菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 4.23

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佛告彌勒：「過去、未來、現在諸佛舍利流布，非汝等境界所能分別。何以故？此舍利即是吾舍利，何能尋究如來神識？今當與汝分別如來上、中、下識，至薩芸然各各不同。初住菩薩未立根德力，雖得神通二住菩薩以天眼觀，知識所趣退不退地，亦復觀見欲界、色界、無色界者，或復觀見生東方無數恒河沙佛剎，供養諸佛奉律無礙，亦復知彼受記劫數，一劫乃至百千億劫。或有菩薩於三住地，觀見舍利知識所趣於餘涅槃無餘涅槃，然復不見四住所行識所趣向。四住菩薩見一、見二、三住識法，然復不見五住舍利識法所趣。」

The Buddha told Maitreya: "The dissemination of the śarīras of the Buddhas of the past, future, and present is not something that can be discerned by your realm. Why is that? This śarīra is my very own śarīra; how could one trace the Tathāgata's spiritual consciousness? I shall now distinguish for you the superior, middling, and inferior consciousnesses of the Tathāgata, up to the sarvajña, which are each different. Bodhisattvas of the first dwelling have not yet established their roots, virtues, and powers; although they attain divine powers, bodhisattvas of the second dwelling, viewing with the divine eye, know the destinies of consciousnesses and whether they are in the retreating or non-retreating ground, and also observe those in the desire realm, form realm, and formless realm, or observe those born in immeasurable realms as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the east who make offerings to the Buddhas and uphold the monastic rules without hindrance, and also know the eons of their receiving prophecy, from one eon up to hundreds of thousands of billions of eons. There are bodhisattvas on the ground of the third dwelling who observe śarīras and know the destinies of consciousnesses in nirvāṇa with remainder and nirvāṇa without remainder, yet they do not see where the consciousness practiced by those in the fourth dwelling goes. Bodhisattvas of the fourth dwelling see the dharmas of consciousness of the first, second, and third dwellings, yet they do not see where the dharmas of consciousness of the śarīras of the fifth dwelling go."