佛說觀佛三昧海經 1.62

1.62

佛告父王：「云何名苦行時白毫毛相？如我踰出宮城已，去伽耶城不遠，詣阿輸陀樹，吉安天子等百千天子皆作是念：『菩薩若於此坐，必須坐具，我今應當獻於天草。』即把天草清淨柔軟，名曰吉祥，菩薩受已鋪地而坐。是時諸天諦觀菩薩身相可愛，復見白毛圍如三寸，右旋婉轉有百千色，流入諸相。是諸天子觀白毫時，各作是念：『菩薩今者惟受我草不受汝草。』時白毛中，有萬億菩薩結加趺坐，各取其草坐此樹下。一一天子，各見白毫中有如此相。是時吉安天子而讚歎言：『善哉勝士！修大慈悲，慈悲力故得大人相，於其相中無量變現，能滿諸天一切善願，不生諍訟起菩提心。』

"The Buddha said to his father the king: "What is called the mark of the white curl at the time of ascetic practice? When I had leapt over the palace walls and was not far from the city of Gayā, I went to the aśvattha tree. The devaputra Śāntika and hundreds of thousands of other devaputras all thought: 'If the Bodhisattva is to sit here, he must have a seat; I should now offer heavenly grass.' Thereupon taking heavenly grass, pure and soft, named auspicious (kuśa), the Bodhisattva accepted it, spread it on the ground, and sat down. At that time the devas carefully observed the lovely marks of the Bodhisattva's body, and further saw the white hair, three inches in circumference, curling gracefully to the right with hundreds of thousands of colors flowing into his various marks. As these devaputras observed the white curl, each had this thought: 'The Bodhisattva has now accepted only my grass, not your grass.' At that time, within the white hair there were ten thousand million Bodhisattvas seated cross-legged, each taking his grass and sitting beneath this tree. Each and every devaputra saw such marks within the white curl. At that time the devaputra Śāntika praised him, saying: 'Excellent, supreme hero! You practice great compassion; through the power of compassion you have attained the marks of a great man. Within these marks are immeasurable transformations, capable of fulfilling all wholesome vows of the devas, causing no contention to arise, and giving rise to the bodhicitta.'"