法苑珠林 27.5

27.5

Now, where utmost sincerity touches, there is no spirit that does not respond; when a great being moves their mind, there is no receptive capacity that is not answered. Exerting oneself and subduing one's desires to the end of future time, thus in every vast vow forbearance and wisdom are mutually aligned, and thought after thought is vast and universal, abiding entirely in avinivartanīya. If one's established practice were not weightier than pine and bamboo, and one's aroused vows did not surpass metal and stone, risking one's life to protect and uphold [the Dharma] and rescuing [others] with a profound mind, propagating the Way to repay the four kindnesses and nurturing virtue to benefit the three realms of existence, then how could merit cover the three asaṃkhyeya kalpas and the fruit encompass the ten stages (bhūmi)?