諸經要集 4.59

4.59

又大樹緊那羅王所問經云。爾時大樹緊那羅王。以己所彈瑠璃之琴。閻浮檀金花葉莊嚴。善淨業報之所造作。在如來前善自調琴。及餘八萬四千伎樂。是大樹王。當彈此琴鼓眾樂時。其音普皆聞此三千大千世界。是琴音聲及妙歌聲。隱蔽欲界諸天音樂。所有諸山藥草叢林悉皆遍動。如人極醉前却顛倒須彌跛𨁟涌沒不定。一切凡聖唯除菩薩不退轉者。其餘一切。聞是琴聲及諸樂音。各不自安從坐起舞。一切聲聞放捨威儀誕貌逸樂。如小兒舞戲不能自持。爾時天冠菩薩。語是聲聞大迦葉等。汝諸大德。已離煩惱得八解脫。云何今者各捨威儀。如彼小兒。舉身動舞。於時大德諸聲聞等答言。善男子。我於是中不得自在。如旋嵐大風吹諸樹木。彼無有力能自安持。非彼本心之所欲樂。爾時天冠菩薩語大迦葉。汝今觀是不退菩薩威德勢力。誰見如是。而當不發無上正真菩提道心。琴聲威力皆說法音。八千菩薩得無生忍。

Furthermore, the Sūtra of the Questions of the Kinnara King Drumaprabha states: At that time, the Kinnara King Drumaprabha took his own harp made of lapis lazuli, adorned with Jambūnada gold flowers and leaves, created by the fruition of pure and good karma; before the Tathāgata, he skillfully tuned the harp, along with eighty-four thousand other musical instruments. When this King Drumaprabha played this harp and sounded the various instruments, its sound was heard throughout this trichiliocosm. The sound of this harp and the wondrous singing obscured the music of all the gods of the desire realm; all the mountains, herbs, and groves were shaken throughout, like a person who is extremely drunk, reeling forward and backward, and Sumeru stumbled, rising and sinking unsettled. Except for the non-retrogressing bodhisattvas, all other ordinary beings and sages whatsoever, upon hearing this harp's sound and the musical tones, were unable to remain calm and rose from their seats to dance. All the śrāvakas abandoned their dignified deportment, becoming unrestrained and jubilant, like small children playing and dancing, unable to control themselves. At that time, the Bodhisattva Crown of Heaven said to these śrāvakas, Mahākāśyapa and the others: 'Venerables, you have already abandoned the defilements and attained the eight liberations; why do you now each abandon your dignified deportment, like those little children, leaping and dancing with your whole bodies?' At that time, the venerable śrāvakas replied, saying: 'Good son, we have no mastery in this matter; just as a great cyclone blows the trees, and they have no power to steady themselves, this is not what our original minds desired or took pleasure in.' At that time, the Bodhisattva Crown of Heaven said to Mahākāśyapa: 'Look now upon the awe-inspiring power of this non-retrogressing bodhisattva! Who, seeing such a thing, would not generate the unexcelled, truly authentic aspiration for bodhi?' The mighty power of the harp's sound was entirely the voice of expounding the Dharma; eight thousand bodhisattvas attained the forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas.