法苑珠林 11.61

English (machine translation) 11.61

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11.61

Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra states: After the Buddha attained the Way, he did not preach the Dharma immediately; for fifty-seven days, he carefully examined the conditions of capacities, and only then did he preach the Dharma. During the first seven days, he contemplated delivering beings through the Mahāyāna Dharma; during the seventh seven days, he applied the Hīnayāna to adapt to sentient beings.

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese