法苑珠林 11.39

11.39

如因果經云。四月七日世尊降魔。于時落日停光明月映徹。園林華菓榮不待春。智度論云。爾時天魔。將十八萬天魔眾皆來惱佛。佛以眉間微光照皆墮落。又觀佛三昧經云。魔王心怒。即欲直前。魔子諫曰。父王無辜自招瘡疣。菩薩行淨難動如地。云何可壞。又雜寶藏經云。昔如來樹下惡魔波旬。將八十億眾欲來壞佛。便語佛云。汝獨一身。何能坐此。急可起去。若不起者。我捉汝脚擲著海外。佛言。我觀世間無能擲我。汝於前世時。曾於一寺受一日八戒。施辟支佛一鉢之飯。故生六天為大魔王。而我於三阿僧祇劫。亦設供養聲聞緣覺。不可計數。魔言。汝道我昔一日持戒。施辟支佛食信有其實。我亦自知。汝亦知我。汝自道者誰為證知。佛以手指地言。此地證我。作是語時。一切大地六種震動。地神即從金剛際出。合掌白佛言。我為作證。有此地來我常在中。世尊所說真實不虛。佛語波旬。汝今先能動此澡瓶。然後可能擲我海外。爾時波旬及八十億眾不能令動。魔王軍眾顛倒自墜破壞星散。

As the Yinguo jing says: On the seventh day of the fourth month, the World-Honoured One subdued the māras. At that time the setting sun paused its light and the bright moon shone through; flowers and fruits in the groves and gardens blossomed without waiting for spring. The Zhidu lun says: At that time the heavenly demon led a host of one hundred and eighty thousand heavenly demons, all coming to trouble the Buddha. The Buddha illuminated them with a faint light from between his brows, and they all fell down. Also, the Guan Fo sanmei jing says: The demon king was furious and wished to charge straight forward. The demon's son admonished him, saying: 'Father and king, do not innocently invite sores and boils upon yourself. The Bodhisattva's practice is pure and unshakeable as the earth; how could he be destroyed?' Also, the Za baozang jing says: In the past, beneath the tree, the evil Māra Pāpīyas led a host of eighty kotis wishing to destroy the Buddha. He said to the Buddha: 'You are all alone; how can you sit here? Hurry and get up and leave! If you do not get up, I will seize your feet and throw you beyond the sea!' The Buddha said: 'I observe that no one in the world can throw me. In a past life, at a single temple, you observed the eight precepts for a single day and offered a bowl of food to a pratyekabuddha; therefore you were born in the six heavens as a great demon king. But over three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, I have made offerings to śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas beyond count.' Māra said: 'What you say about my keeping the precepts for one day and giving food to a pratyekabuddha in the past is indeed true; I know it myself, and you also know it of me. But who can bear witness to what you yourself say?' The Buddha pointed his finger at the earth and said: 'This earth bears witness to me.' When he spoke these words, the entire great earth shook in six ways. The earth deity emerged from the vajra-stratum, joined her palms, and said to the Buddha: 'I bear witness! Since this earth has existed, I have always been within it. What the World-Honoured One says is true and not false.' The Buddha said to Pāpīyas: 'If you can first move this water pitcher, then you might be able to throw me beyond the sea.' At that time, Pāpīyas and his eighty kotis could not move it. The demon king's army fell headlong of themselves, broken and scattered like stars.