法苑珠林 11.37

11.37

又觀佛三昧經云。佛告父王。如我踰出宮城。去伽耶城不遠詣阿輸陀樹。吉安天子等百千天子。皆作是念。菩薩若於此坐必須坐具。我今應當獻於天草。即把天草。清淨柔軟名曰吉祥。菩薩受已鋪地而坐。是時諸天。復見白毛圍如三寸。右旋宛轉有百千色流入諸相。是諸天子各作是念。菩薩今者唯受我草。不受汝草。時白毛中有萬億菩薩結跏趺坐。各取其草坐此樹下。一一天子各見白毫中有如此相。時有天子。名曰悅意。見地生草穿菩薩肉上生至肘。告諸天子曰。奇哉男子。苦行乃爾。不食多時。喚聲不聞。草生不覺。即以右手申其白毛。其白毛端直。正長一丈四尺五寸。如天白寶中外俱空。天見毛內有百億光。其光微妙不可具宣。諸天見已歎未曾有。即放白毛右旋宛轉。還復本處。是時降魔。魔還天宮。白毛隨從直至六天。無數天子天女。見白毛孔通中皆空。團圓可愛如梵王幢。如來有無量相好。一一相中八萬四千諸小相好。如是相好。不及白毫少分功德。

Also, the Guan Fo sanmei jing says: The Buddha told his father, the king: 'When I leapt over the palace walls and went to the aśvattha tree not far from the city of Gayā, hundreds of thousands of devaputras such as Devaputra Jīvaka all had this thought: "If the Bodhisattva sits here, he will certainly require a seat; we should now offer heavenly grass." They then took heavenly grass, pure and soft, named Śvastika. When the Bodhisattva received it, he spread it upon the ground and sat down. At that time, the devas further saw the white curl [between his brows], measuring three inches around, turning to the right, possessing hundreds of thousands of colours that flowed into all his marks. Each of these devaputras thought: "The Bodhisattva has now accepted only my grass, not yours." At that time, within the white curl, there were ten thousand kotis of bodhisattvas sitting cross-legged, each taking their grass and sitting under this tree. Each and every devaputra saw such marks within the white curl. At that time there was a devaputra named Yueti (Pramodya), who saw the grass growing from the ground piercing the Bodhisattva's flesh and growing up to his elbows. He said to the devaputras: "How extraordinary this man is! Such is his ascetic practice: not eating for a long time, not hearing shouts, unaware of the grass growing [through him]!" He then extended the white hair with his right hand. The white hair was straight, exactly one zhang, four chi, and five cun long; like a heavenly white jewel, both its interior and exterior were empty. The devas saw hundreds of kotis of rays of light within the hair, subtle and marvelous beyond description. Having seen it, the devas praised it as unprecedented. He then released the white hair, which turned to the right and returned to its original place. At this time the māras were subdued, and Māra returned to his heavenly palace. The white hair followed him straight up to the six heavens. Countless devaputras and devakanyās saw the pores of the white hair, all hollow through the middle, rounded and lovely like the banner of Brahmā. The Tathāgata has immeasurable major marks, and within each mark are eighty-four thousand minor marks. Yet all such marks do not equal a fraction of the merit of the white curl.'