[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441) › 17.2 # 佛說佛名經 17.2 佛說佛名經 17.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.2) 佛告優波摩那比丘：「比丘！譬如恒河沙世界，下至水際上盡有頂滿中微塵。比丘！有人於中取爾所微塵，過恒河沙世界下一微塵。如是過恒河沙世界復下一塵，如是盡爾所微塵。比丘！於意云何？若著微塵若不著微塵，是諸微塵數可知數不？」 > The Buddha told the bhikṣu Upamana: "Bhikṣu! Suppose there were worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, filled with fine dust motes from the water boundary below up to the summit of existence above. Bhikṣu, suppose someone took that many dust motes, passed beyond worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, and deposited one dust mote; and passed beyond worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges like this and deposited another dust mote; and completely deposited all those dust motes in this manner. Bhikṣu! What do you think? Whether \[considering the worlds\] where a dust mote was deposited or where no dust mote was deposited, could the number of all those dust motes be known?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.1) - [Next: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.3) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.17.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.buddha.buddhasutra-t440*zh-bodhiruci.7.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.2) · Pramāṇa