佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.9

2.9

"Great King! In the past there was a king of Aśmaka who had a crown prince about to ascend the royal throne, named Kalmāṣapāda. The prince received instruction from a non-Buddhist master named Luotuo, who told him that he should take the heads of one thousand kings to sacrifice to his ancestral deities. Having ascended the throne, he had already obtained nine hundred and ninety-nine kings, lacking only one king. He then traveled ten thousand li to the north and obtained a king named King Samantaprabhāsa. King Samantaprabhāsa said to King Kalmāṣapāda: 'I beg you to grant me one day to provide a meal for śramaṇas and to pay homage to the Three Jewels.' King Kalmāṣapāda granted him one day. Thereupon King Samantaprabhāsa, relying on the method of the past seven buddhas, invited one hundred dharma masters, set out one hundred high seats, and twice a day had them lecture through the eight hundred billion verses of the prajñāpāramitā. The foremost dharma master spoke a verse for King Samantaprabhāsa: