法苑珠林 47.23

47.23

又佛本行經云。爾時釋種宗族士眾。一切合有九萬九千。及迦毘羅婆蘇都城所居人民。從城共往欲見如來。世尊遙見輸頭檀王與諸大眾嚴備而來。即作是念。我若見彼不起迎奉。人當說我。此豈戒行果報人乎。云何見父不起迎逆。我今若見父及大眾起往迎者。彼等獲得無量大罪。若我今者持其威儀在此住者。彼等於我不生敬心。如來作此三種念。觀見有如此三種因緣。思量如是三種義已。從座而起。飛騰虛空現種種神變。令大眾生信並皆入道。

Furthermore, the Abhiniṣkramaṇa-sūtra says: At that time, the men of the Śākya clan, altogether ninety-nine thousand, as well as the people dwelling in the city of Kapilavastu, went together from the city wishing to see the Tathāgata. Seeing King Śuddhodana and the great assembly arriving in majestic array from afar, the World-Honoured One immediately thought: "If I see him and do not rise to welcome and honour him, people will say of me: 'How can this be a person of the fruition of moral conduct? Why does he see his father and not rise to go out and welcome him?' If I now see my father and the great assembly and rise to go forward and welcome him, they will incur immeasurable great transgression. If I now maintain my dignified deportment and remain here, they will not give rise to a reverent mind toward me." The Tathāgata formed these three thoughts, and seeing that there were such three causes and conditions, after contemplating these three reasons, he rose from his seat, soared into the sky, and manifested various divine transformations, causing the great assembly to give rise to faith and all enter the Path.