法苑珠林 8.73

8.73

時千童子聞三寶名。各持香華隨從比丘入塔禮拜。見佛色像五體投地。即於像前發弘誓願。各發阿耨菩提心。過算數劫必得成佛。如今世尊。隨壽長短皆命臨終時。以聞三寶善根因緣故。除却五十一劫生死之業。命終之後得生梵世。自憶往世。聞三寶名得生。天上。時千梵王各乘宮殿。持七寶華至塔供養於像。時千梵王異口同音而說偈言。

At that time, the thousand youths heard the names of the Three Treasures; each holding incense and flowers, they followed the bhikṣu into the stūpa to pay homage. Seeing the image of the Buddha, they threw their five limbs to the ground, and right before the image made a great vow, each giving rise to the mind of anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi, [vowing] that after the passing of countless kalpas they would surely attain Buddhahood, just like the World-Honoured One today. At the end of each of their lives according to their life span, by the cause and condition of the good roots of having heard the Three Treasures, they eradicated the karma of saṃsāra for fifty-one kalpas. After the end of their lives, they were reborn in the Brahma realm. Recalling their past lives, [they realized that] through hearing the names of the Three Treasures they were able to be born in heaven. At that time, the thousand Brahma kings each rode their palaces, bearing flowers of the seven treasures, and went to the stūpa to make offerings before the image. Then the thousand Brahma kings spoke in verse with one voice: