འཕགས་པ་སྙང་རྗ་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 169
The White Lotus of Compassion 169
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To the second attendant, Sthālabhuja, he gave a pair of earrings made of the seven jewels. To the third attendant, Jalabhuja, he gave a seat made of the seven jewels. To the fourth attendant, Vegabhuja, he gave a staff made of the seven jewels. To the fifth attendant, Sārabhuja, he gave a vase made entirely of gold. He said, ‘Go, youths, and offer these things to the Buddha and the saṅgha of bhikṣus and develop the aspiration for the highest, most complete enlightenment.’
“The five attendants then went before the Bhagavat and offered the things they had brought to the Buddha and the saṅgha of bhikṣus and said these words: ‘Bhagavat, we pray that you give us your prophecy of our attainment of the complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood in the Bhadraka eon.’
“Noble son, it continued as before until the Tathāgata Ratnagarbha prophesied enlightenment to the young brahmin Karabhuja, saying that in the Bhadraka eon he would become the Tathāgata Dṛḍhasvara. Then he prophesied to the others that, after Karabhuja, Sthālabhuja would become the Tathāgata Sukhendriyamati; after him Jalabhuja would become the Tathāgata Sārthavādi; after him Vegabhuja would become the Tathāgata Priyaprasanna; and after him Sārabhuja would become the Tathāgata Haripatracūḍa.²⁸⁶
“As soon as those five brahmin youths were given the prophecies of their enlightenment in the Bhadraka eon, the royal priest again said to the brahmin youth Mahābalavegadhārin, ‘Mahābalavegadhārin,
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