དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.17

4.17

His Dharma will remain for forty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further forty intermediate eons.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“This my śrāvaka, Maudgalyagotra,
Having departed from this human body,
Will see twenty thousand jinas, protectors,
And moreover another eight thousand. {30}

“He will during that time practice celibacy,
Seeking this wisdom of buddhahood.
He will in that time serve in many ways
Those guides, those supreme humans. {31}

“For a thousand million eons he will hold
The stainless Dharma they have taught.
When those sugatas have passed into nirvāṇa
He will make offerings to their stūpas. {32}

“He will make beautiful stūpas of precious materials
Together with victory banners for those supreme jinas.
He will offer flowers, incense, and music
To those compassionate benefiters of the world. {33}

“Then when he is in his last lifetime,
In a realm that is beautiful and delightful,
He will become a compassionate benefiter of the world
Who has the name Tamāla­patra­candana­gandha. {34}

“The lifespan of that sugata will be
A full twenty thousand intermediate eons.
He will constantly be giving the teaching
Of this way to buddhahood to humans and devas. {35}

“Then there will be many śrāvakas of that jina,
As numerous as the sands of ten billion Ganges,
Who in the teaching of that sugata will attain
The six higher knowledges, the three insights, and great miracles. {36}

“There will be many irreversible bodhisattvas,
Many thousands of them there
Who will mindfully engage in diligence
And be dedicated to the teaching of that sugata. {37}

“Even when that jina²⁸⁸ has passed into nirvāṇa
His Dharma will remain during the time
Of a full forty intermediate eons
And its outer form will remain for the same length of time. {38}

“These five²⁸⁹ śrāvakas of mine with great miraculous powers,
Whose highest enlightenment I have prophesied,