法苑珠林 10.41

10.41

佛告阿難。我初成道在熙連河側。有五尼揵共領七百五十弟子。自稱得道來至我所。以其身根繞身七匝。來至我所鋪草而坐。即作此語。我無欲故身根如此。如自在天。我今神道過踰沙門百千萬億。爾時世尊告諸尼揵。汝等不知如來身分。若欲見者隨意觀之。如來積劫修行梵行。在家之時。都無欲想。心不染黑故得斯報。猶如寶馬隱顯無常。今當為汝少現身分。爾時世尊從空而下。即於地上化作四水如四大海。四海之中有須彌山。佛在須彌山。正身仰臥放金色光。其光晃曜映諸天身。徐出馬藏繞山七匝。如金蓮華。華華相次上至梵世。從佛身出一億那由他雜寶蓮華。猶如華幢覆蔽馬藏。此蓮華一億有十億層。層有百千無量化佛。一一化佛百億菩薩無數比丘以為侍者。化佛放光照十方界尼揵見已大驚心伏。佛梵行相乃至如此不可思議。形不醜惡猶如蓮華。我今頂禮佛功德海。求佛出家皆得道果。

The Buddha told Ānanda: 'When I first attained the Way by the banks of the Nairañjanā River, there were five Nirgranthas leading seven hundred and fifty disciples who claimed to have attained the Way; they came to my place, having their male organs coiled around their bodies seven times. Coming to my place, they spread grass and sat down, and made this statement: "Because we are free from desire, our organs are like this, like Maheśvara's. Our spiritual path today surpasses that of the śramaṇa by a hundred thousand myriad kotis." At that time, the World-Honoured One said to the Nirgranthas: "You do not know the bodily marks of the Tathāgata. If you wish to see them, observe as you please. The Tathāgata has cultivated pure conduct for accumulated kalpas; when at home, he had no thoughts of desire at all; his mind was unstained by black [defilement], hence he obtained this retribution. Like a jewel-horse, it conceals and appears without constancy. Now I shall manifest a little of my bodily marks for you." Thereupon the World-Honoured One descended from the air and manifested on the ground four waters like the four great oceans; in the midst of the four oceans was Mount Sumeru. The Buddha lay on his back with body upright atop Mount Sumeru, emitting golden light. His radiance was dazzling, outshining the bodies of all the devas. Slowly he brought forth his horse-sheath organ and coiled it around the mountain seven times, like a golden lotus flower, flower upon flower in sequence reaching up to the Brahmā world. From the Buddha's body emerged one hundred million nayutas of variegated jewel lotuses, covering the horse-sheath organ like flower banners. These one hundred million lotuses had ten billion tiers; each tier had hundreds of thousands of immeasurable transformation Buddhas; each transformation Buddha had ten billion bodhisattvas and countless bhikṣus as attendants. The transformation Buddhas emitted light illuminating the realms of the ten directions. Seeing this, the Nirgranthas were greatly astonished and their minds submitted: "The Buddha's marks of pure conduct are even inconceivable like this; his form is not hideous, but like a lotus flower! We now pay homage to the Buddha's ocean of merits." They begged the Buddha to go forth from home, and all attained the fruit of the Way.'