法苑珠林 9.11

9.11

如因果經云。菩薩處胎垂滿十月。身諸支節及以相好皆悉具足。夫人憶入園遊觀。王勅後宮端正婇女。凡有八萬四千。以用侍摩耶夫人。又擇取八萬四千端正童女。齎持香華往藍毘尼園。王又勅諸群臣百官夫人皆悉徒從。於是夫人即昇寶輿。與諸官屬及婇女。前後道從往藍毘尼園。爾時復有天龍八部。亦皆隨從充滿虛空。十月滿足於四月八日日初出時。夫人見後園中有一大樹。名曰無憂。華色香鮮枝葉分布。極為茂盛。即舉右手欲牽摘之。菩薩漸漸從右脇而出。菩薩處胎經云。佛告彌勒。當知汝復受記五十六億七千萬歲。於此樹王下成無上正等覺。我以右脇生。汝彌勒從頂生。如我壽百歲。彌勒壽八萬四千歲。我國土土。汝國土金。我國土苦。汝國土樂。

As the Sūtra on Cause and Effect says: When the Bodhisattva had stayed in the womb for nearly ten full months, the limbs of his body and his primary and secondary marks were all complete. The Queen wished to enter the garden for an excursion. The King ordered the graceful court ladies of the inner palace, eighty-four thousand in all, to attend Queen Māyā. He further selected eighty-four thousand graceful maidens to carry incense and flowers and proceed to the Lumbinī Grove. The King also ordered all his ministers, officials, and their wives to follow along on foot. Thereupon the Queen mounted a jewelled chariot and, preceded and followed by the officials and court ladies, went to the Lumbinī Grove. At that time, there were also the eight classes of devas and nāgas, who likewise followed, filling the sky. When the ten months were fulfilled, on the eighth day of the fourth month at sunrise, the Queen saw a great tree in the rear garden called Aśoka. Its floral color and fragrance were fresh, and its branches and leaves were spread out, exceedingly lush. She raised her right hand, wishing to draw it near and pick [a flower]. The Bodhisattva gradually emerged from her right side. The Bodhisattva in the Womb Sūtra says: The Buddha addressed Maitreya: “You should know that you too received a prophecy that after fifty-six billion and seven hundred million years, you will achieve unsurpassed, complete enlightenment beneath this king of trees. I was born from the right side; you, Maitreya, will be born from the crown of the head. My lifespan is one hundred years; Maitreya's lifespan will be eighty-four thousand years. My land is of earth; your land will be of gold. My land is full of suffering; your land will be full of joy.”