法苑珠林 98.33

98.33

爾時世尊即從坐起。往至戒壇所。從北面升壇。諸比丘奉鉢。世尊自受。又告羅睺。將我破鉢來。佛受鉢已。即擲于空。上至有頂。如是次第。同名牟尼各擲相次。猶如貫珠。上至色界頂已。次第還下。直至戒壇。百億諸來佛亦命侍者取鉢。各施牟尼佛。共相住持。使來世惡僧尼等令生慚愧。世尊受已還擲上界。相次重疊還至壇所。爾時世尊化彼破瓦鉢。狀如諸天金幢。放大光明照十方國。

Then the World-Honoured One arose from his seat, proceeded to the ordination platform, and ascended the platform from the north. The bhikṣus presented the bowls, and the World-Honoured One personally received them. He also addressed Rāhula: 'Bring me my broken bowl.' Once the Buddha had received the bowl, he cast it into the air, where it ascended to the Summit of Existence. In this sequence, the [buddhas] identically named Śākyamuni successively threw [their bowls], one after another like strung beads. Having ascended to the peak of the Form Realm, they descended one by one directly back to the ordination platform. The hundreds of billions of buddhas who had assembled also ordered their attendants to take their bowls and each bestowed them upon Śākyamuni Buddha, joining together to maintain them and cause future evil monks and nuns to feel shame and repentance. When the World-Honoured One received them, he threw them up again into the upper realms, and one after another in succession they returned to the platform. At that time the World-Honoured One transformed that broken earthenware bowl so that its form was like the golden banners of the devas, emitting great light that illuminated the lands of the ten directions.