佛說觀佛三昧海經 6.55

6.55

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.