法苑珠林 98.28

98.28

The Buddha said to Ānanda: In this Jambudvīpa and the other ten directions, all Buddha-bowls and Buddha-śarīra reside within the palace of the Nāgarāja Sāgara. In this way, in a future age my bowl and my śarīra will sink down from this earth, pass straight through eighty thousand yojanas, and abide at the vajra limit. In a future age, when the lifespan of living beings is eighty-four thousand years, the Maitreya Tathāgata's voice will be like the drum of Mahābrahmā, the voice of the kalaviṅka. At that time, my bowl and my śarīra will emerge from the vajra limit and reach the presence of Maitreya Buddha in Jambudvīpa, abiding in empty space, emitting five-coloured lights—namely blue, yellow, red, white, and crystal-variegated. Those five-coloured lights will further reach all other heavenly realms; having arrived at those heavens, within that light, a voice will speak a verse: