佛說觀彌勒菩薩上生兜率天經 1.9

1.9

「時諸園中有八色瑠璃渠，一一渠有五百億寶珠而用合成，一一渠中有八味水，八色具足。其水上湧游梁棟間，於四門外化生四花，水出華中如寶花流。一一華上有二十四天女，身色微妙如諸菩薩莊嚴身相，手中自然化五百億寶器，一一器中，天諸甘露自然盈滿，左肩荷佩無量瓔珞，右肩復負無量樂器，如雲住空從水而出，讚歎菩薩六波羅蜜；若有往生兜率天上，自然得此天女侍御。亦有七寶大師子座，高四由旬，閻浮檀金、無量眾寶以為莊嚴，座四角頭生四蓮華，一一蓮華百寶所成，一一寶出百億光明。其光微妙，化為五百億眾寶雜花，莊嚴寶帳。

“Then in the gardens there are eight-coloured lapis lazuli conduits, each conduit formed from fifty billion jewel pearls, and in each conduit flows water of eight tastes, complete with eight colours. The water surges upward, flowing between the beams and pillars, and outside the four gates it produces four flowers by transformation, the water flowing out of the flowers like streams of jewel blossoms. On each flower are twenty-four devīs whose bodily appearance is subtle and wondrous, like the adorned physical marks of bodhisattvas. In their hands spontaneously appear fifty billion jewel vessels, each vessel naturally overflowing with divine amṛta. Over their left shoulders they wear countless necklaces, and on their right shoulders they bear countless musical instruments; abiding in the air like clouds, emerging from the water, they praise the bodhisattva’s six pāramitās. If anyone is reborn in the Tuṣita Heaven, they will naturally obtain these devīs to attend and serve them. There is also a great lion throne of the seven treasures, four yojanas high, adorned with Jambūnada gold and immeasurable treasures. At the four corners of the throne grow four lotus blossoms, each lotus blossom formed from a hundred treasures, and each treasure emitting ten billion rays of light. Their light is subtle and wondrous, transforming into fifty billion variegated flowers of mixed treasures to adorn a jewel canopy.