法苑珠林 24.48

24.48

又僧伽吒經云。爾時一切勇菩薩白佛言。世尊。若有眾生聞此法者壽命幾劫。佛言。壽命滿八十劫。一切勇白佛言。劫以何量。佛言。譬如大城縱廣十二由旬高三由旬盛滿胡麻。有長壽人過百歲已取一而去。如是城中胡麻悉盡。劫猶不盡。又如大山縱廣二十五由旬高十二由旬。有長壽人過一百歲以輕繒帛一往拂之。如是山盡劫猶不盡。是名劫量。時一切勇菩薩白佛言。世尊。一發誓願尚得如是福德之聚。壽命八十劫。何況於佛法中廣修諸行。

Furthermore, the Saṅghāṭa Sūtra states: At that time, the Bodhisattva Sarvaśūra addressed the Buddha, saying, “World-Honoured One, if there are sentient beings who hear this Dharma, how many kalpas will their lifespan be?” The Buddha said, “Their lifespan will be a full eighty kalpas.” Sarvaśūra addressed the Buddha, saying, “By what measure is a kalpa?” The Buddha said, “Suppose there is a great city twelve yojanas in length and breadth and three yojanas in height, completely filled with sesame seeds. If a long-lived person, after every hundred years, takes away one seed, in this way the sesame seeds in the city would be completely exhausted, yet the kalpa would still not be exhausted. Furthermore, suppose there is a great mountain twenty-five yojanas in length and breadth and twelve yojanas in height. If a long-lived person, after every hundred years, brushes it once with a light silk cloth, in this way the mountain would be exhausted, yet the kalpa would still not be exhausted. This is called the measure of a kalpa.” Then the Bodhisattva Sarvaśūra addressed the Buddha, saying, “World-Honoured One, even by making a single vow one attains such a mass of merit and a lifespan of eighty kalpas, how much more so for broadly cultivating all practices within the Buddha's Dharma!”