法苑珠林 28.7

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如大方等大集念佛三昧經云。大目連答阿難言。憶念我昔於一時間。取此三千大千世界悉內口中。其時眾生乃至無有一念驚覺往來想。復念我昔在世尊前作師子吼。能以須彌內於口中。能過一劫若減一劫。如是為常。復念往昔至於東方。住彼第三千世界。有一大城。名曰寶門。於彼有六萬億千家。我於彼中一一皆現我身。而為說法安住正法。爾時舍利弗答阿難言。我念昔取一袈裟投置地上。時大目連第一上座威神若是。既不能取。乃至不能舉令離地。何云手擎。阿難。又念我昔居世尊前作師子吼。時諸外道欲共我較。隱身說法。唯除世尊一切知見大力菩薩。自外所有聲聞弟子乃至外道。而問我隱沒身時住在何處。終不能知我身所在。爾時大迦葉答阿難言。我念一時在世尊前作師子吼。於此三千大千世界須彌諸山之屬。一以口吹能令破散。乃至無有如微塵許。其有眾生住彼山者。不令損害亦無覺知。如是諸山皆悉滅也。我又一時於此大千世界一切大海河池諸水乃至無量億千那由他百千水聚。以口一吹皆令乾竭。而彼眾生不知不覺。我又一時在大眾前作師子吼。能於三千大千世界之內。以口一吹即令大火熾然遍滿。猶如劫燒。終亦不使損一眾生。竟不覺知。爾時彌勒文殊諸大菩薩等。聞大迦葉作師子吼。便化華聚若須彌山。乃至再三散迦葉上。復化作大七寶蓋。住虛空中。覆大迦葉頂。并覆一切聲聞大眾。爾時富樓那答阿難曰。我念昔時有諸眾生應以通化者。便為彼取三千大千世界。以手摩之開示彼等。當爾之時無一眾生有驚怕想。亦不覺知。唯彼眾生應與化者。乃見我手摩此世界。又我能取三千世界。以手迴轉不以為難。又我能於世尊前。以一指節。取此三千世界一切水聚。皆令入我手指節間。無一眾生有損減想。我又一時於初夜中。以淨天眼觀此大千世界所有無量眾生疑惑。不出是定皆為除疑。令彼眾生各作斯念。我蒙尊者獨住我前為我宣說。隨機獲益無有滯礙。爾時羅睺羅答阿難曰。我念往昔唯此三千大千世界諸山之類。皆納一毛孔中。我身如本眾生不異。我又一時取此大千世界所有大海河池水聚。悉入毛孔。我身無損眾生無害。一切水聚各皆如本。我又一時此處入禪。即於東北方至一佛界。佛號難勝。現身禮敬已即還此界。求栴檀香還持供佛。香氣遍滿皆作無量種種變化。爾時須菩提答阿難曰我念一時入於三昧。此大千世界弘廣若斯置一毛端。往來旋轉如陶家輪。當爾之時無一眾生有驚懼心。亦不覺知己之何處。我又往昔於如來前作師子吼。白言。世尊。如此大千世界。我能以口微氣一吹皆令散滅。其中眾生不驚不怕無往來想。復於佛前能以大千世界所有眾生。皆悉安置一指節端。上至有頂還來本處。令彼眾生無往返想。又念一時宴坐三昧見十方諸佛無量無邊百千世界。各有六萬諸佛。曾所未見。今皆見知。以是定心復發神力。至須彌頂天帝釋邊。撮取一掬栴檀末香。往彼無量諸世界中。供養向爾許如來。彼界眾生皆悉明了見我住是閻浮供養承事。

As stated in the Dafangdeng daji nianfo sanmei jing, Mahāmaudgalyāyana answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that once in the past, I took this trichiliocosm and put it entirely into my mouth. At that time, the sentient beings did not have even a single thought of alarm or any notion of coming and going. I also recall that once in the past, before the World-Honoured One, I roared the lion's roar [saying that] I could place Mount Sumeru inside my mouth and remain like this for an entire kalpa or less than a kalpa as normal. I also recall that in the past I went to the east and stayed in the third chiliocosm, where there was a great city named Jewel Gate. There were sixty billion thousand households therein, and in every single one of them I manifested my body, expounded the Dharma for them, and established them in the true Dharma." At that time, Śāriputra answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that in the past I took a kāṣāya and cast it upon the ground. At that time, Mahāmaudgalyāyana, whose majestic spiritual power as the foremost senior monk was such, could not pick it up, nor could he even lift it off the ground, not to mention hold it in his hand. Ānanda, I also recall that once in the past, before the World-Honoured One, I roared the lion's roar. At that time, various non-Buddhists wished to contest with me. I concealed my body and expounded the Dharma. Except for the World-Honoured One, the omniscient and all-seeing, and the greatly powerful bodhisattvas, when all other śrāvaka disciples and even the non-Buddhists asked where I dwelt when my body was concealed, none could ever know my body's location." At that time, Mahākāśyapa answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that once, before the World-Honoured One, I roared the lion's roar [saying that] with a single blow from my mouth I could shatter and scatter Mount Sumeru and all the mountains belonging to this trichiliocosm, until not even the size of a fine dust mote remained; and as for any sentient beings dwelling on those mountains, I would cause them to suffer no harm, nor would they be aware of it, and all such mountains would be completely destroyed. Also, at another time, with a single blow of my mouth, I caused all the waters of the great oceans, rivers, and ponds in this chiliocosm, even an immeasurable billion thousand nayuta hundred thousand reservoirs of water, to dry up completely, while those sentient beings were neither conscious nor aware of it. At another time, before the great assembly, I roared the lion's roar [saying that] with a single blow of my mouth I could cause a great fire to blaze fiercely throughout the trichiliocosm, just like the conflagration at the end of a kalpa, yet ultimately I would not cause harm to a single sentient being, and in the end they would not even be aware of it." At that time, Maitreya, Mañjuśrī, and