妙法蓮華經 1.33

1.33

"The Hero of the World is immeasurable;
all devas and mortals,
all classes of living beings,
none is capable of knowing the Buddha.
The Buddha's powers, fears, fearslessnesses,
liberations, and various samādhis,
as well as the Buddha's other Dharmas—
none is capable of measuring them.
Originally following countless Buddhas,
he fully practiced the various paths;
the profound, subtle, and wondrous Dharma
is hard to see and hard to comprehend.
Having practiced these various paths
for immeasurable kotis of kalpas,
he attained the fruition at the place of awakening;
I already fully know and see this.
Such great fruition and retribution,
and the meanings of the various natures and marks—
only I and the Buddhas of the ten directions
are able to know these matters.
This Dharma cannot be demonstrated;
the mark of words and speech is extinguished in stillness.
No other classes of living beings
are able to attain understanding,
except for the host of Bodhisattvas
whose power of faith is firm and solid.
The assemblies of disciples of the Buddhas,
who have formerly made offerings to the Buddhas,
whose outflows are all exhausted,
and who abide in their final body—
such people as these,
their power is not equal to it.
Even if the world were full
of those like Śāriputra,
exhausting their thought to measure it together,
they could not fathom the Buddha's wisdom.
Even if the ten directions were full
of those like Śāriputra,
and the other disciples
also filled the lands of the ten directions,
exhausting their thought to measure it together,
they still could not know it.
Pratyekabuddhas of sharp wisdom,
free from outflows in their final body,
also filling the realms of the ten directions,
in number like a bamboo grove—
if these with one mind,
for immeasurable kotis of kalpas,
wished to ponder the Buddha's real wisdom,
none could know the slightest part of it.
Newly resolved Bodhisattvas,
who have made offerings to countless Buddhas,
thoroughly grasping all meanings and purports,
and also able to preach the Dharma well,
like rice, hemp, bamboo, and reeds,
filling the lands of the ten directions,
with one mind and subtle wisdom,
for kalpas like the sands of the Ganges,
if all of them together pondered it,
they could not know the Buddha's wisdom.
Non-retrogressing Bodhisattvas,
in number like the sands of the Ganges,
pondering and seeking it together with one mind,
still could not know it.
Again, I tell Śāriputra:
'The outflow-free and inconceivable,
profound, subtle, and wondrous Dharma,
I have now fully attained;
only I know its marks,
and so do the Buddhas of the ten directions.'
Śāriputra should know
that the words of the Buddhas do not differ;
toward the Dharma spoken by the Buddha,
one should generate great power of faith.
After a long time, the Bhagavat's Dharma
must surely speak the real truth."
I tell the assembly of śrāvakas
and those seeking the vehicle of the pratyekabuddhas:
"'I have caused them to escape the bonds of suffering
and attain nirvāṇa.'
The Buddha, through the power of upāya,
reveals the teachings of the three vehicles;
living beings are attached everywhere,
so he guides them to cause them to escape."