaladharagarjitaghoṣasusvaranakṣatrarāhasaṅkusumitābhijña. We too will attend upon him, make offerings, and pay homage.' The mother told her sons: 'Your father believes in and accepts non-Buddhist paths, deeply attached to brāhmaṇa teachings. You should go address your father and go together with him.' The mother also told them: 'You should have pity on your father and display spiritual transformations for him.' Thereupon the two sons leaped into the air to the height of seven tāla trees and manifested eighteen transformations. Seeing this spiritual power, the father was filled with great joy. Joining his palms toward his sons, he asked: 'Who is your master?' The two sons replied: 'The Buddha Jaladharagarjitaghoṣasusvaranakṣatrarāhasaṅkusumitābhijña is now seated upon the Dharma seat beneath the seven-jeweled bodhi tree, preaching the Lotus Sūtra. He is our master.' The father said to his sons: 'I now wish to see him.' The two sons descended from the air and addressed their mother: 'Our father the king has now attained faithful understanding and resolved his mind on bodhi. We have already accomplished the Buddha's work for our father. May mother grant permission for us to leave the household life under that Buddha and practice the Path.' The mother said: 'I permit you, for a buddha is difficult to encounter.' Thereupon the two sons addressed their parents, saying: 'May we go in good time to the Buddha's dwelling to behold him and make offerings.' Thereupon King Śubhavyūha, together with his ministers and retinue, Queen Vimaladattā with her palace maidens, and the two sons—forty-two thousand people in all—went together to the Buddha. The Buddha preached the Dharma for them, instructing, guiding, benefiting, and gladdening them, and the king was filled with great joy. At that time, the king and queen immediately unfastened their pearl necklaces and scattered them over the Buddha. In the air they transformed into a four-pillared jewel terrace, inside of which was a great jewel couch covered with hundreds of thousands of heavenly garments. Upon it was a buddha sitting cross-legged, emitting a great light. At that time, the Buddha Jaladharagarjitaghoṣasusvaranakṣatrarāhasaṅkusumitābhijña addressed the fourfold assembly, saying: 'Do you see King Śubhavyūha standing before me with palms joined? Within my Dharma, this king will become a monk, diligently cultivating the practices that assist the Buddha Path, and will become a buddha named Sālarājamati. His land will be named Mahāprabhā and his kalpa named Mahāratiprabha.' The king immediately entrusted the kingdom to his younger brother, and the king, together with the queen, the two sons, and all their retinue, renounced the household life within the Buddha's teaching to practice the Path. Having left the household life, for eighty-four thousand years the king was constantly diligent in practicing the Wonderful Lotus Sūtra. After this, he attained the samādhi of all pure meritorious adornments, and immediately ascended into the air to the height of seven tāla trees. King Śubhavyūha is now the Bodhisattva Padmaśrī; Queen Vimaladattā is now the Bodhisattva Vairocanaraśmipratimaṇḍita; and their two sons are now the Bodhisattvas Bhaiṣajyarāja and Bhaiṣajyasamudgata (from the seventh fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra).