འཕགས་པ་གསར་གྱ་བྱ་མ་ལྟ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.6
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6. This rather striking analogy for speed (using the pool, the chariot, and the snake, followed by the sequence of further fractions of time based on the efficacy of various figures in teaching the Dharma) is not unique to the present sūtra but, as pointed out by Peter Skilling, is also found in The Seal of Engagement in Awakening the Power of Faith (Śraddhābalādhānāvatāramudrā, Toh 201), , and in a citation in The Compendium of Sūtras (Sutrasamuccaya, Toh 3934) which identifies it as being from the Buddhāvataṃsaka. For a discussion comparing the varying details of these three instances, see Skilling 2021, pp. 441–44.