[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [འཕགས་པ་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་བྱམས་པ་དགའ་ལྡན་གནམ་དུ་སྐྱེ་བ་བླངས་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199) › [The Sutra on Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000) › 13 # འཕགས་པ་བྱང་ཆབ་སམས་དཔའ་བྱམས་པ་དགའ་ལྡན་གནམ་ད་སྐྱ་བ་བླངས་པའ་མད 13 The Sūtra on Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy 13 - **Language:** English ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000.13) but will generate the mind set upon unsurpassed awakening in the future, under the bodhi tree, the tree of the nāgas.”⁷¹ Then⁷² the immeasurably great retinue rose from their seats. They bowed their heads at the feet of the Blessed One, and then bowed at the feet of Maitreya. They circled the Blessed One and Maitreya a hundred thousand times. Those who had not yet attained the path each made the following aspiration: “By fervently making aspirations here in the presence of the Blessed One, may all of us—gods, humans, the eight classes of nonhuman beings, and so forth—in the future, having abandoned our bodies, behold noble Maitreya, and be reborn in the Heaven of Joy.” Then the Blessed One said, “In the future, all of you will create merit, guard your discipline, and take birth in the presence of the bodhisattva Maitreya. The bodhisattva Maitreya will then bless all of you.” The Blessed One then spoke to Upāli, “Upāli, if you have such a view, it is said to be right view. Any other view would be a wrong view.” The venerable Ānanda then rose from his seat, knelt down, joined his palms, and addressed the Blessed One, “Excellent! The Blessed One has wonderfully explained Maitreya’s qualities. In the future, we shall strive to become such beings who attain the results of creating such merit. Therefore, Blessed One, what is the name of this Dharma discourse? How should we retain it?” The Blessed One replied, “Ānanda, you should retain what the Thus-Gone One has taught without forgetting anything. - [Previous: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000.12) - [Next: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000.14) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་བྱམས་པ་དགའ་ལྡན་གནམ་དུ་སྐྱེ་བ་བླངས་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199.13) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.199~en-84000.13) · Pramāṇa