法苑珠林 98.26

98.26

如蓮華面經云。佛告阿難。於未來世。罽賓國土。當作大法之會。有金毘羅等五天子。滅度之後有富蘭那外道弟子名蓮華面。聰明智慧。身如金色。此大癡人。已曾供養四阿羅漢。當供養時作如是誓願。我未來世破壞佛法。以其供養阿羅漢故。世世受於端正之身。於最後身生國王家。身為國王。名寐吱曷羅俱邏。而滅我法。此大癡人。破碎我鉢。既破鉢已生於阿鼻大地獄中。此大癡人命終之後。有七天子。次第捨身生罽賓國。復更建立如來正法。大設供養。阿難。以破鉢故。我諸弟子。漸污淨戒樂作不善。智慧之人悉皆滅度。有諸國王不依王法。其國人民多行十不善業。以惡業故。此閻浮提五種失味。所謂蘇油鹽石蜜漿。故佛破鉢。當至北方。爾時北方諸眾生等。見佛破鉢大設供養。大發三乘心者以眾生善根力感故。我此破鉢自然還復如本不異。於後不久我鉢即於閻浮提沒。現娑伽龍王宮中。當沒之時。此閻浮提七日七夜皆大黑暗。日月威光悉不復現。地大震動。天人等眾皆大號哭。淚下如雨。初沒之時。如來法律亦沒不現。爾時魔王見法律滅。心大歡喜。以教眾生。廣作惡故。生身陷入阿鼻地獄。爾時娑伽羅龍王。見鉢供養。至于七日。禮拜右繞。有發三乘心者。如是我鉢於龍宮沒。四天王宮出。至于七日大設供養。各發三乘心。過七日已。於四天王宮沒三十三天宮出。佛母摩耶夫人。見佛鉢已憂愁苦惱。如箭入心。難可堪忍。宛轉于地。猶如圜木。作如是言。如來涅槃。一何疾哉。修伽陀滅。何其太速。世間眼滅。佛樹傾倒。佛須彌山崩。佛燈亦滅。法泉枯竭。無常魔日萎佛蓮華。爾時夫人以手捧鉢告於天眾。此是我釋迦如來常受用鉢。今來至此。爾時帝釋七日七夜大設供養。各發三乘心者。過七日已。於三十三天沒炎摩天中出。爾時炎摩天王見佛鉢已。七日七夜種種供養。有發三乘心者。過七日已。於炎摩天沒兜率陀天出。爾時兜率天王見佛鉢已。七日七夜種種供養。過七日已。於兜率天沒化樂天出。爾時化樂天王見佛鉢已。七日七夜種種供養。有發三乘心者。爾時天王以手捧鉢。而說偈言（以前諸天各說偈歎以文繁故不具錄出）。

As the Lotus Face Sūtra states: The Buddha said to Ānanda: In a future age, in the kingdom of Kaśmīra, a great Dharma assembly shall be held. There will be five devaputras such as Kumbhīra. After their parinirvāṇa, there will be a disciple of the non-Buddhist Pūraṇa named Lotus Face (Padmamukha), intelligent and wise, with a body of golden hue. This greatly deluded person had previously made offerings to four arhats. At the time of making offerings, he made this vow: 'In a future life, may I destroy the Buddha-Dharma!' Because of his offerings to the arhats, life after life he received an upright and handsome body. In his final life, he will be born into a royal family and become a king named Mihirakula, who will destroy my Dharma. This greatly deluded person will smash my bowl. Having broken the bowl, he will be born into the great Avīci hell. After this greatly deluded person's life ends, there will be seven devaputras who, shedding their bodies one after another, will be born in the kingdom of Kaśmīra to re-establish the Tathāgata's saddharma and set forth great offerings. Ānanda, because the bowl is broken, my disciples will gradually defile the pure precepts and take delight in unwholesome deeds. All people of wisdom will enter parinirvāṇa. Kings will not govern according to the royal law, and the people of those lands will mostly commit the ten unwholesome actions. Owing to these evil karmas, this Jambudvīpa will lose five kinds of flavours: namely ghee, oil, salt, cane sugar, and syrup. Therefore, the Buddha's broken bowl will proceed to the north. At that time, the beings of the north, upon seeing the Buddha's broken bowl, will set forth great offerings. Those who generate aspirations for the three vehicles, moved by the power of beings' wholesome roots, will cause this broken bowl of mine to spontaneously become whole again, no different from its original state. Shortly thereafter, my bowl will disappear from Jambudvīpa and appear in the palace of the Nāgarāja Sāgara. At the time of its disappearance, this Jambudvīpa will be in total darkness for seven days and seven nights; the majestic light of the sun and moon will no longer appear; the earth will quake greatly; and the assemblies of devas, humans, and others will all wail loudly, their tears falling like rain. At the very moment of its disappearance, the Tathāgata's Vinaya and Dharma will also disappear and no longer be seen. At that time, the demon king (Māra), seeing that the Vinaya and Dharma are destroyed, will feel immense joy in his heart, and because he teaches beings to commit evils extensively, he will fall alive into the Avīci hell. At that time, the Nāgarāja Sāgara, seeing the bowl, will make offerings for seven days, bowing and circumambulating it to the right, and some will generate aspirations for the three vehicles. In this way, my bowl will disappear from the dragon palace and appear in the palace of the Four Heavenly Kings, where for seven days they will set forth great offerings and each generate aspirations for the three vehicles. After seven days have passed, it will disappear from the palace of the Four Heavenly Kings and appear in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. The Buddha's mother, Queen Māyā, seeing the Buddha's bowl, will be sorrowful and afflicted as if an arrow had pierced her heart, beyond endurance, rolling about on the ground like a round log, and speaking thus: 'The Tathāgata's parinirvāṇa—how swift it was! The Sugata's passing—how too quick! The eye of the world has been extinguished; the Buddha-tree has toppled; the Buddha-Mount Meru has collapsed; the Buddha-lamp is also quenched; the Dharma-spring has dried up; the impermanent sun of Māra has withered the Buddha-lotus!' Then the Queen, holding the bowl with both hands, will address the heavenly assembly: 'This is the bowl constantly used by my Śākyamuni Tathāgata; now it has arrived here.' At that time, Śakra will set forth great offerings for seven days and seven nights, and some will generate aspirations for the three vehicles. After seven days have passed, it will disappear from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven and appear in the Yāma heaven. At that time, the Yāma heavenly king, seeing the Buddha's bowl, will make various offerings for seven days and seven nights, and some will generate aspirations for the three vehicles. After seven days have passed, it will disappear from the Yāma heaven and appear in the Tuṣita heaven. At that time, the Tuṣita heavenly king, seeing the Buddha's bowl, will make various offerings for seven days and seven nights. After seven days have passed, it will disappear from the Tuṣita heaven and appear in the Nirmāṇarati heaven. At that time, the Nirmāṇarati heavenly king, seeing the Buddha's bowl, will make various offerings for seven days and seven nights, and some will generate aspirations for the three vehicles. Then the heavenly king, holding the bowl with both hands, will speak a verse (the verses of praise spoken previously by the other devas are omitted here because the text is lengthy):