The Lotus Sūtra 7.109.p4

7.109.p4

atha khalu bhagavānāyuṣmantaḥ pūrṇasya maitrāyaṇīputrasya cittāśayamavalokya sarvāvantaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamāmantrayate sma - paśyatha bhikṣavo yūyamimaṃ śrāvakaṃ pūrṇaṃ maitrāyaṇīputraṃ yo mayāsya bhikṣusaṃghasya dharmakathikānāmagryo nirdiṣṭaḥ, bahubhiśca bhūtairguṇairabhiṣṭutaḥ, bahubhiśca prakārairasmin mama śāsane saddharmaparigrahāyābhiyuktaḥ | catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ saṃharṣakaḥ samādāpakaḥ samuttejakaḥ saṃpraharṣako 'klānto dharmadeśanayā, alamasya dharmasyākhyātā, alamanugrahītā sabrahmacāriṇām | muktvā bhikṣavastathāgataṃ nānyaḥ śaktaḥ pūrṇaṃ maitrāyaṇīputramarthato vā vyañjanato vā paryādātum | tatkiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo mamaivāyaṃ saddharmaparigrāhaka iti? na khalu punarbhikṣavo yuṣmābhirevaṃ draṣṭavyam | tatkasya hetoḥ? abhijānāmyahaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani navanavatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām, yatra anenaiva teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śāsane saddharmaḥ parigṛhītaḥ | tadyathāpi nāma mama etarhi sarvatra cāgryo dharmakathikānāmabhūt, sarvatra ca śūnyatāgatiṃ gato 'bhūt | sarvatra ca pratisaṃvidāṃ lābhī abhūt, sarvatra ca bodhisattvābhijñāsu gatiṃ gato 'bhūt | suviniścitadharmadeśako nirvicikitsadharmadeśakaḥ pariśuddhadharmadeśakaścābhūt | teṣāṃ ca buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ śāsane yāvadāyuṣpramāṇaṃ brahmacaryaṃ caritavān | sarvatra ca śrāvaka iti saṃjñāyate sma | sa khalvanenopāyena aprameyāṇāmasaṃkhyeyānāṃ sattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāmarthamakārṣīt, aprameyānasaṃkhyeyāṃśca sattvān paripācitavānanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | sarvatra ca buddhakṛtyena sattvānāṃ pratyupasthito 'bhūt | sarvatra cātmano buddhakṣetraṃ pariśodhayati sma | sattvānāṃ ca paripākāyābhiyukto 'bhūt | eṣāmapi bhikṣavo vipaśyipramukhānāṃ saptānāṃ tathāgatānāṃ yeṣāmahaṃ saptamaḥ, eṣa evāgryo dharmakathikānāmabhūt ||