The Lotus Sūtra 4.5

4.5

「諸比丘！富樓那亦於七佛說法人中而得第一，今於我所說法人中亦為第一，於賢劫中當來諸佛，說法人中亦復第一，而皆護持助宣佛法。亦於未來，護持助宣無量無邊諸佛之法，教化饒益無量眾生，令立阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。為淨佛土故，常勤精進教化眾生，漸漸具足菩薩之道。過無量阿僧祇劫，當於此土，得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，號曰法明如來、應供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世間解、無上士、調御丈夫、天人師、佛、世尊。其佛以恒河沙等三千大千世界為一佛土，七寶為地，地平如掌，無有山陵谿澗溝壑，七寶臺觀充滿其中，諸天宮殿近處虛空，人天交接，兩得相見。無諸惡道，亦無女人，一切眾生，皆以化生，無有婬欲。得大神通，身出光明，飛行自在，志念堅固，精進智慧，普皆金色，三十二相而自莊嚴。其國眾生，常以二食：一者、法喜食，二者、禪悅食。有無量阿僧祇千萬億那由他諸菩薩眾，得大神通、四無礙智，善能教化眾生之類。其聲聞眾，算數校計所不能知，皆得具足六通、三明及八解脫。其佛國土有如是等無量功德莊嚴成就。劫名寶明，國名善淨。其佛壽命無量阿僧祇劫，法住甚久。佛滅度後，起七寶塔遍滿其國。」

fold assembly. He interprets the True Dharma of the buddhas perfectly and greatly benefits those who practice the pure path of discipline and integrity together with him. With the exception of the Tathāgata no one else explains the doctrine more eloquently.

“You must not think that Pūrṇa is only now able to protect and propagate my teaching. He also protected and propagated the True Dharma of the buddhas in the presence of ninety koṭis of buddhas in the past when he was

always the foremost among the teachers of the Dharma. Moreover he was completely versed in the teaching of emptiness that the buddhas taught, and attained the fourfold unobstructed wisdom. He has always been able to teach the Dharma clearly and purely. He never had any doubts and was endowed with the transcendent powers of the bodhisattvas.

“Throughout each life he always practiced the pure path of discipline and integrity. The people who lived in the same buddha world all thought he really was a śrāvaka, yet Pūrṇa benefited immeasurable hundreds of thousands of sentient beings through this skillful means and also led and inspired immeasurable incalculable numbers of beings and caused them to attain highest, complete enlightenment. In order to purify the buddha land he always did what the buddhas have done and led and inspired sentient beings.

“O monks! Pūrṇa also was able to become the foremost among the teachers of the Dharma under the past seven buddhas; and he is also the foremost of those who preach the Dharma under me. He will also be the foremost among the teachers of the Dharma under the future buddhas in this auspicious kalpa. He will protect and propagate the Buddha-Dharma; and also in the future he will protect and propagate the Dharma of incalculable limitless buddhas. He will lead, inspire, and benefit incalculable sentient beings and cause them to attain highest, complete enlightenment. In order to purify the buddha lands he will always be diligent and persevering, leading and inspiring sentient beings.

“He will gradually perfect the bodhisattva path and, after immeasurable incalculable kalpas, he will attain highest, complete enlightenment in this land. He will be called Dharmaprabhāsa, a Tathāgata, Arhat, Completely Enlightened, Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, Well-Departed, Knower of the World, Unsurpassed, Tamer of Humans, Teacher of Devas and Humans, Buddha, Bhagavat. That Buddha’s land will consist of all the worlds in the great manifold cosmos, equal in number to the sands of the Ganges River. The earth will be made of the seven treasures and it will be level, just like the palm of one’s hand. There will be no mountains, valleys, or hollow places. This land will be filled with towers of the seven treasures. The heavenly palaces will be in the sky close at hand, and the humans and devas will come and go between them, so that they will be able to see each other. There will be no troubled states of being nor any women. All the sentient beings will

be born here spontaneously, without any sexual desires. They will attain great transcendent powers, emit rays of light from their bodies, and fly freely through the air.

“These beings will be firm in recollection, persevering, and wise. They will all be of golden hue and adorned with the thirty-two marks. The sentient beings in that land will always eat two meals: one being the meal of delight in the Dharma, and the other the meal of pleasure in meditation.