經律異相 8.6

8.6

宿王華菩薩白言。世尊藥王云何遊此娑婆世界。有百萬億那由他難行苦行。願少解說。佛言。過去恒河沙劫有佛號日月淨明德。彼國無有女人。喜見菩薩於此佛法精進經行一心求佛。滿二萬歲得現一切色身三昧。皆是聞法華經力。於虛空中雨曼陀羅華及海此岸栴檀之香。以天衣纏身灌以香油而自燃身。光明遍照八十億恒河沙世界。是真精進真法供養。其身火燃千二百歲過是已後其身乃盡。一切眾生喜見菩薩法供養已。化生此國淨德王家。為父說偈。

The Bodhisattva Nakṣatrarāhasaṅkusumitābhijña addressed the Buddha, saying: 'World-Honoured One, how does Bhaiṣajyarāja roam in this Sahā world? He has undergone millions of myriads of nayutas of difficult and painful ascetic practices. May you explain this a little.' The Buddha said: 'Past kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges ago, there was a buddha named Candrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśrī. In that land there were no women. The Bodhisattva Sarvasattvapriyadarśana, within this Buddha's teaching, diligently practiced walking meditation, single-mindedly seeking buddhahood. After twenty thousand years, he attained the samādhi of manifesting all physical forms, all through the power of hearing the Lotus Sūtra. From the air rained down māndārava flowers and sandalwood incense from the near shore of the ocean. He wrapped his body in heavenly garments, poured fragrant oils over himself, and set fire to his body. His light illuminated eighty billion worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. This was true vigor, a true offering of the Dharma. The fire burned his body for one thousand two hundred years, and only after that was his body consumed. After the Bodhisattva Sarvasattvapriyadarśana had made this Dharma offering, he was transformed and reborn in that land into the family of King Vimaladatta. For his father, he spoke this verse: