Tao-sheng: Expressing the Utmost Respect for the Dharma

“Sun-Moon-Light Buddha emerged from his samādhi, and expounded the sūtra of the Great Vehicle to Wonderful-Light Bodhisattva and others without rising from his seat for sixty small kalpas.”

What he preached at this particular time he was going to continue preaching for sixty kalpas. How can this be true? This time span is used [merely] to express the utmost respect for the Dharma.

Tao-sheng Commentary on the Lotus Sutra, p177