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A PARABLE.
Bodhisattvas of that field will in walking step on jewel lotuses?. And these Bodhisattvas will not be plying their work for the first time, they having accumulated roots of goodness and observed the course of duty under many hundred thousand Buddhas; they are praised by the Tathagatas for their zealous application to Buddha-knowledge; are perfectioned in the rites preparatory to transcendent knowledge; accomplished in the direction of all true laws; mild, thoughtful. Generally, Sâriputra, will that Buddha-region teem with such Bodhisattvas.
As to the lifetime, Sâriputra, of that Tathagata Padmaprabha, it will last twelve intermediate kalpas, if we leave out of account the time of his being a young prince. And the lifetime of the creatures then living will measure eight intermediate kalpas. At the expiration of twelve intermediate kalpas, Sâriputra, the Tathagata Padmaprabha, after an. nouncing the future destiny of the Bodhisattva called Dhritiparipurna’ to superior perfect enlightenment, is to enter complete Nirvana. This Bodhisattva Mahasattva Dhritiparipurna, O monks, shall immediately after me come to supreme, perfect enlightenment. He shall become in the world a Tathagata named Padmavrishabhavikrâmin, an Arhat, &c., endowed with science and conduct, &c. &c.'
Now the Tathagata Padmavrishabhavikrâmin, Sâriputra, will have a Buddha-field of quite the same description. The true law, Såriputra, of that Tathagata Padmavrishabhavikrâmin will, after his
1 We may express the same idea thus: roses are springing up under their feet at every step.
9 Dhriti, perseverance, endurance. Dhritiparipůrna is, full of perseverance or endurance.
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