過去莊嚴劫千佛名經 1.3

1.3

At that time, Śākyamunibuddha addressed the great assembly, saying: “In the past, countless kalpas ago, during the declining dharma of Varaprabhabuddha, I renounced the household life and practised the path, and heard the names of these fifty-three buddhas. Having heard them, I made añjali and felt joy in my heart, and further taught them to others, causing them to hear and uphold them. Others, having heard them, taught them to one another in succession, up to three thousand people. These three thousand people, with different mouths but the same voice, recited the names of the buddhas and single-mindedly paid homage to them with reverence. By the power of the merit of such causal conditions of paying homage to the buddhas, they immediately were able to transcend the sins of saṃsāra of countless kotis of kalpas. The first thousand people, with Padmaprabhabuddha at their head down to Viśvabhūbuddha, succeeded in becoming buddhas in the Vyūhakalpa; these are the thousand buddhas of the past. The middle thousand people, with Krakucchandabuddha at their head down to Rocidharmaketurājabuddha, successively became buddhas in the Bhadrakalpa. The last thousand people, with Sūryaprabhabuddha at their head down to Sumerulakṣaṇabuddha, shall succeed in becoming buddhas in the Nakṣatrakalpa.”