法苑珠林 8.180

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如涅槃經云。菩薩下時。欲色界諸天悉來侍送。發大音聲讚歎菩薩。以口氣風故令地動。又念佛三昧經云。菩薩欲降母胎時。三千大千世界悉皆六種震動。又因果經云。爾時菩薩欲降母胎。即乘六牙白象發兜率宮。無量諸天作諸妓樂。燒眾名香散天妙華。隨菩薩滿虛空中。放大光明普照十方。以四月八日明星出時降神母胎。于時摩耶夫人於眠寐之際。見菩薩乘六牙白象騰虛而來從右脇入。身現於外如處瑠璃。夫人體安快樂如服甘露。顧見自身如日月照心大歡喜踊躍無量。見此相已然而覺。生希有心。即以此狀具告白淨王知。爾時白淨王見此瑞已。歡喜踊躍。不能自勝。即召善相婆羅門占之。知菩薩處胎出已成佛。功德利益不可具說。爾時兜率天眾念言。菩薩已生白淨王宮。我等亦當下生人間。菩薩成佛我得在先為其眷屬聽法。作此念已便即下生。其數有九十九億諸天下生人間。又從他化自在天。乃至四天王及色界天王。與其眷屬亦皆下生不可稱計。菩薩在母胎行住坐臥無所妨礙。不令母有諸苦患事。菩薩至晨朝於母胎中。為色界諸天說種種法。至日中時為欲界諸天說法。於日晡時為諸鬼神說法。於夜三時亦復如是（依普曜經云菩薩在母胎十月開化訓誨三十六載諸天人民使立聲聞及諸大乘行也）華嚴經云。菩薩於母胎中。三千大千世界眾生普見菩薩於胎中如明鏡中見其面像。

As the Nirvāṇa-sūtra says: When the Bodhisattva descended, the devas of the desire and form realms all came to escort him, uttering loud voices in praise of the Bodhisattva; the earth was made to shake by the wind of their breath. Also, the Samādhi of Recollecting the Buddha Sūtra says: When the Bodhisattva was about to descend into his mother's womb, the trichiliocosm completely underwent the six kinds of trembling. Also, the Sūtra of Causes and Effects says: At that time, when the Bodhisattva was about to descend into his mother's womb, he mounted a six-tusked white elephant and departed from Tuṣita Palace. Countless devas performed various kinds of music, burned various famed incenses, and scattered wonderful celestial flowers, following the Bodhisattva and filling empty space; he emitted a great light that illuminated the ten directions everywhere. On the eighth day of the fourth month, when the morning star appeared, his divine spirit descended into his mother's womb. At that time Queen Māyā, while asleep, saw the Bodhisattva mounting a six-tusked white elephant, soaring through empty space, and entering through her right flank. His body appeared on the outside as if situated in lapis lazuli. The queen's body felt at ease and happy, as if she had consumed ambrosia. Looking at her own body, it was like the illumination of the sun and moon; her mind was exceedingly joyful, leaping with immeasurable joy. Having seen this sign, she then awoke, gave rise to a thought of wonder, and then informed King Śuddhodana of this event in detail. At that time King Śuddhodana, seeing these auspicious omens, leapt with joy, unable to contain himself. He immediately summoned Brahmins skilled in physiognomy to divine it. They knew that the Bodhisattva, having dwelled in the womb and emerged, would become a Buddha, whose merits and benefits could not be fully described. At that time, the assembly of Tuṣita heaven thought: 'The Bodhisattva has already been born in the palace of King Śuddhodana. We too should descend to be born among humans. When the Bodhisattva becomes a Buddha, we may be among the first to become his retinue and hear the Dharma.' Having formed this thought, they immediately descended to be born; ninety-nine hundred million devas descended to be born among humans. Furthermore, from the Heaven of Mastery over Others' Transformations down to the Four Heavenly Kings, as well as the kings of the form realm heavens, together with their retinues, also descended to be born in incalculable numbers. While the Bodhisattva was in his mother's womb, his walking, standing, sitting, and reclining were without any impediment, nor did he cause his mother to suffer any distress. When dawn came, the Bodhisattva, from within the mother's womb, preached various dharmas to the devas of the form realm. When noon came, he preached the Dharma to the devas of the desire realm. In the late afternoon, he preached the Dharma to various ghosts and spirits. In the three watches of the night, it was also like this. (According to the Lalitavistara, while the Bodhisattva was in his mother's womb for ten months, he converted and instructed devas and people for thirty-six years, establishing them in the practices of the Śrāvaka and various Mahāyāna vehicles.) The Avataṃsaka-sūtra says: When the Bodhisattva was in his mother's womb, the sentient beings of the trichiliocosm universally saw the Bodhisattva in the womb just as one sees one's face in a bright mirror.