other great bodhisattvas, hearing Mahākāśyapa roar the lion's roar, magically created heaps of flowers like Mount Sumeru and scattered them over Kāśyapa twice and thrice; they also magically created a great canopy of the seven jewels that remained in empty space, covering the crown of Mahākāśyapa's head and covering the entire great assembly of śrāvakas. At that time, Pūrṇa answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that in the past, when there were sentient beings who ought to be converted through supernormal powers, I took the trichiliocosm for them and rubbed it with my hand to reveal it to them. At that time, not a single sentient being had any thought of fear, nor was any aware of it; only those sentient beings who were to be converted saw my hand rubbing this world. Furthermore, I can take the trichiliocosm and turn it around with my hand without considering it difficult. Furthermore, before the World-Honoured One, with a single finger joint, I can take all the reservoirs of water in this trichiliocosm and cause them all to enter between my finger joints, without a single sentient being having any thought of diminution. Moreover, at another time during the first watch of the night, with the pure divine eye I observed the doubts and perplexities of all the immeasurable sentient beings in this great chiliocosm, and without emerging from this samādhi, I dispelled all their doubts, causing each of those sentient beings to think: 'I have received the venerable one who stands alone before me expounding it for me.' In accordance with their capacities they obtained benefit without any obstruction." At that time, Rāhula answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that in the past, I placed all the mountains of this trichiliocosm into a single hair-pore; my body remained as before, and the sentient beings were no different. Moreover, at another time, I took all the reservoirs of water of the oceans, rivers, and ponds in this great chiliocosm and made them all enter my hair-pore; my body suffered no harm, the sentient beings were not harmed, and all the reservoirs of water were each as before. Moreover, at another time, entering dhyāna here, I immediately reached a Buddha-realm in the northeast; the Buddha's name was Insuperable. Having manifested my body and paid homage, I immediately returned to this realm, sought out sandalwood incense, and brought it back to make offerings to the Buddha; the fragrance permeated everywhere, creating immeasurable various transformations." At that time, Subhūti answered Ānanda, saying: "I recall that once, entering samādhi, I placed this great chiliocosm, vast as it is, on the tip of a single hair, spinning it back and forth like a potter's wheel. At that time, not a single sentient being had a fearful mind, nor were they aware of where they were. Moreover, in the past before the Tathāgata, I roared the lion's roar and addressed the World-Honoured One, saying: 'With a slight breath from my mouth, I can blow away and destroy such a great chiliocosm as this, without the sentient beings therein feeling alarm or fear, or having any thought of coming and going.' Furthermore, before the Buddha, I can place all the sentient beings of the great chiliocosm upon the tip of a single finger joint, carry them up to the Highest Heaven of Form, and bring them back to their original place, causing those sentient beings to have no thought of going or returning. Moreover, I recall that once, sitting peacefully in samādhi, I saw the immeasurable and boundless hundreds of thousands of worlds of the Buddhas of the ten directions, each with sixty thousand Buddhas. Those whom I had never seen before, I now saw and knew all of them. From this concentrated mind, I further manifested supernormal powers: going to the summit of Mount Sumeru beside Śakra, Lord of the Gods, I gathered a handful of powdered sandalwood incense and went to those immeasurable worlds to make offerings to those many Tathāgatas. The sentient beings of those realms all clearly saw me dwelling in this Jambudvīpa making offerings and serving them."