法苑珠林 95.16

95.16

佛語阿難。彌勒菩薩本求道時。不持耳鼻身命等施以成佛道。但以善權方便安樂之行。得彼無上正真之道。阿難白佛。以何善權得致佛道。佛語阿難。彌勒菩薩晝夜各三正衣束體叉手下膝著地。向十方佛說此偈言。

The Buddha said to Ānanda: "When the Bodhisattva Maitreya originally sought the Path, he did not give up his ears, nose, body, and life to attain the Buddha Path; but solely by skillful means and the practice of ease and joy, he attained that unsurpassed, true, and correct Path." Ānanda addressed the Buddha: "By what skillful means was he able to attain the Buddha Path?" The Buddha told Ānanda: "The Bodhisattva Maitreya, three times by day and three times by night, would adjust his robes, compose his body, clasp his hands, lower his knees to the ground, and facing the Buddhas of the ten directions, speak this verse: