佛說觀佛三昧海經 6.55

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佛告父王：「云何名如來從忉利天下閻浮提時光相變應？我初下時，無數天子百千天女侍從世尊，獨見一佛圓光一尋放千光明，足步虛空躡階而下。時佛光中七佛像現，從佛光出導佛前行。時優填王，戀慕世尊鑄金為像，聞佛當下，象載金像來迎世尊！蓮華色比丘尼化作瑠璃山，結加趺坐在山窟中，無量供具奉迎世尊！爾時金像，從象上下猶如生佛，足步虛空足下雨華，亦放光明來迎世尊！時鑄金像，合掌叉手為佛作禮。爾時世尊！亦復長跪合掌向像，時虛空中百千化佛，亦皆合掌長跪向像。

The Buddha told the king his father: "What are the manifestations of the light marks when the Tathāgata descended from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven to Jambudvīpa? When I first descended, countless devaputras and hundreds of thousands of devīs attended the Bhagavat. They saw only one Buddha with a halo one fathom wide emitting a thousand beams of light, walking through space and treading down the staircase. At that time, seven Buddha images appeared within the Buddha's light, emerging from it to lead the Buddha forward. King Udayana, yearning for the Bhagavat, had cast a golden image. Hearing that the Buddha was about to descend, he carried the golden image on an elephant to welcome the Bhagavat. The bhikṣuṇī Utpalavarṇā transformed herself into a lapis lazuli mountain, sitting cross-legged inside a mountain cave, offering immeasurable gifts to welcome the Bhagavat. Then the golden image dismounted from the elephant just like a living Buddha, walking through space, raining down flowers beneath its feet, and emitting light to welcome the Bhagavat. The cast golden image then joined its palms and bowed in homage to the Buddha. At that time, the Bhagavat also knelt down on both knees, joining his palms toward the image. In the sky, hundreds of thousands of transformation Buddhas also all joined their palms and knelt down toward the image.