"In the Land of Ultimate Bliss, all the living being are born with wonderfully handsome features that are adorned in subtle colours which far surpass those in the world. Seldom will one be able to see this. All of them are of the same kind with no difference in their form appearance. But just to accord with cultures of the other worlds, there appears to have names such like Heavenly beings and Human beings." The Buddha told Ananda, "Just like a poor beggar in the world, if he were to stand beside a King, his facial features and the form body can never be the same as the King. But if a King in the world were to compare to The Wheel Turning Sage King, The King would then look simple, low and ugly. He would be looking just like the beggar who is standing beside the King. The Wheel Turning Sage king is the most powerful and handsome man in the world. But if he were to compare to the Heavenly King of Trayastrimsha Heaven, again he would be looking ugly and low. If the Sakya King were to be compared to the Heavenly King in the Sixth Heaven, he would never be of the same kind as the latter by hundreds and thousands of times.
The Sixth Heavenly King, if he were to be compared to the Bodhisattvas and Sound Hearers in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, whose bright and subtle form features will be uncomparable by millions of billions of times.
The palaces where they dwell, their clothings, food and drinks would just be like the Great At Ease Heavenly King of the Heaven of Transformation From Others. But their powers and virtues, and positions, spiritual penetrations and transformations would be uncomparable by all the Heavenly Kings by hundreds of thousands of millions of billions times, till there is no calculation which would enable one to make comparison.
So Ananda, you should know this. In the Land of Ultimate Bliss of The Buddha of Innumerable Lifespan, the merits, virtues and adornments such as these are inconceivable."
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