釋迦譜 1.449

1.449

At that time, for seven days, the Tathāgata single-mindedly contemplated, gazed at the king of trees, and thought to himself: 'In this place, I have exhausted all defilements. What was to be done is completed; my original vow is fulfilled. The Dharma I have attained is exceedingly profound and difficult to understand; only a Buddha and a Buddha can know it. In the world of the five defilements, all sentient beings are obscured and obstructed by greed, anger, ignorance, wrong views, arrogance, and deceit; their merits are meager, their faculties are dull, and they have no wisdom. How could they understand the Dharma I have attained? Now, if I were to turn the wheel of Dharma, they would surely be confused and unable to believe and accept it, and giving rise to slander, they would fall into the bad destinies and undergo all kinds of suffering. I would rather remain silent and enter parinirvāṇa.' At that time, the Tathāgata spoke in verse, saying: