As to the speed of the accomplishment of Buddhism, Daruma said that a person whose mind was already filled with Buddhism could reach it early while a person who practiced gradually after having an aim could reach it late, and that there was a long distance of a million kalpa (the longest time unit in the ancient India) between them.
仏道成就の早い遅いについて達磨いわく、心がすでに道である者は早く、志を発して順々に修行を重ねる人は遅く、両者には百千万劫もの時間差があるという。