The Lotus Sūtra 2.8
妙法蓮華經 2.8
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2.8
「舍利弗!彼佛出時,雖非惡世,以本願故,說三乘法。其劫名大寶莊嚴。何故名曰大寶莊嚴?其國中以菩薩為大寶故。彼諸菩薩,無量無邊,不可思議,算數譬喻所不能及,非佛智力無能知者。若欲行時,寶華承足。此諸菩薩,非初發意,皆久殖德本,於無量百千萬億佛所淨修梵行,恒為諸佛之所稱歎。常修佛慧,具大神通,善知一切諸法之門,質直無偽,志念堅固。如是菩薩,充滿其國。
"Śāriputra, when that Buddha appears, although it will not be an evil age, due to his original vow he will teach the Dharma of the three vehicles. His kalpa shall be named Mahāratnapratimaṇḍita. Why is it named Mahāratnapratimaṇḍita? Because in that land Bodhisattvas are considered the great jewels. Those Bodhisattvas are immeasurable, boundless, and inconceivable, beyond the reach of calculation or analogy, knowable by none except through the power of a Buddha's wisdom. When they wish to walk, jeweled flowers will support their feet. These Bodhisattvas are not newly resolved; they have all planted roots of virtue long ago, purified their brahma-conduct in the presence of immeasurable hundreds of thousands of myriads of billions of Buddhas, and are constantly praised by all the Buddhas. Ever cultivating the Buddha's wisdom, endowed with great supernatural powers, skilled in knowing the doorways to all dharmas, upright and unfeigned, firm in their aspirations and mindfulness—such Bodhisattvas will fill that land.
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