འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.8

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Padmaśrīgarbha implores the Buddha to manifest a miraculous sign that will summon these two bodhisattvas, so that others may be blessed by their presence in this world and likewise attain the illusory absorption. The Buddha consents and emits a light from the hair between his eyebrows, a light so bright that it illuminates the entire world of Sukhāvatī. When all the bodhisattvas in Sukhāvatī ask Amitābha about the origin of this light, he reveals that it is being emitted by Buddha Śākyamuni to indicate that a Dharma teaching will shortly be delivered. Avalokiteśvara and Mahā­sthāmaprāpta request permission to attend the teaching, and Amitābha encourages them to go. The two bodhisattvas bring with them on the journey no fewer than 840 million other bodhisattvas, who each manifest a beautiful mansion as an offering to the Buddha Śākyamuni. Avalokiteśvara and Mahā­sthāmaprāpta multiply this offering by emanating 840 million exact copies within each mansion, thus producing a mind-boggling display of gifts.