Nine Kalpas, Uncounted Buddhas
Her account continues through nine more named kalpas — Good Ground, Sublime Virtue, Nothing-Attained, Good Light, Boundless Light, Diligent Virtue, Good Compassion, Supreme Journey, and Sublime Moon — each with its own precise count of buddhas she made offerings to, from ten times the sands of the Ganges to eighty-four koṭis of hundred-thousand nayutas.
From Good Ground to Sublime Moon
「又憶過去劫，名善地，我於彼供養十恒河沙等諸佛如來。又過去劫，名為妙德，我於彼供養一佛世界微塵等諸佛如來。又劫名無所得，我於彼供養八十四億百千那由他諸佛如來。又劫名善光，我於彼供養閻浮提微塵等諸佛如來。又劫名無量光，我於彼供養二十恒河沙等諸佛如來。又劫名精進德，我於彼供養一恒河沙等諸佛如來。又劫名善悲，我於彼供養八十恒河沙等諸佛如來。又劫名勝遊，我於彼供養六十恒河沙等諸佛如來。又劫名妙月，我於彼供養七十恒河沙等諸佛如來。」
"Further, I recall a kalpa of the past named Good Ground, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as ten times the sands of the Ganges. Further, a kalpa of the past named Sublime Virtue, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as the motes of dust in a single buddha-land. Further, a kalpa named Nothing-Attained, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas numbering eighty-four koṭis of hundred-thousand nayutas. Further, a kalpa named Good Light, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as the motes of dust in Jambudvīpa. Further, a kalpa named Boundless Light, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as twenty times the sands of the Ganges. Further, a kalpa named Diligent Virtue, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as the sands of a single Ganges. Further, a kalpa named Good Compassion, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as eighty times the sands of the Ganges. Further, a kalpa named Supreme Journey, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as sixty times the sands of the Ganges. Further, a kalpa named Sublime Moon, in which I made offerings to tathāgatas as numerous as seventy times the sands of the Ganges."
Nine kalpas, nine distinct units of measure — koṭis of Ganges-sands at varying multiples, motes of dust in a buddha-land, motes of dust in Jambudvīpa, koṭis of hundred-thousand nayutas — deliberately resist collapsing into a single round number. Fazang reads this variety of measure, rather than a single repeated formula, as underscoring that each kalpa's own devotion is being recalled specifically and individually, not generated by some formulaic multiplication; the goddess's own memory, true to her liberation's name, holds each kalpa's exact count distinctly.
Part 222 In Progress
Ten kalpas of buddha-offerings have now been recounted in full. Part 223 turns to her closing reflection and self-limitation, and her referral to the next teacher.
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