釋迦牟尼佛畫傳(中英雙語)
(1) 兜率說法 觀緣下生
聖善慧菩薩(註1)功行圓滿,住兜率天內院,為諸天說法,觀眾生緣、生時、地點、國家、父母五緣成熟,下生人間成就佛道。
Teaching in the Tusita Heaven, Anticipating the Descent to Earth.
Upon the completion of his cultivation, Vessantara Bodhisattva (1) resides in the inner court of Tusita Heaven, teaching celestial beings and awaiting the five conditions of sentient beings, time, place, country, and parents to come into existence. When they arise, he could be reborn on Earth to complete the path to Buddhahood.
註一
釋迦牟尼佛成佛之前,累劫的修行中,聖善慧菩薩是在某一世因地修行時的稱號。
(1)Through eons of cultivation and reincarnation cycles, before Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment, he was once reincarnated as a bodhisattva. The name of this particular Bodhisattva meant, “A holy being who understand how to utilize true wisdom.”
http://www.amtfweb.org/understand/stroofbudd/stobudd_1.htm