The Lotus Sūtra 6.39.p3

6.39.p3

bhūtapūrva bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asaṃkhyeyaiḥ kalpairasaṃkhyeyatarairvipulairaprameyairacintyairaparimitairapramāṇaistataḥ pareṇa paratareṇa yadāsīt - tena kālena tena samayena mahābhijñājñānābhibhūrnāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstāḥ devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān saṃbhavāyāṃ lokadhātau mahārūpe kalpe | kiyaccirotpannaḥ sa bhikṣavastathāgato 'bhūt | tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣavo yāvāniha trisāhasramahāsāhasre lokadhātau pṛthivīdhātuḥ, taṃ kaścideva puruṣaḥ sarvaṃ cūrṇīkuryāt, maṣiṃ kuryāt | atha khalu sa puruṣastasmāllokadhātorekaṃ paramāṇurajo gṛhītvā pūrvasyāṃ diśi lokadhātusahasramatikramya tadekaṃ paramāṇuraja upanikṣipet | atha sa puruṣo dvitīyaṃ ca paramāṇurajo gṛhītvā tataḥ pareṇa parataraṃ lokadhātusahasramatikramya dvitīyaṃ paramāṇuraja upanikṣipet | anena paryāyeṇa sa puruṣaḥ sarvāvantaṃ pṛthivīdhātumupanikṣipet pūrvasyāṃ diśi | tatkiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ śakyaṃ teṣāṃ lokadhātūnāmanto vā paryanto vā gaṇanayādhigantum? ta āhuḥ - no hīdaṃ bhagavan, no hīdaṃ sugata | bhagavānāha - śakyaṃ punarbhikṣavasteṣāṃ lokadhātūnāṃ kenacid gaṇakena vā gaṇakamahāmātreṇa vā gaṇanayā paryanto 'dhigantum, yeṣu vopanikṣiptāni tāni paramāṇurajāṃsi, yeṣu vā nopanikṣiptāni | na tveva teṣāṃ kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāṃ śakyaṃ gaṇanāyogena paryanto 'dhigantum | yāvantaḥ kalpāstasya bhagavato mahābhijñājñānābhibhuvastathāgatasya parinirvṛtasya, etāvān sa kālo 'bhūdevamacintyaḥ, evamapramāṇaḥ | taṃ cāhaṃ bhikṣavastathāgataṃ tāvacciraṃ parinirvṛtamanena tathāgatajñānadarśanabalādhānena yathādya śvo vā parinirvṛtamanusmarāmi ||