[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt) › 8.6 # 經律異相 8.6 English (machine translation) 8.6 - **Language:** English ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8.6) 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: - [Previous: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8.5) - [Next: 8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8.7) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.8.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.8.6) · Pramāṇa