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there is nobody in the lower realms.³⁴ Śāriputra, previously that thus-gone one made the following aspiration: ‘Upon my attainment of awakening, may all those who hear my name and hear about my transcendence of suffering make irreversible progress toward unexcelled, perfect and complete awakening! May the arrangement of their buddhafields be exactly the same as mine is now!’

“Śāriputra, such things will come to pass for anyone who hears the name of the thus-gone one Light of the Moon, precisely in accordance with the aspiration he made while previously engaging in the conduct of the bodhisattvas.

“Eighteen thousand buddhafields away, in the world system called Luminous Golden Gem, dwells the thus-gone one, the worthy one, the completely perfect buddha called Firelight. Śāriputra, all those who hear the name of the thus-gone one Firelight will carry the lamp of the Dharma. They will free all world systems and all beings from the ocean of saṃsāra. They will pass their days and nights immersed in bringing benefit to beings. They will give the gift of Dharma. They will be unassailable by all demons and non-Buddhists.

“Ten thousand buddhafields away, in the world system called Luminous Form, dwells the thus-gone one called Victorious Melody. Why is this world system called Luminous Form? All the beings that were, are, and will be born in this world system transcend the appearance of humans. Their forms are beautiful and exquisite. Śāriputra, all those who hear the name of the thus-gone one Victorious Melody will have bodies that are beautified by the qualities of unexcelled, perfect and complete awakening.

“Thirteen thousand buddhafields away, in the world system called Triumphant, dwells the thus-gone one