佛說觀佛三昧海經 7.3

7.3

The Buddha told Ānanda: "How did the Tathāgata go to the Wilderness Marsh to subdue the great demon general? From the Jetavana monastery in Śrāvastī, I emitted golden light that illuminated the city of Śrāvastī, turning it golden. In the city of Śrāvastī, there was an elder named Caidade (Dhanapuṇya). The elder had a son who was only three years old; his father taught his son to take the three refuges. Driven by the fire of hunger, the spirit Saṃjñin entered the city of Śrāvastī and snatched the infant. Then the infant called out, 'Namo Buddhāya!' Because he called on the Buddha, the demon king's mouth was locked shut and he could not eat him, but only emitted fire from his eyes to terrify the infant. The infant saw the demon's hideous appearance: having three faces on his chest, two faces on his navel, and two faces on his knees, with faces like those of elephants and dog-like fangs protruding upward, and fire pouring down from his eyes. The boy, terrified, cried out, 'Namo Buddhāya, Namo Dharmāya, Namo Saṅghāya!' At that time, the Bhagavat heard this from afar with his divine ear. Taking only Ānanda, he walked through space. Ānanda followed behind, unable to keep up with the Buddha. By his divine power, the Buddha manifested a jeweled flower, whose light picked up Ānanda. Sitting upon the flower, Ānanda saw Jambudvīpa filled with transformation Buddhas, each transformation Buddha's body filling a trichiliocosm. These transformation Buddhas preached the Dharma of the Three Vehicles, encouraging bodhisattvas to cultivate buddhānusmṛti. Seeing and hearing this, Ānanda immediately remembered the scriptural collections preached by ninety billion past Buddhas, retaining them without forgetting.