菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 7.41

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爾時世尊知諸眾會心中所念，便入定意無形三昧，隨眾生音而濟度之。「昔我人間為香音神，王一閻浮提、二閻浮提，乃至無數恒沙閻浮提。男、女眷屬以香為食，衣被服飾皆悉香熏，或生北方欝單曰土、拘耶尼、弗于逮，在在所生為香音王，或壽一劫、二劫、三劫，乃至無數阿僧祇劫。知有佛、有法、有比丘僧，心常遠離而不親近。何以故？貪著五樂以善香為樂，於善香中不聞餘音，但聞五欲歌歎戲樂，終日竟夜不知厭足。有善知識昔修善根，從地踊出半身人現，而告我言：『此處樂耶？何為貪著？此非真實清淨之行，除去香熏可得安隱處，此香為災、為幻、為化。今佛在世可往受教，得清淨香遍滿諸方。』香音神王聞之極大歡喜：『善哉，善哉！善知識！欲導引我示清淨香，今正是時。佛為所在？共往禮拜。』爾時踊出地神，即以偈告香音神曰：

At that time, the Bhagavat, knowing the thoughts in the minds of the assembly, entered the Formless Samādhi of Fixed Intention, to deliver beings according to their voices. 'In the past, I was a gandharva in the human world, ruling one Jambudvīpa, two Jambudvīpas, up to countless Jambudvīpas [numerous as] the sands of the Ganges. The male and female retinues took fragrance as food, and their robes and adornments were all perfumed with scent. Or I was born in the northern realm of Uttarakuru, Godānīya, or Pūrvavideha; wherever born, I was a gandharva king, sometimes with a lifespan of one kalpa, two kalpas, three kalpas, up to countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas. Knowing that there were the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Bhikṣu-Saṃgha, my mind was always distant and did not draw near to them. Why is that? Greedily attached to the five pleasures, we took fine fragrances as pleasure; amid fine fragrances we heard no other sounds, hearing only the songs, praises, and play of the five desires, day and night without knowing satiation. There was a good friend who had cultivated roots of goodness in the past. Emerging from the earth, half of his human body appeared, and he told me: "Is this place delightful? Why be greedily attached to it? This is not true and pure conduct. Discarding the perfumed smoke, you can attain a place of peace. This fragrance is a disaster, an illusion, a phantom. Now a Buddha is in the world; you may go and receive his teaching, obtaining pure fragrance that pervades all directions." The gandharva king, hearing this, rejoiced greatly: "Excellent, excellent, Good Friend! You wish to guide me and show me pure fragrance; now is precisely the time. Where is the Buddha? Let us go together to pay homage." At that time, the earth deity who had emerged addressed the gandharva with a gāthā, saying: