菩薩瓔珞本業經 2.55

2.55

At that time, Śraddhāpradāna Bodhisattva paid homage to the buddhas, received the teaching of the great assembly, and briefly inquired into the essential meanings spoken in the seven assemblies; having faith in and according with the treasury of the three jewels, wishing the Dharma to remain uninterrupted, not for the sake of worldly fame or profit, and desiring that the Dharma abide long, he addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One, the Buddha has already spoken above of all the treasuries of merit—whether causes or effects, whether worthy or noble. Now among the fourteen nayutas of persons in this great assembly, who is able, without rising from their seat, to receive the teaching and cultivate the path, practicing each and every one fully from beginning to end, and progressively entering the stages of the bodhisattva?"