菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 4.40

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佛復告無盡意菩薩：「過去六十一劫東方有釋天子，修天眼淨心樂禪定，常欲求出家進向佛道。彼諸天法有衰瑞應不久命終，諸天翼從轉轉減少，貪著睡眠身體塵垢，花自萎枯，不樂寶座，所食不甘，即出到後園中沐浴澡洗：『今我天身眼能徹視，何方有佛，當往禮省恭奉供養受佛禁戒，即以此身得成佛道。』作是念已端坐思惟，以天眼視上方有佛，名無量空行，世界名清淨，今現在說法，初中竟善。即以神力如人屈伸臂頃，到彼佛所頭面禮足在一面立。即以此偈讚歎佛德：

The Buddha further told Akṣayamati Bodhisattva: "Sixty-one kalpas ago, in the east there was a Devaputra Śakra who cultivated the purity of the divine eye and whose mind took pleasure in dhyāna, constantly desiring to leave home and advance toward the Buddha path. By the law of those devas, there appeared signs of decline showing that his life would soon end: his heavenly attendants gradually diminished, he became greedy for sleep, his body accumulated dust and dirt, his flowers withered by themselves, he found no joy in his jewelled throne, and his food tasted unsavoury. He then went out to the back garden to bathe and wash, [thinking:] 'Now, my divine body's eyes can see clearly through: in which direction is there a Buddha, that I may go pay respects, serve, make offerings, and receive the Buddha's precepts, so that in this very body I may attain the Buddha path?' Having had this thought, he sat upright and contemplated. Looking with his divine eye, above there was a Buddha named Anantākāśacārin, whose realm was named Viśuddha, currently preaching the Dharma, good in the beginning, middle, and end. Thereupon, by supernatural power, in the time it takes a person to extend or bend an arm, he arrived at that Buddha's dwelling, bowed his head to the Buddha's feet, and stood to one side. He then praised the Buddha's merits with this verse: