菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 4.40

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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: