(26) Buddha spoke to Ananda: “Nay, thou shouldst not be discouraged. And why? Among Sravakas I speak of thee as one who has learned much, but not among Bodhisattvas. Stay a while, O Ananda, as intelligent ones are not to measure Bodhisattvas. Even though all the oceans could be measured, yet meditation, wisdom, memory, eloquence, and all the virtues of Bodhisattvas could never be measured. O Ananda, ye [Sravakas] ought to leave alone the deeds of Bodhisattvas. The supernatural power which this Vimalakirti manifested for a moment could not be manifested by all the Sravakas and Pratyeka-Buddhas even with their utmost effort counting through hundreds of thousands of Kalpas.”