འཕགས་པ་ཚ་དང་ཡ་ཤས་དཔག་ཏ་མད་པའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས 2

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and a great saṅgha of bodhisattvas. The Blessed One addressed the monks, the monks gave the Blessed One their full attention, and the Blessed One said to them:

“A perfect buddha,
The Thus-Gone Aparimitāyus,
Lives to the west of here
In the realm of Sukhāvatī.

“Those who recite his name
Will be reborn there.
At the moment of death they will see
The teacher with his monastic saṅgha.

“There are no women there,
And no gestation in a womb.
Beings with great magical power
Are born there from lotuses made of jewels.

“As soon as one thinks about
Food, clothing, medicines,
Robes, bedding, and alms bowls
They instantly appear.

“The buddhas dwelling in all ten directions
Sing the praises of Sukhāvatī.
Since the Buddha is inconceivable,
The Buddha’s Dharma is inconceivable,

“And the Noble Saṅgha is inconceivable too.
When one has generated faith in the inconceivable,
The ripened result is inconceivable—
One is reborn in a pure realm.¹¹

“Monks, the Thus-Gone, worthy, perfect Buddha Aparimitāyus’ palace, called Having a Retinue, is ten thousand leagues wide. He was born into a kṣatriya family. Monks, the Thus-Gone, worthy, perfect Buddha Aparimitāyus’ father was a universal ruler named Most Gracious, and his mother was named Splendorous. His kṣatriya queen was named Gracious Protector. Monks, the Thus-Gone Aparimitāyus’ son was named Moonlight, and his attendant’s name was Stainless Renown. Monks, the Thus-Gone Aparimitāyus’ disciple foremost in insight was called Pinnacle of Grace, and his disciple foremost in miraculous powers and foremost in great endeavor