法苑珠林 58.34

58.34

又慧上菩薩經云。昔拘樓秦佛時。有一比丘。名曰無垢。處於閑居國界山窟。去彼不遠有五神仙。有一女人。道遇大雨入比丘窟。雨晴出去。時五仙人見之各各言曰。比丘姦穢。無垢聞之。即自踊身在于虛空。去地四丈九尺。諸仙見之飛處空中。各曰。如吾經典所記。染欲塵者則不得飛。便五體投地伏首謀橫。假使比丘不現神變。其五仙人墮大地獄。時無垢比丘今慈氏菩薩是也。

Furthermore, the Sūtra of the Bodhisattva Uttaramati states: 'Formerly, in the time of the Buddha Krakucchanda, there was a monk named Vimala who dwelt in seclusion in a mountain cave in a border country. Not far from there were five immortals. A woman, caught in a heavy rain on the road, entered the monk's cave. When the rain cleared, she went outside. At that time, the five immortals saw her and each said, "The monk is engaged in illicit defilement." When Vimala heard this, he immediately sprang up into the air, four zhang and nine chi above the ground. Seeing him flying in the sky, the immortals each said, "According to the records of our classics, one who is tainted by the dust of desire cannot fly." Thereupon, with their five limbs touching the ground, they bowed down and confessed their erroneous slander. Had the monk not manifested supernatural transformations, those five immortals would have fallen into the great hells. That monk Vimala was none other than the present Bodhisattva Maitreya.'