The Lotus Sūtra 2.37.p4

2.37.p4

bhagavānetadavocat - kadācit karhicicchāriputra tathāgata evaṃrūpāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kathayati | tadyathāpi nāma śāriputra udumbarapuṣpaṃ kadācit karhicit saṃdṛśyate, evameva śāriputra tathāgato 'pi kadācit karhicit evaṃrūpāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kathayati | śraddadhata me śāriputra, bhūtavādyahamasmi, tathāvādyahamasmi, ananyathāvādyahamasmi | durbodhyaṃ śāriputra tathāgatasya saṃdhābhāṣyam | tatkasya hetoḥ? nānāniruktinirdeśābhilāpanirdeśanairmayā śāriputra vividhairupāyakauśalyaśatasahasrairdharmaḥ saṃprakāśitaḥ | atarko 'tarkāvacarastathāgatavijñeyaḥ śāriputra saddharmaḥ | tatkasya hetoḥ? ekakṛtyena śāriputra ekakaraṇīyena tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate mahākṛtyena mahākaraṇīyena | katamaṃ ca śāriputra tathāgatasya ekakṛtyamekakaraṇīyaṃ mahākṛtyaṃ mahākaraṇīyaṃ yena kṛtyena tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate? yadidaṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasamādāpanahetunimittaṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate | tathāgatajñānadarśanasaṃdarśanahetunimittaṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate | tathāgatajñānadarśanāvatāraṇahetunimittaṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate | tathāgatajñānapratibodhanahetunimittaṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate | tathāgatajñānadarśanamārgāvatāraṇahetunimittaṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka utpadyate | idaṃ tacchāriputra tathāgatasya ekakṛtyamekakaraṇīyaṃ mahākṛtyaṃ mahākaraṇīyamekaprayojanaṃ loke prādurbhāvāya | iti hi śāriputra yattathāgatasya ekakṛtyamekakaraṇīyaṃ mahākṛtyaṃ mahākaraṇīyam, tattathāgataḥ karoti | tatkasya hetoḥ? tathāgatajñānadarśanasamādāpaka evāhaṃ śāriputra, tathāgatajñānadarśanasaṃdarśaka evāhaṃ śāriputra, tathāgatajñānadarśanāvatāraka evāhaṃ śāriputra, tathāgatajñānadarśanapratibodhaka evāhaṃ śāriputra, tathāgatajñānadarśanamārgāvatāraka evāhaṃ śāriputra | ekamevāhaṃ śāriputra yānamārabhya sattvānāṃ dharma deśayāmi yadidaṃ buddhayānam | na kiṃcicchāriputra dvitīyaṃ vā tṛtīyaṃ vā yānaṃ saṃvidyate | sarvatraiṣā śāriputra dharmatā daśadigloke | tatkasya hetoḥ? ye 'pi tu śāriputra atīta
'dhvanyabhūvan daśasu dikṣvaprameyeṣvasaṃkhyeyeṣu lokadhātuṣu tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca | ye nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyairnānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānāmāśayaṃ viditvā dharmaṃ deśitavantaḥ | te 'pi sarve śāriputra buddhā bhagavanta ekameva yānamārabhya sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśitavantaḥ, yadidaṃ buddhayānaṃ sarvajñatāparyavasānam, yadidaṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasamādāpanameva sattvānāṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasaṃdarśanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanāvatāraṇameva tathāgatajñānadarśanapratibodhanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanamārgāvatāraṇameva sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśitavantaḥ | yairapi śāriputra sattvaisteṣāmatītānāṃ tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānāmantikāt saddharmaḥ śrutaḥ, te 'pi sarve 'nuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodherlābhino 'bhūvan ||