ਬੁਧ ਧਰਮ ਦੇਪਵਿਤਰ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਵਿਚੋਂ: ਲੋਟਸ ਸੂਤਰ ਅਦੁਭਤ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ, ਅਧਿਆਇ 3, ਅਠ ਹਿਸ‌ਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਦੂਸਰਾ ਭਾਗ

At that time the Buddha said to Sariputra, “Now, in the midst of this great assembly of heavenly and human beings, shramanas (wandering monks), Brahmans (members of a higher social class) and so forth, I say this. In the past, under twenty thousand million Buddhas, for the sake of the unsurpassed way I have constantly taught and converted you. And you throughout the long night followed me and accepted my instruction. Now, because I want to make you recall to mind the way that you originally vowed to follow, for the sake of the voice-hearers I am preaching this Great Vehicle sutra called the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma, a Dharma to instruct the Bodhisattvas, one that is guarded by the Buddhas.