維摩經疏卷第三．第六 6.74

6.74

From here below, the second part unites the past and present to explain that the offering yields much benefit. First, it identifies the wheel-turning king: he was the Buddha Ratnāgni. Next, it identifies the thousand sons: they are the thousand buddhas in the Auspicious Kalpa. Four have already become buddhas; the rest are in the future. As for the four buddhas, they are: first, Krakucchanda; second, Kanakamuni; third, Kāśyapa; fourth, Śākyamuni. "Auspicious Kalpa" means a good kalpa. When the kalpa was first forming, the Śuddhāvāsa gods saw inside the water a thousand jeweled lotuses, and thus knew that one thousand buddhas would appear; therefore, it is called the Auspicious Kalpa. The Buddha Ruci: here translated as "Tearful Weeping"; he appears later in the Daśabhūmika Sūtra. As for Candracchatra, he was the Buddha Śākyamuni.