法苑珠林 9.100

9.100

The *Fo abhidharma-sūtra* states: With all the merits of the sentient beings of one thousand asaṃkhyeya worlds, one hair-pore of the Buddha is accomplished. With such merits that accomplish one hair-pore of the Buddha filling all the hair-pores across the Tathāgata's body, one secondary sign of the Buddha is accomplished. Multiplying the merits that accomplish the eighty secondary signs by a hundredfold accomplishes one primary mark on the Tathāgata's body. Multiplying the merits that accomplish the thirty-two marks by a thousandfold accomplishes the single white ūrṇā mark on the Tathāgata's forehead. Multiplying the merits of one thousand ūrṇā marks by a hundredfold accomplishes the single mark of the Tathāgata's cranial protuberance, an uṣṇīṣa that cannot be seen by any flying heavenly beings. Thus an inconceivable mass of pure merit accomplishes the Buddha's body; therefore, the Tathāgata is the most venerated and supreme among gods and humans.