諸經要集 4.111

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又賢愚經云。阿難白佛。不審世尊。過去世中作何善根。到斯無極燈供果報。佛告阿難。過去二阿僧祇九十一劫。此閻浮提有大國王。名波塞奇。大夫人生一太子。身紫金色相好具足。後漸長大出家成佛。教化人民度者甚多。爾時父王。請佛及僧三月供養。有一比丘。字阿梨蜜羅（晉言聖及）於三月中作燈檀越。日日入城。求索蘇油燈炷之具。時王女名曰牟尼。蹬於高樓。見此比丘。日行入城經營所須。心生敬愍。遣人往問何所營理。比丘報言。我今三月。與佛及僧作燈檀越。求乞蘇油燈炷之具。使還報知。王女歡喜。自今已往莫復行乞。我當給汝燈炷之具。比丘可之。於是已後。常送蘇油燈炷之具。聖及比丘誠心欵著。佛授其記。汝於來世阿僧祇劫。當得作佛名曰定光（餘經名然燈佛）王女牟尼。聞聖及比丘授記作佛。心自念言。佛燈之物悉是我有。比丘已記我獨不得。作是念已往詣佛所。自陳所懷。佛復授記。告牟尼曰。汝於來世二阿僧祇。九十一劫。當得作佛名釋迦牟尼。十號具足。王女聞記歡喜發心。化成男子。重禮佛足求為沙門。佛便聽之。精修不息。由昔燈明布施。從是已來無數劫中。天上人間受福自然。身體殊異超絕餘人。至今成佛。受此燈明之報。

The Xianyu jing also states: Ānanda addressed the Buddha, "I do not know, Bhagavat, what good roots you cultivated in past lives to attain such boundless retributions of lamp offerings?" The Buddha told Ānanda, "Two asaṃkhyeya and ninety-one kalpas ago in the past, there was a great king in this Jambudvīpa named Arceśī. The chief queen gave birth to a prince whose body was purple-golden and endowed with the marks and signs. As he grew up, he left home and became a Buddha, converting and delivering very many people. At that time, his father the king invited the Buddha and the Saṃgha for three months of offerings. There was a bhikṣu named Ariṣṭamitra (in Jin language, Shengji) who acted as the lamp dānapati during these three months, entering the city daily to seek butter oil and lamp wicks. At that time, the king's daughter, named Muni, climbed up to a high tower and saw this bhikṣu entering the city every day to manage these necessities. Reverence and compassion arose in her heart, and she sent someone to ask what he was managing. The bhikṣu replied, 'For these three months, I am acting as the lamp dānapati for the Buddha and the Saṃgha, begging for butter oil and lamp wicks.' The messenger returned and reported this. The princess was overjoyed: 'From now on, do not go begging any more; I will provide you with the lamp wicks and materials.' The bhikṣu agreed. From then on, she constantly supplied butter oil and lamp wicks. Bhikṣu Shengji's sincere mind was deeply steadfast, and the Buddha gave him vyākaraṇa: 'In a future asaṃkhyeya kalpa, you will become a Buddha named Dīpaṅkara (called Ran-deng fo in other sūtras).' When Princess Muni heard that Bhikṣu Shengji had received vyākaraṇa to become a Buddha, she thought to herself, 'The materials for the Buddha's lamps were all mine; the bhikṣu has already received vyākaraṇa, but I alone have not.' Having had this thought, she went to the Buddha's presence and explained what was in her heart. The Buddha also gave her vyākaraṇa, telling Muni, 'In a future time, after two asaṃkhyeya and ninety-one kalpas, you will become a Buddha named Śākyamuni, fully endowed with the ten titles.' When the princess heard the prophecy, she rejoiced and generated the resolve [for bodhi], transformed into a male, prostrated herself again at the Buddha's feet, and asked to become a śramaṇa. The Buddha then permitted it, and he practiced diligently without cease. Because of that past dāna of lamps and light, from that time onward through countless kalpas, he naturally enjoyed blessings among gods and humans, his body was extraordinary and surpassed that of others, and up to the present attainment of Buddhahood, he enjoys this retribution of lamps and light."