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have delight, and develop the aspiration for the highest, most complete enlightenment, and from then until enlightenment never again become a woman.

“ ‘Bhadanta Bhagavat, I wish for that kind of buddha realm and those kinds of beings with pure thoughts. Bhadanta Bhagavat, may I attain the complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood in such a buddha realm.’

“Then, noble son, the tathāgata arhat samyaksam­buddha Ratnagarbha congratulated King Araṇemin, saying, ‘Excellent, great king, excellent! Great king, your prayer to acquire a pure buddha realm is profound.

“ ‘Great king, look! In the west, beyond a trillion buddha realms, there is a world known as Indrasuvirājitā. The tathāgata arhat samyaksam­buddha named Indra­ghoṣeśvara­rāja is present, exists, and lives there, teaching the Dharma to pure beings.

“ ‘In that pure realm there are not even the words śrāvaka or pratyekabuddha. Only the Mahāyāna is taught there. There, all beings are spontaneously born. There is not even the word woman there. Great king, all the qualities that are in that buddha realm are just like the entire array of immeasurable buddha-realm qualities that you have prayed for, and the disciples there are beings with immeasurably pure motivation.

“ ‘Great king, after the tathāgata arhat samyaksam­buddha