妙法蓮華經 3.17

3.17

O monks! I shall now make something known to you. You should attentively listen To what I have to say. My great disciple Subhūti Will become a buddha called Yaśasketu. He will pay homage to innumerable Myriads of koṭis of buddhas, And, following the Buddha’s practice, He will gradually come to complete the great path. He will attain the thirty-two marks In his last body, And his form will be fine and beautiful Just like a jeweled mountain. His buddha world will be ultimately pure. Of the sentient beings who see it There will be none who do not rejoice. There the Buddha will bring Incalculable sentient beings to enlightenment. In the midst of his Dharma There will be many bodhisattvas With keen faculties, Who turn the irreversible wheel [of the Dharma]. This world will always Be graced with bodhisattvas. There will also be Incalculable numbers of śrāvakas. All of them will have perfected the three sciences, And the six transcendent powers, Will abide in the eight liberations, And have great dignity and virtue. The Buddha will expound the Dharma And reveal immeasurable, Unthinkable, transcendent powers. All the devas and humans,

As numerous as the sands of the Ganges River,

Will listen to the Buddha’s words

With palms pressed together.

The lifespan of this buddha

Will be twelve intermediate kalpas.

The True Dharma will last in the world

For twenty intermediate kalpas,

And the Semblance Dharma will also last

For twenty intermediate kalpas.

Thereupon the Bhagavat addressed the monks, saying: “I will now tell

you that this Mahākātyāyana in the future will honor, respect, and pay hom-

age to eight thousand koṭis of buddhas with offerings. After the parinirvāṇas

of these buddhas, he will erect stupas, each of which will be one thousand

yojanas in height and five hundred yojanas in both width and depth. These

stupas will all be constructed of the seven precious treasures—gold, silver,

lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, agate, pearls, and rubies. He will pay homage

to these stupas with many flowers and necklaces, fragrant ointments, scented

powders, burning incense, canopies, flags, and banners.

“After this he will also pay homage to two myriads of koṭis of buddhas

in exactly the same way and, having done so, he will perfect the bodhisattva

path and become a buddha called Jāmbūnadābhāsa, 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.

“His land will be level. The earth will be made of crystal and it will be

adorned with jeweled trees. The roads will be bordered with golden cords

and beautiful flowers will cover the earth. It will be pure everywhere and

those who see it will rejoice.

“There will be none of the four troubled states of being, namely the hells,

hungry ghosts, animals, and asuras. There will be many devas and humans,