經律異相 6.42

6.42

The Buddha told the great assembly: 'Reflecting upon the merits I practiced in ancient times, discarding my body and receiving a body was not once or twice. I shall now speak of it. The physical form of this great earth-element is eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. Then there is wind, eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. Below the wind is water, eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. Below the water is fire, eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. Below the fire is sand, eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. Below the sand is diamond, eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick. The whole-body relics and the broken-body relics of the Buddhas are all within the realm at the diamond boundary. The diamond realm is further eight hundred and forty billion leagues thick; it is named Wondrous Fragrance. The Buddha there is named Non-Abiding, fully possessing the ten epithets, and is currently preaching the Dharma.' (From the second fascicle of the Bodhisattva in the Womb Sūtra)