法苑珠林 8.171

8.171

佛告金團天子。凡是一生補處菩薩處於母胎。彼母若有三十二種相具足者。乃能堪受菩薩在胎。何等為三十二事。一彼母人正德而生。二彼母人肢體具足。三彼母人德行無缺。四彼母人所生得處。五彼母人為行庶幾。六彼母人種類清淨。七彼母人端正無比。八彼母人名字得稱。九彼母人身體形容上下相稱。十彼母人未曾產生。十一彼母有大功德。十二彼母常念樂事。十三彼母心常隨順一切善事。十四彼母無有邪心。十五彼母身口及心自然調伏。十六彼母心口無所畏十七彼母多聞總持。十八彼母極女工巧。十九彼母心無諂曲。二十彼母心無諂詐。二十一者彼母人心無有瞋恚。二十二者彼母人心無有嫉妬。二十三者彼母人心無有慳悋。二十四者彼母人心無有急速。二十五者彼母人心難可迴轉。二十六者彼母人體有至德相。二十七者彼母人心能懷忍辱。二十八者彼母人心有慚有愧。二十九者彼母人得薄婬怒癡。三十者彼母人行無女家過。三十一者彼母人行孝順向夫。三十二者彼母人出生一切諸德。一切諸行皆悉具足。如是母人乃能堪受一生補處後身菩薩。欲入母胎之時。取鬼宿日。然後乃入於母胎中。其受一生補處菩薩母胎已前。其母必須受八關齋。然後菩薩入於彼胎。護明菩薩復作是言。我受有不為世間一切錢財五欲快樂。故下人間受此一生。唯欲安樂諸眾生故。哀愍苦惱諸眾生故。

The Buddha addressed the Devaputra Kanakavatsa: "Whenever a bodhisattva bound to one last birth dwells in the mother's womb, only if that mother is fully endowed with thirty-two marks can she bear the bodhisattva dwelling in her womb. What are the thirty-two matters? First, that mother is born through correct virtue. Second, that mother is complete in limbs and torso. Third, that mother is flawless in virtuous conduct. Fourth, that mother was born in an appropriate place. Fifth, that mother's conduct is worthy. Sixth, that mother's lineage is pure. Seventh, that mother is incomparably upright and beautiful. Eighth, that mother's name is fittingly acclaimed. Ninth, that mother's body and appearance are proportioned from top to bottom. Tenth, that mother has never before given birth. Eleventh, that mother possesses great merit. Twelfth, that mother constantly contemplates joyful things. Thirteenth, that mother's mind constantly complies with all good things. Fourteenth, that mother has no perverted mind. Fifteenth, that mother's body, speech, and mind are naturally subdued. Sixteenth, that mother is fearless in mind and speech. Seventeenth, that mother is learned and possesses retention. Eighteenth, that mother is extraordinarily skilled in women's crafts. Nineteenth, that mother's mind is without crookedness. Twentieth, that mother's mind is without deceit. Twenty-first, that mother's mind is without anger. Twenty-second, that mother's mind is without jealousy. Twenty-third, that mother's mind is without stinginess. Twenty-fourth, that mother's mind is not impetuous. Twenty-fifth, that mother's mind cannot easily be diverted. Twenty-sixth, that mother's body bears the marks of supreme virtue. Twenty-seventh, that mother's mind is capable of harboring patience. Twenty-eighth, that mother's mind possesses shame and conscience. Twenty-ninth, that mother has attenuated lust, anger, and delusion. Thirtieth, that mother's conduct has none of the faults of women. Thirty-first, that mother practices filial devotion toward her husband. Thirty-second, that mother gives rise to all virtues and is fully endowed with all practices. Only such a mother can bear a bodhisattva bound to one last birth in his final existence. When he is about to enter the mother's womb, he chooses the day of the constellation Puṣya, and only then enters into the mother's womb. Prior to her receiving in her womb the bodhisattva bound to one last birth, that mother must receive the eightfold fast; only thereafter does the bodhisattva enter that womb." Bodhisattva Prabhāpāla further spoke these words: "I do not receive existence for the sake of all the worldly wealth and pleasures of the five desires, and so descend into the human realm to receive this one birth; it is solely to bring peace and happiness to all sentient beings, and out of pity for all afflicted sentient beings."