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དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.13

The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 4.13

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4.13

and filled with beautiful flowers. People will live within enjoyable kūṭāgāras. There will be many śrāvakas there. It will not be possible to know an end of counting them. There will be many hundred thousands of bodhisattvas there. The lifespan of that bhagavān will be twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further twenty intermediate eons. That bhagavān will be constantly teaching the Dharma while being suspended in midair, guiding many hundreds of thousands of bodhisattvas and hundreds of thousands of śrāvakas.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“Listen to me, bhikṣus! I declare to you today,
And I make it known to you today
That this sthavira, Subhūti, my śrāvaka,
Will in a future time become a buddha. {17}

“He will see a full three hundred billion buddhas,
Those with great power,
And for the sake of the wisdom of buddhahood
He will practice appropriate conduct during that time. {18}

“In his last lifetime, this hero
Will have a body with the thirty-two signs.
He will be a great rishi like a golden pillar,
With compassion and benefit for the world. {19}

“His excellent realm will be beautiful,
Pleasant, and attractive for a multitude of beings.
He will live there as a friend for the world
And will liberate quintillions of beings. {20}

“There will be many bodhisattvas with great power
Who will turn the irreversible wheel.
They will have sharp faculties in the Jina’s teachings
And will be beautifying that buddha realm. {21}

“He will have many, countless śrāvakas,
Whose number will be beyond measure,
With the six higher knowledges, the three insights, great miracles,
And established in the eight liberations. {22}

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