Did the Buddha appear in the Great Thousand World's "Zhu Tribulation"? Is the Sage Tribulation of our Saha World made up of 20 Middle Tribulations?

Amongst the Tribulations of Creation, Tribulations of Existence, Tribulations of Destruction, Tribulations of Void, only the Tribulations of Existence would lead to the birth of Buddha? Are there any sentient beings in this Saha world in the other three tribulations?

Answer 1

Did all Buddhas appear in the "tribulation" of the Greater World?

According to Buddhism's view of the universe, the Greater World was composed of countless small worlds, and each small world contained countless Greater Worlds. Therefore, it could be said that Buddha appeared in a certain tribulation in all the Greater Worlds. According to Buddhism, a Zhujie is the lifespan of a Greater World. Its length depends on the size of the Greater World and its composition. According to the description of the Maha Nirvana Sutra, the time of a tribulation was about 1 billion years.

2 Is the present sage tribulation of our Saha world made up of 20 middle tribulations?

Virtuous Kalpa was a Buddhist concept of the universe. It referred to the length of time of each Kalpa in the universe, that is, how many Middle Kalpas were contained in each Kalpa. According to the description of the Maha Nirvana Sutra, the Sage Tribulation was a tribulation consisting of 20 Middle Tribulations. The length of each Middle Tribulation was about 200 million years, so the length of the Sage Tribulation was the sum of 20 Middle Tribulations, which was 2 billion years.