諸經要集 1.19

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又觀佛三昧經云。昔佛在世時。佛為父王及諸大眾。說觀佛三昧經。佛有三十二相八十種好。身真金色光明無量。時座下有五百釋子。以罪障故。見佛色身猶如灰人羸婆羅門。見已號哭自拔頭髮。舉身投地鼻中血出。佛安慰曰。汝勿號哭。吾為汝說。過去有佛名毘婆尸。入涅槃後。於像法中有一長者。名曰月德。有五百弟子。聰明多智無不貫練。其父長者信敬三寶。常為諸子說佛法義。諸子邪見都無信心。後時諸子同遇重病。父到兒前泣淚合掌。語諸子言。汝等邪見不信佛法。今無常刀切割汝身。為何所怙。有佛世尊名毘婆尸。汝可稱名。諸子聞已。敬父言故。稱南無佛。復教稱法及稱僧名。稱已命終。由稱佛故生四天王天。天上壽盡。以前邪見還墮地獄。獄卒羅剎。以熱鐵叉刺壞其眼。受是苦時憶父教稱念佛因緣。從地獄出來生人中。貧窮下賤。後式棄佛出。亦得值遇。但聞佛名不覩佛形。後隨葉佛。拘樓秦佛。拘那含佛迦葉佛。亦皆聞名不見其形。以聞如是六佛名故。今得與我同生釋種。我身端嚴如閻浮金。汝見灰色羸婆羅門皆由前世邪見故爾。汝今可稱過去佛名。并稱汝父。亦稱我名及彌勒佛。稱已作禮。及向大眾大德眾僧。五體投地。發露懺悔邪見之罪。諸人受教懺悔訖已。見佛金色如須彌山。見已白佛。我今見佛三十二相八十種好無量光明。作是語已得須陀洹。求佛出家得阿羅漢。三明六通具八解脫。佛告比丘。我滅度後。若稱我名南無諸佛。所獲福德無量無邊。

Furthermore, the Guanfo sanmei jing says: Long ago, when the Buddha was in the world, he expounded the Guanfo sanmei jing for his royal father and the great assembly. The Buddha possessed the thirty-two marks and eighty minor characteristics, his body was pure golden in color, and his light was boundless. At that time, among the assembly were five hundred Śākyan youths who, due to their sinful hindrances, saw the Buddha's physical body as like an ashen man or an emaciated brāhmaṇa. Having seen this, they wept aloud, tore out their hair, cast their whole bodies to the ground, and bled from their noses. The Buddha comforted them, saying, "Do not weep aloud; I shall explain it to you. In the past, there was a Buddha named Vipaśyin. After his parinirvāṇa, during the Semblance Dharma age, there was an elder named Yuede (Candraguṇa) who had five hundred sons, all of whom were intelligent, possessed great wisdom, and were well-versed in everything. Their father, the elder, faithfully revered the Triratna and constantly expounded the meanings of the Buddha's teachings to his sons; yet the sons held wrong views and had no faith at all. Later, the sons all contracted a grave illness together. The father came before his sons, wept tears, joined his palms, and said to them: 'You have held wrong views and had no faith in the Buddha's teachings. Now the knife of impermanence is severing your bodies; upon what can you rely? There is a Buddha, a World-Honoured One, named Vipaśyin; you may call upon his name.' When the sons heard this, out of respect for their father's words, they recited, 'Namo Buddhāya.' He further taught them to recite the name of the Dharma and the name of the Saṅgha. Having recited them, their lives ended. Because they recited the Buddha's name, they were born in the Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings. When their lifespan in heaven ended, due to their former wrong views they fell back into hell. The rākṣasa hell-wardens pierced and destroyed their eyes with heated iron forks. While suffering this torment, they remembered their father's instruction to invoke and be mindful of the Buddha. Emerging from hell, they were reborn among humans, poor and base. Later, when the Buddha Śikhin appeared, they also were able to meet him, but only heard the Buddha's name and did not behold the Buddha's form. Later, with the Buddhas Viśvabhū, Krakucchanda, Kanakamuni, and Kāśyapa, they likewise only heard their names and did not see their forms. Because they heard the names of these six Buddhas, they have now been born together with me in the Śākya clan. My body is dignified and magnificent like Jāmbūnada gold, yet that you see an ashen-colored, emaciated brāhmaṇa is entirely due to the wrong views of your previous lives. You should now invoke the names of the past Buddhas, invoke your father's name, and also invoke my name and the name of the Buddha Maitreya. Having invoked them, pay homage, and facing the great assembly and the venerable Saṅgha, cast your five limbs to the ground, confessing and revealing the sins of your wrong views." After all these people received the instruction and completed their confession, they saw the Buddha's golden color like Mount Sumeru. Having seen it, they said to the Buddha, "We now see the Buddha's thirty-two marks, eighty minor characteristics, and boundless light." Having spoken these words, they attained srotāpanna; they requested the Buddha for ordination and attained arhatship, being endowed with the three knowledges, the six supernatural powers, and the eight liberations. The Buddha told the bhikṣus, "After my parinirvāṇa, if anyone recites my name and says 'Namo to the Buddhas', the merit and virtue obtained are immeasurable and boundless."