諸經要集 1.41

1.41

Furthermore, the Chuchu jing says: "The Buddha said: There are four causes and conditions why Maitreya does not descend: first, there is a time when the blessings correspond to that [heavenly] realm; second, the people of this realm are crude and none can receive the scriptures; third, his merits are not yet fulfilled; fourth, in the world there are still those who can preach the scriptures; therefore, Maitreya does not descend. When he is to descend, there will remain fifty billion seven hundred sixty million years. At Maitreya's time, people's eyes will all see four thousand li, owing to their fundamental ten kinds of causal virtues: first, not blocking others' clear sight; second, not harming others' eyes; third, not covering others' eyes; fourth, not concealing others' goodness; fifth, not watching killing; sixth, not watching stealing; seventh, not watching sexual misconduct; eighth, not watching private secrets and others' faults; ninth, not watching various evil deeds; tenth, lighting lamps in Buddhist monasteries."