The Lotus Sūtra 3.4

3.4

「迦葉！譬如三千大千世界，山川谿谷土地所生卉木叢林及諸藥草，種類若干，名色各異。密雲彌布，遍覆三千大千世界，一時等澍，其澤普洽。卉木叢林及諸藥草，小根小莖、小枝小葉，中根中莖、中枝中葉，大根大莖、大枝大葉，諸樹大小，隨上中下各有所受。一雲所雨，稱其種性而得生長華菓敷實。雖一地所生，一雨所潤，而諸草木，各有差別。

"Kāśyapa, it is like the plants, trees, thickets, forests, and medicinal herbs growing on the mountains, rivers, ravines, valleys, and lands of the three-thousand great thousandfold world, of many kinds, each differing in name and appearance. A dense cloud spreads everywhere, completely covering the three-thousand great thousandfold world, raining down equally all at once, its moisture permeating everywhere. The plants, trees, thickets, forests, and medicinal herbs—with small roots, small stalks, small branches, and small leaves; medium roots, medium stalks, medium branches, and medium leaves; or large roots, large stalks, large branches, and large leaves—and trees large and small, each according to their high, medium, or low [nature], receive a share. From what is rained by the one cloud, each according to its species grows, develops, blossoms, and bears fruit. Although grown from the same earth and moistened by the same rain, the grasses and trees are each distinct.