佛說觀佛三昧海經 1.38

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佛告父王：「佛涅槃後，若四部眾及諸天、龍、夜叉等，欲繫念者、欲思惟者、欲行禪者、欲得三昧正受者。」佛告父王：「云何名繫念？自有眾生樂觀如來具足身相；自有眾生樂觀如來諸相好中一一相好者；自有眾生樂觀如來隨順相好；自有眾生樂觀如來逆相好者；自有眾生樂觀如來光明者。自有眾生樂觀如來行者；自有眾生樂觀如來住者；自有眾生樂觀如來坐者；自有眾生樂觀如來臥者。自有眾生樂觀如來乞食者；自有眾生樂觀如來初生者；自有眾生樂觀如來納妃時者；自有眾生樂觀如來出家時者；自有眾生樂觀如來苦行時者；自有眾生樂觀如來降魔時者；自有眾生樂觀如來成佛時者；自有眾生樂觀如來轉法輪時者；自有眾生樂觀如來昇忉利天為母說法時者；自有眾生樂觀如來降伏曠野鬼神者；自有眾生樂觀如來於那乾訶羅降伏諸龍留影時者；自有眾生樂觀如來在拘尸那城，降伏六師、尼提賤人及諸惡律儀殷重邪見人者。

The Buddha addressed his father, the king: "After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, if the fourfold assembly, the devas, nāgas, yakṣas, and others wish to bind their thoughts, wish to ponder, wish to practice dhyāna, and wish to attain the correct reception of samādhi—" The Buddha addressed his father, the king: "What is called 'binding one's thoughts'? Some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata's complete bodily marks; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating each and every one of the Tathāgata's primary and secondary marks; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata's marks in regular sequence; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata's marks in reverse order; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata's light; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata walking; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata standing; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata sitting; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata lying down; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata begging for almsfood; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at his initial birth; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time he took a consort; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time he left home; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time of his austerities; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time he subdued Māra; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time he achieved buddhahood; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata at the time he turned the wheel of the Dharma; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata when he ascended to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to preach the Dharma for his mother; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata subduing the wilderness spirits; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata in Nagarahāra when he subdued the nāgas and left his shadow; some sentient beings take delight in contemplating the Tathāgata in the city of Kuśinagara subduing the six teachers, the low-caste Nidhi, and those of evil vinaya and deep-seated wrong views.