[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika) › [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva) › [The Lotus Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk) › 4.8 # 妙法蓮華經 4.8 The Lotus Sutra 4.8 - **Language:** English ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4.8) Knowing whether the faculties Of sentient beings are sharp or dull, He always teaches the pure Dharma. Expounding such doctrines as these, He has taught thousands of koṭis of beings And, by making them abide in the Mahayana teaching, He himself has purified his buddha land. In the future he will also pay homage to Incalculable innumerable buddhas, Protect and propagate the True Dharma, And also purify his buddha land. He will always fearlessly teach the Dharma Using his skillful means, Save incalculable sentient beings, And enable them to achieve omniscience. Paying homage to all the Tathāgatas And preserving the treasure house of the Dharma, He will eventually become the Buddha Called Dharmaprabhāsa. His land will be called Suviśuddha Which will consist of the seven treasures; His kalpa will be called Ratnāvabhāsa. There will be a large number of bodhisattvas there Numbering immeasurable koṭis. His buddha land will be filled With bodhisattvas who have attained Great transcendent powers, And are endowed with dignity. There will also be innumerable śrāvakas Who have perfected the three sciences, The eight liberations, And the fourfold unobstructed wisdom. Such beings as these will form the sangha. The sentient beings in his land Will have already cut themselves off from sexual desires. Everyone there will thus be pure and born spontaneously, With bodies adorned with the thirty-two marks. They will feast on delight in the Dharma And pleasure in meditation, Never thinking of eating anything else. There will be neither women Nor troubled states of existence. The qualities of the monk Pūrṇa Will be completely perfected And there will be many wise people In this pure land. I am now only briefly explaining These immeasurable things. Thereupon there were twelve hundred arhats, who had attained complete mental discipline, who thought this: “We have joyfully attained an unprece- dented experience. If the Bhagavat would give each of us a prediction like those he has given the other great disciples, we would be overjoyed!” The Buddha, knowing their minds, addressed Mahākāśyapa, saying: “I shall now bestow the prediction of highest, complete enlightenment one by one on these twelve hundred arhats who are in my presence. “My great disciple, the monk Ājñātakauṇḍinya who is in this assembly, will pay homage to sixty-two thousands of koṭis of buddhas. He will there- - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4.6) - [Next: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4.10) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-mt.4.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.4.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva~en-bdk.4.8) · Pramāṇa