佛說觀普賢菩薩行法經 1.8

1.8

「阿難！若比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷、天龍八部、一切眾生誦大乘經者、修大乘者、發大乘意者、樂見普賢菩薩色身者、樂見多寶佛塔者、樂見釋迦牟尼佛及分身諸佛者、樂得六根清淨者，當學是觀。此觀功德，除諸障礙、見上妙色，不入三昧但誦持故，專心修習，心心相次，不離大乘，一日至三七日得見普賢；有重障者，七七日盡然後得見；復有重者一生得見、復有重者二生得見、復有重者三生得見；如是種種業報不同，是故異說。

"Ānanda! If monks, nuns, upāsakas, upāsikās, the eight classes of devas and nāgas, or any sentient beings recite the Mahāyāna sūtras, cultivate the Mahāyāna, give rise to the Mahāyāna intention, delight in seeing the form body of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, delight in seeing the stūpa of Prabhūtaratna Buddha, delight in seeing Śākyamuni Buddha and the emanation Buddhas, or delight in attaining the purification of the six sense faculties, they should train in this contemplation. The merit of this contemplation removes all obstacles and enables one to see the supreme and wondrous form. Even without entering samādhi, merely by chanting and upholding [the sūtra], cultivating it with focused mind, continuous from thought to thought without departing from the Mahāyāna, one will see Samantabhadra in from one day to three weeks (twenty-one days). Those with heavier obstacles will see him after forty-nine days; those with still heavier obstacles will see him in one lifetime; those with yet heavier obstacles will see him in two lifetimes; and those with yet heavier obstacles will see him in three lifetimes. Thus, because their karmic retributions differ, different accounts are given.