法苑珠林 63.23

63.23

Furthermore, the *Ekottarika-āgama* states: The Buddha said: "Just as this world is inconceivable, so the realm of nāgas is inconceivable. How does this rain fall—does it emerge from the nāga's mouth? Answer: It does not emerge from the mouth. Does it emerge from the eyes, ears, nose, or body? It also does not emerge from these. It is only what the nāga's mind thinks: if it thinks evil, it also rains; if it thinks good, it also rains. It is also through the fundamental cause that this rain is made. Just as on the slope of Mount Sumeru there is a deva named Great Strength who knows the thoughts in the minds of sentient beings and can also make rain, yet the rain does not emerge from that deva's mouth, eyes, ears, or nose; it is entirely because he possesses spiritual power that he makes this rain."