དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.15
The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 4.15
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4.15
made of crystal, adorned by jewel trees, divided by cords of gold, and filled with beautiful flowers. There will be no hells, animals, realm of Yama, or asura realm. It will be filled there with many devas and humans, beautified by many hundred thousands of śrāvakas, and adorned by many hundred thousands of bodhisattvas. 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.”
Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:
“Bhikṣus, all of you listen to me today,
To these infallible words that I speak.
This śrāvaka of mine, sthavira Kātyāyana,
Will make offerings to the guides. {25}
“When the guides of the world pass into nirvāṇa
He will create many stūpas for them.
He will honor them in many ways
And make offerings to them of incense and flowers. {26}
“When he has attained his last lifetime
He will become a jina in a completely pure realm.
He will completely perfect this wisdom
And will teach ten thousand million beings. {27}
“He will be honored by the world and its devas.
He will be a powerful, illuminating buddha.
His name will be Jāmbūnadābhāsa,
And he will liberate millions of devas and humans. {28}
“In that realm there will be innumerable,
Countless multitudes of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas.
They will all eliminate becoming and ceasing,
And beautify the teaching of the Buddha.” {29}
Lastly, the Bhagavān said to that complete saṅgha of bhikṣus, “Bhikṣus, I declare to you,²⁸⁷ I make it known to you, that this śrāvaka of mine, the sthavira Mahāmaudgalyāyana, will serve twenty-eight thousand buddhas,
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