佛說觀佛三昧海經 4.30

4.30

「億億光照下方，令下方地如閻浮提水色，於眾水中有恒沙寶樓，眾寶樓下有一寶城如乾闥婆城，於寶樓上有大寶樹，其樹枝葉一切火起，其火光焰上下俱燒，燒此眾水化成琉璃。琉璃地上復生諸樹，樹有四龍，其龍頂上有如意珠，其珠光明遍照龍身，令龍及樹純黃金色。其龍奮迅，龍諸毛孔出金色光，其光直照下方無量世界，復過下方，復照無量世界，令下方地皆作金色。金色地上有金剛華，金剛華上有金天女，一一天女百千天女以為眷屬，是諸天女皆讚慈心三昧海。從下方出直至上方迦毘羅城，其聲如雷讚說慈心。說是語時，諸龍毛端出諸寶雲，一一雲中有恒沙佛剎；一一剎中塵數化佛；一一化佛出此光明。此光現時，下方世界有百萬金山，於其巖間百億寶窟，如雲踊起，是眾窟中純諸白佛，白妙菩薩及聲聞眾以為侍者，金精寶光在佛左右，猶如斷山眾寶映錯。有妙寶蓋如須彌山無量寶成，一一寶間百億光明，迴旋宛轉。於眾光中有百億師子座；一一師子座上有百億那由他菩薩大眾結加趺坐。時彼菩薩身毛孔中有阿僧祇光，一一光中有一化佛，其身修圓如須彌山，是諸化佛以百千偈，讚說不殺慈為根本、慈是妙藥除生死患、慈為淨目導諸天人，是諸化佛讚歎慈已，各作變化為琉璃山。於其山內百億菩薩，一一菩薩有萬梵王以為侍者，到行者前於寶山內，異口同音皆說是法，告言：『善男子！汝於念佛海應修慈心，諸佛菩薩以慈心故得佛大慈，汝今應當修不殺戒行大慈悲。』爾時亦有天龍八部一切眾生，遇此光者、聞是語者，命終之後必生梵世。」

“Hundreds of millions of rays of light illuminate the lower direction, causing the earth of the lower direction to be like the color of the waters of Jambudvīpa. In the midst of the waters are jeweled towers as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. Beneath the jeweled towers is a jeweled city like the city of the gandharvas. Above the jeweled towers are great jeweled trees whose branches and leaves all burst into flames. The fiery flames burn upward and downward alike, incinerating these waters and transforming them into lapis lazuli. Upon the ground of lapis lazuli, trees again grow forth. The trees have four dragons, and on the dragons' heads are cintāmaṇi jewels. The radiance of the jewels completely illuminates the bodies of the dragons, making the dragons and trees pure golden-yellow. The dragons boldly exert themselves, and golden light issues forth from all the pores of the dragons. The light shines directly upon the immeasurable worlds of the lower direction, and going beyond the lower direction, further illuminates immeasurable worlds, causing the earth of the lower direction to become entirely golden in color. Upon the golden ground are adamantine flowers, and atop the adamantine flowers are golden goddesses, each goddess having hundreds of thousands of goddesses as her retinue. These goddesses all praise the ocean-like samādhi of the benevolent mind. Emerging from the lower direction, they proceed directly up to the city of Kapilavastu in the upper direction, their voices praising and proclaiming benevolence like thunder. When these words are spoken, jeweled clouds issue forth from the tips of the dragons' hairs. In each cloud are Buddha-kṣetras as numerous as the sands of the Ganges; in each kṣetra are transformation Buddhas as numerous as specks of dust; and each transformation Buddha emits this light. When this light appears, in the worlds of the lower direction there are one million golden mountains, and among their crags are ten billion jeweled caves leaping forth like clouds. In these caves are exclusively white Buddhas, with exquisite white bodhisattvas and the assembly of śrāvakas serving as their attendants. Radiance of fine gold and jewels flanks the Buddhas to their left and right, like precipitous mountains interlaced with diverse gems. There are exquisite jeweled parasols formed of immeasurable treasures like Mount Sumeru, and between each treasure are ten billion rays of light, swirling and turning. Amidst the rays of light are ten billion lion thrones; on each lion throne sits an assembly of hundreds of millions of nayutas of bodhisattvas in the cross-legged posture. At that time, in the bodily pores of those bodhisattvas are asaṃkhyeyas of rays of light. In each ray of light is a transformation Buddha whose body is gracefully rounded like Mount Sumeru. These transformation Buddhas, with hundreds of thousands of verses, praise non-killing and take benevolence as the root: benevolence is the wondrous medicine that removes the afflictions of birth and death; benevolence is the pure eye that guides all devas and humans. Having praised benevolence, these transformation Buddhas each manifest transformations and become mountains of lapis lazuli. Inside the mountains are ten billion bodhisattvas, each bodhisattva having ten thousand Brahmā kings as attendants. Arriving before the practitioner from within the jeweled mountains, with different mouths but a single voice they all preach this Dharma, declaring: ‘Good man! In the ocean of buddhānusmṛti you should cultivate a benevolent mind. Buddhas and bodhisattvas attain the Buddha’s great benevolence through a benevolent mind. You should now cultivate the precept of non-killing and practice great loving-kindness and compassion.’ At that time, all sentient beings among the devas, dragons, and the rest of the eight classes who encounter this light or hear these words will, after their lives end, certainly be reborn in the Brahmā world.”