“Śāriputra! Suppose there lived a very rich man [great elder] in a certain country, in a certain village, in a certain town. He was old [advanced in years]. His wealth was immeasurable. He had many paddy fields, houses, and servants.”

The Buddha is certainly in charge of them, and rules over them, being the one whom they pay respect to: he is “the elder”

[The Buddha] reincarnated himself and advanced to the later stage of his life in order to set forth the doctrine of the three vehicles.

In preaching the Dharma, [the Buddha] uses wisdom-life as its source: it is “wealth.” li is inexhaustible and limitless: it is “incalculable.”

Transformative teaching removes their defilements and produces shoots of the Tao in them; it is “fields.” They come to reside in it [Tao]: it is “house.” They comply with the teaching in their conduct: they are “servants.” There is no place where it does not exist: it is “many.”