He is the King of Heaven, who gave birth to eight sons, who in turn gave birth to the land and the people .... "So reads an account in a sutra that was influenced, no doubt, by the description of the Hindu God of Creation Brahma being born on a lotus flower. There is also a description of the Buddha on a lotus enumerating the six ways to reach Nirvana.
梵天王心生八子，八子生天地人民……」《大正藏》經典上記載，印度教創造神梵天王坐千瓣蓮花上誕生，受此影響，佛教諸佛也在蓮花上說六波羅密。