佛說觀佛三昧海經 9.16

9.16

東方善德佛告大眾言：「汝等當知，我念過去無量世時有佛世尊，名寶威德上王如來、應、正遍知，彼佛出時亦如今日說三乘法。時彼佛世有一比丘有九弟子，與諸弟子往詣佛塔禮拜佛像，見一寶像嚴顯可觀，既敬禮已目諦視之說偈讚歎，隨壽脩短各自命終。既命終已，生於東方寶威德上王佛國土，在大蓮華結加趺坐忽然化生，從此已後恒得值遇無量諸佛，於諸佛所淨修梵行，得念佛三昧海，既得此已諸佛現前即與授記，於十方面隨意作佛。東方善德佛者則我身是！南方栴檀德佛、西方無量明佛、北方相德佛、東南方無憂德佛、西南方寶施佛、西北方華德佛、東北方三乘行佛、上方廣眾德佛、下方明德佛，如是等十佛世尊，因由禮塔一讚偈故，於十方面得成為佛，豈異人乎？我等十方佛是！」

The Buddha Bhadraguṇa of the eastern direction addressed the great assembly, saying: "You all should know that I recall in the past, countless ages ago, there was a Buddha, a Bhagavat named Ratnaprabhāvarājendra Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha. When that Buddha appeared, he also expounded the teachings of the Three Vehicles just as [the Buddha does] today. At the time of that Buddha, there was a monk who had nine disciples. Together with his disciples, he went to a stūpa to bow to the Buddha's image. Seeing a jeweled image that was magnificent, conspicuous, and delightful to behold, having paid homage, they gazed at it attentively and recited verses in praise. Then, according to their long or short lifespans, each passed away. Having passed away, they were born in the Buddha-land of Ratnaprabhāvarājendra in the east, spontaneously transformed into being seated cross-legged on great lotus flowers. From then on, they constantly encountered countless Buddhas, purely cultivated the brahmacarya under those Buddhas, and attained the ocean-like mindfulness-of-the-Buddha samādhi. Having attained this, the Buddhas appeared before them and immediately bestowed prophesies upon them that they would become Buddhas as they wished throughout the ten directions. The Buddha Bhadraguṇa of the east is none other than myself! The Buddha Candanaguṇa of the south, the Buddha Amitaprabha of the west, the Buddha Lakṣaṇaguṇa of the north, the Buddha Aśokaguṇa of the southeast, the Buddha Ratnaprada of the southwest, the Buddha Kusumasrī of the northwest, the Buddha Triyānacarya of the northeast, the Buddha Vipulaguṇa of the zenith, and the Buddha Prabhāguṇa of the nadir—such ten Buddha Bhagavats as these, by cause of bowing to the stūpa and uttering a single verse of praise, attained Buddhahood throughout the ten directions. Could they have been other people? They are none other than ourselves, the Buddhas of the ten directions!"