菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 1.27

1.27

At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva immediately rose from his seat, adjusted his robes, bared his right shoulder, placed his right knee upon the ground, and addressed the Bhagavat, saying: "Excellent, excellent! The Tathāgata speaks the inconceivable Dharma. In this assembly now there are those who have tread the path and those who have not yet tread the path, those who abide on the stage of faith and those who do not yet abide on the stage of faith. There are also bodhisattvas from the Ābhāsvara Heaven, the *Ābha Heaven, the *Parittābha Heaven, the *Apramāṇābha Heaven, the *Śubhakhinna Heaven, the *Śubha Heaven, the *Parittaśubha Heaven, the *Apramāṇaśubha Heaven, and the *Śubhakṛtsna Heaven, up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, the Nirmāṇarati Heaven, and the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven; and there are bodhisattvas of the sphere of boundless space, the sphere of boundless consciousness, the sphere of nothingness, up to the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. How is it that one enters the womb among them to teach and transform?"