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佛祖統紀 1.83

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The Pusa benxing jing says: 'At the places of immeasurable and boundless Buddhas, I planted various roots of goodness. As a wheel-turning sage king, I met immeasurable Buddhas; initially I met thirty hundred million Buddhas, all identically named Śākya.' (The beginning of the first asaṃkhyeya [kalpa]. Because this Buddha was at the beginning, it is called the initial one. The Dazhidulun says: 'In a previous life, the Tathāgata was a potter named Great Brightness. At that time, there was a Buddha named Śākyamuni who, together with his disciples, went to the potter's house to lodge. The potter offered grass mats, lamps, and honey syrup, and thereupon made the vow, saying: "May I in the future become a Buddha, with a name like this Buddha's today."')

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