佛說佛名經 19.1

19.1

At that time, the Buddha said to Śāriputra: "To state the essential: the presently existing Buddhas cannot be completely spoken of. Śāriputra! Suppose there are worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the east, worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the south, worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the west, worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the north, and worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the zenith, the nadir, and the four intermediate directions; and suppose all those worlds, down to the water limit and up to the pinnacle of existence, are filled with fine dust motes. Śāriputra! What do you think? Could the number of such dust motes be known?"