The Lotus Sūtra 4.10

4.10

爾時世尊欲重宣此義，而說偈言：

after become the buddha called Samantaprabha, a Tathāgata, Arhat, Com-

pletely Enlightened, Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, Well-Departed,

Knower of the World, Unsurpassed, Tamer of Humans, Teacher of Devas

and Humans, Buddha, Bhagavat.

“The five hundred arhats beginning with Uruvilvakāśyapa, Gayākāśyapa,

Nadīkāśyapa, Kālodāyin, Udāyin, Aniruddha, Revata, Kapphiṇa, Bakkula,

Cunda, Svāgata, and the others will all attain highest, complete enlighten-

ment. They will all have the same name, that of Samantaprabha.”

Then the Bhagavat, wanting to elaborate the meaning of this further,

spoke these verses:

The monk Kauṇḍinya

Will meet immeasurable buddhas

And, after incalculable kalpas have passed,

He will attain perfect enlightenment. He will always emit a great ray of light And will be endowed with transcendent powers. His fame will spread universally Throughout the ten directions. He will be honored by all beings And will always teach the highest path; He will therefore be called Samantaprabha. His land will be pure, And the bodhisattvas there Will all be of great vigor. They will all ascend marvelous towers And roam in the lands of the ten directions; They will present the most excellent offerings To all of the buddhas. After having shown their reverence in this way, They will be full of great joy And immediately return to their own lands. Such will be their transcendent powers. The lifespan of this buddha Will be sixty thousand kalpas And the True Dharma will last Twice as long as his lifespan. The Semblance Dharma Will last twice as long as this. When the Dharma disappears, The devas and humans will grieve. Those five hundred monks Will become buddhas each in their turn, All having the same name Samantaprabha. They will give predictions One after the other, saying:

After my parinirvāṇa

So-and-so will become a buddha.

The world he inspires

Will be exactly like mine today.

The embellishments of their lands,

All the transcendent powers,

The assembly of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas,

The True and Semblance Dharma,

The lifespan and duration of the kalpa,

Will be just as I explained before.

O Kāśyapa! You now know

That the five hundred arhats

Whose minds are free,

And the remaining śrāvakas

Will also be exactly like this.

You should teach those

Who are not in this assembly!