治禪病祕要法 1.45

1.45

"From the cintāmaṇi atop the nāga king's head, by the power of the nāga king, one thousand five hundred multi-coloured lotus flowers are generated: five hundred blue lotus flowers, with the Venerable Piṇḍola and other arhats numbering five hundred sitting on them individually, which close at dusk and open during the day, with seven-jewelled canopies above the monks and seven-jewelled seats beneath the lotus flowers; five hundred golden lotus flowers, with Cundaka and other śrāmaṇeras numbering five hundred sitting on them individually, which close at dusk and open during the day, with seven-jewelled canopies above the śrāmaṇeras and seven-jewelled seats beneath the lotus flowers; five hundred red lotus flowers, with great arhats such as the Venerable Upananda and Vasumitra, or said to be great bodhisattvas with their retinues numbering five hundred, sitting on them individually, which close at dusk and open during the day, with seven-jewelled canopies above the monks and seven-jewelled seats beneath the lotus flowers; and a seven-jewelled high terrace eight thousand fathoms high emerges from below.