法苑珠林 33.26

33.26

At that time, the World-Honoured One also knelt long, joining his palms toward the image. Hundreds of thousands of transformation buddhas in the sky also joined their palms and knelt long toward the image. Then the World-Honoured One said to the image: "In future ages, you shall perform great Buddha-works. After my parinirvāṇa, I entrust my disciples to you." With one voice, the transformation buddhas in the sky all spoke these words: "If there are sentient beings who, after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, construct images and maintain offerings to them, these people in future ages will surely attain the pure samādhi of mindfulness of the Buddha."