The Lotus Sūtra 4.11
妙法蓮華經 4.11
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4.11
「憍陳如比丘,當見無量佛,
過阿僧祇劫,乃成等正覺。
常放大光明,具足諸神通,
名聞遍十方,一切之所敬,
常說無上道,故號為普明。
其國土清淨,菩薩皆勇猛,
咸昇妙樓閣,遊諸十方國,
以無上供具,奉獻於諸佛。
作是供養已,心懷大歡喜,
須臾還本國,有如是神力。
佛壽六萬劫,正法住倍壽,
像法復倍是,法滅天人憂。
其五百比丘,次第當作佛,
同號曰普明,轉次而授記。
我滅度之後,某甲當作佛,
其所化世間,亦如我今日。
國土之嚴淨,及諸神通力,
菩薩聲聞眾,正法及像法,
壽命劫多少,皆如上所說。
迦葉汝已知,五百自在者,
餘諸聲聞眾,亦當復如是。
其不在此會,汝當為宣說。」
"The bhikṣu Kauṇḍinya will see immeasurable Buddhas; / Passing through an asaṃkhyeya of kalpas, he will then attain complete and perfect enlightenment. / Constantly emitting great light, fully endowed with supernatural powers, / His renown will pervade the ten directions, revered by all. / Constantly expounding the supreme path, he is therefore named Samantaprabhāsa. / His land will be pure, and the Bodhisattvas will all be valorous; / All will ascend wonderful towers and travel to lands in the ten directions, / Presenting supreme offerings to the Buddhas. / Having made these offerings, their hearts harboring great joy, / They will return to their own land in an instant, possessing such supernatural power. / That Buddha's lifespan will be sixty thousand kalpas; the true Dharma will abide for twice his lifespan, / And the semblance Dharma will again abide for twice that; when the Dharma is extinguished, gods and humans will grieve. / Those five hundred bhikṣus will become Buddhas in succession, / With the same name, Samantaprabhāsa, bestowing vyākaraṇa in turn: / 'After my parinirvāṇa, such-and-such will become a Buddha; / The world transformed by him will be just like mine today.' / The adornment and purity of the lands, the various supernatural powers, / The assemblies of Bodhisattvas and śrāvakas, the true Dharma and semblance Dharma, / And the number of kalpas of their lifespans, will all be as stated above. / Kāśyapa, you now know of the five hundred who have attained mastery; / The remaining assembly of śrāvakas will likewise be the same. / To those who are not present in this assembly, you should proclaim it."
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