觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 1.29

1.29

Question: Why does it not specifically state how much time had passed after the attainment of the Way? Answer: Although it could be spoken in accordance with the aspects of transformation, ordinary beings and noble ones see the Buddha's bodies—saṃbhogakāya or nirmāṇakāya—what is expounded as shallow or profound, and the attainment of the Way as recent or distant, each differently. Since the sūtra is intended for common practice by both ordinary beings and noble ones, a fixed time could not be stated.