法苑珠林 50.15

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又佛昇忉利天為母說法經云。佛在忉利天歡喜園中波利質多羅樹下。三月安居四眾圍繞。身毛孔中放千光明。普照三千大千世界。摩耶夫人聞已乳自流出。若審是我所生悉達多者。當令乳汁直至於口。作此語已兩乳直出。猶白蓮華。而便入如來口中。摩耶見喜踊躍怡悅。如華開榮。一心五體投地專精正念。結使消伏。佛為說法得須陀洹果。佛在天上種種利益。不可具述。爾時世尊夏三月盡。將欲還下閻浮。放五色光照曜顯赫。時天帝釋知佛當下。即使鬼神作三道寶階。中央閻浮檀金。左用琉璃。右用馬腦。欄楯雕鏤極為嚴麗。佛語摩耶。生死之法會必有離。我今應下還閻浮提。不久亦當入於涅槃。摩耶垂淚說偈。爾時世尊與母辭別。下躡寶階。梵天王執蓋。及四天王侍立左右。四部大眾歌唄讚歎。天作伎樂充塞虛空。散華燒香導從來下閻浮提。其王波斯匿等一切大眾集在寶階稽首奉迎。佛還祇桓處師子座。四眾圍繞。歡喜踊躍不可具說。

Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Buddha Ascending to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to Preach the Dharma for His Mother says: 'The Buddha was in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven under the Pārijāta tree in the Nandana Grove. During the three months of the rains retreat, surrounded by the fourfold assembly, a thousand rays of light radiated from the pores of his body, illuminating the three-thousand-great-thousandfold world. When Lady Māyā heard of this, milk spontaneously flowed from her breasts: "If this is truly Siddhārtha whom I bore, let this milk go straight into his mouth!" Having spoken these words, both breasts squirted [milk] straight forth like white lotus blossoms, and it entered the Tathāgata's mouth. Seeing this, Māyā leapt for joy, delighting like blossoms bursting into bloom. Single-mindedly she threw the five limbs to the ground with focused, right mindfulness, and her defilements subsided. The Buddha preached the Dharma for her, and she attained the fruit of a srotāpanna. The various benefits the Buddha wrought in heaven cannot be fully described. At that time, when the three summer months ended, the World-Honoured One was about to descend back to Jambudvīpa; he emitted five-coloured rays of light, resplendent and magnificent. Śakra, lord of the devas, knowing that the Buddha was about to descend, immediately had spirits construct a three-flight jewelled stairway: the centre made of Jāmbūnada gold, the left of lapis lazuli, and the right of agate, with balustrades carved and adorned with extreme beauty. The Buddha said to Māyā: "In the dharma of birth and death, there must inevitably be separation. I must now descend back to Jambudvīpa, and before long I shall also enter nirvāṇa." Māyā shed tears and spoke a gāthā. At that time, the World-Honoured One took leave of his mother, stepped down the jewelled stairway, with Brahmā holding a parasol and the Four Heavenly Kings attending at his left and right. The great fourfold assembly sang praises in pāṭha, and celestial beings played divine music filling the void. Scattering flowers and burning incense, an escort guided his descent to Jambudvīpa. King Prasenajit and the entire great assembly gathered at the jewelled stairway, bowing their heads to welcome him. The Buddha returned to the Jetavana, sat upon the lion throne, and was surrounded by the fourfold assembly, their joy and leaping beyond full description.'