經律異相 8.48

8.48

爾時如來說法華經。諸餘菩薩請欲護持。佛即止之云。下方國菩薩無量無數。因地震裂同時踊現住虛空中。詣七寶塔多寶如來釋迦文佛。向二世尊頭面作禮（出法華經第五卷）。

At that time, the Tathāgata was expounding the Lotus Sūtra. Other bodhisattvas requested to protect and uphold it. The Buddha then stopped them, saying that the bodhisattvas of the lower realm were immeasurable and boundless. Through the splitting of the earth, they welled forth simultaneously, abode in the air, proceeded to the seven-jeweled stupa of Prabhūtaratna Tathāgata and Śākyamuni Buddha, and bowed their heads in homage to the two World-Honoured Ones. (Drawn from the fifth fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra)