法苑珠林 35.41

35.41

又如來成道後。第二十一年。佛告大目連。汝往祇桓戒壇北鳴鍾召。十方僧如普賢觀音菩薩等。并集我分身百億釋迦佛。各乘樓觀至戒壇所。依教集已。佛告普賢菩薩。汝往獼猴。池所。我常經行處有破僧伽梨衣。角有小珠塔。可持將來。普賢依教持至祇桓。世尊受此塔已。即告大眾。我初踰城至城樓上。城神歎我言。我為此城神。經今十三劫。見過去諸佛。皆踰城學道。破恩愛網殺煩惱賊。成無上道度脫一切。汝今亦爾。勿令有退。迦葉佛時付我小珠塔。待悉達踰城令我付汝。此是拘留孫四牙印之塔。展轉相付乃至婁至佛。太子受已禮拜。塔訖。放大光明。塔門自開。便見四牙及佛遺教。有金銀臺觀。其數八萬。並盛經律。又有摩尼臺觀。上常有燈香供養。并傍有銀題字告釋迦文佛。汝初成道時當取一牙印印汝脚。足下千輻輪現。次取一牙印印汝手掌中。便有萬字現。又取一牙印印汝胸臆上。便有德相現。又取一牙印印汝頂上。便獲大圓光現。我後成道依此四印。隨印現相。皆如前說。印竟內塔中門自然閉。塔基有銘文。令置袈裟角。自成道來置于左肩上。又告諸來佛及人天眾。各施一珠塔住待未來。諸佛依言施已。並付普賢守護。待如來涅槃。送至祇桓中安戒壇北。至闍維舍利竟。令普賢守護。住二十年已後付文殊。開塔取此四牙。至正法末時。令傳閻浮諸國佛法住持。乃至一千一百年後。將此四牙印百億世界形像。皆有光明生希有心。後乃至四洲六欲天等流通化益。後文殊師利將付彌勒佛。

"Furthermore, in the twenty-first year after the Tathāgata attained awakening, the Buddha told Mahāmaudgalyāyana: 'Go to the north of the ordination platform at Jetavana and strike the bell to summon the saṃgha of the ten directions, such as the bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Avalokiteśvara, and assemble my emanated hundred billion Śākyamuni Buddhas, each riding a pavilion to the ordination platform.' When they had assembled according to the instruction, the Buddha told Samantabhadra Bodhisattva: 'Go to the Monkey Pond; at the place where I constantly walk, there is a torn saṃghārāṭī robe, and in its corner there is a small jewel tower; you may take it and bring it here.' Samantabhadra, following the instruction, brought it to Jetavana. When the World-Honoured One had received this tower, he told the great assembly: 'When I first vaulted over the city wall and reached atop the city gate tower, the city deity praised me, saying: "I have been the deity of this city for thirteen kalpas now, and have seen that all the past Buddhas vaulted over the city wall to learn the path, breaking the net of affectionate attachment, slaying the thieves of defilement, attaining the unsurpassed path, and liberating all beings. You are now also like this; do not allow any turning back." In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he entrusted to me a small jewel tower, telling me to wait until Siddhārtha vaulted over the city wall to give it to you. This is the tower of the four tooth-seals of Krakucchanda, passed on in succession down to Ruci Buddha.' After the prince received it, he bowed to the tower; when finished, it emitted a great radiance and the gate of the tower opened by itself, whereupon he saw the four teeth and that Buddha's bequeathed teachings. There were gold and silver pavilions, eighty thousand in number, all containing the sūtras and vinaya; there were also pavilions of mani jewels, above which offerings of lamps and incense were constantly made; and beside them was an inscription in silver characters telling Śākyamuni Buddha: 'When you first attain awakening, you should take one tooth-seal and stamp your feet, and the thousand-spoked wheel will appear beneath your soles. Next, take one tooth-seal and stamp the palms of your hands, and the svastika will appear. Next, take one tooth-seal and stamp your chest, and the mark of virtue will appear. Next, take one tooth-seal and stamp the crown of your head, and you will obtain the appearance of a great circular nimbus.' When I later attained awakening, I followed these four seals, and following each seal the signs appeared, all as described before. When the stamping was finished, the door inside the tower closed naturally. The base of the tower had an inscription ordering it to be placed in the corner of the kāṣāya; ever since I attained awakening, I placed it on my left shoulder. I also told the Buddhas who had arrived, as well as the assembly of humans and devas, to each offer a jewel tower to remain and await the future. The Buddhas gave them according to my words, and all were entrusted to Samantabhadra for protection, waiting until the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa to be sent to Jetavana and placed north of the ordination platform. When the cremation of the śarīra is completed, Samantabhadra will be ordered to protect it; after staying for twenty years, it will be entrusted to Mañjuśrī to open the tower and take out these four teeth, and at the end of the Saddharma, he will be ordered to transmit them to maintain the Buddha-Dharma in the various kingdoms of Jambudvīpa; furthermore, after one thousand one hundred years, he will take these four teeth to stamp the images of a hundred billion worlds, and they will all have light and give rise to a rare mind. Thereafter, he will circulate them to bring transformation and benefit to the four continents, the six heavens of desire, and beyond. Afterwards, Mañjuśrī will take them and entrust them to Maitreya Buddha."