Chapter 42 The Rebirth Of Bodhisattvas

Maitreya Bodhisattva asked The Buddha, "Presently, in this Saha World, and also in the other Buddhalands, how many Bodhisattvas, who have attained non-retreating, will be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss?"

The Buddha to Maitreya Bodhisattva, "In this world, there are seven hundred and twenty billions of Bodhisattvas, who have already made offering to innumerable Buddhas and planted all kinds of virtuous roots, will be born in that land. The other Bodhisattvas of minor practices, who have also cultivated merits and virtues and will be born there are of uncountable numbers. Not only the Bodhisattvas in my land are to born there, also the Bodhisattvas from the Buddhalands in other directions will also attain rebirth in His Land. From the Distant Illumination Buddhaland there are eighteen Kotis of Nayuta of Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, who are born in that Land. In the North-East direction, there is a Buddhaland known as The Precious Store. Ninety billions of non-retreating Bodhisattvas will be born in that Land. From the Immeasurable Sounds Buddhaland, the Brightly Illuminated Buddhaland, the Dragon Heaven Buddhaland, the Extremely Powerful Buddhaland, the Lion Buddhaland, the Free From Dust Buddhaland, the Virtuous Head Buddhaland, the Human King Buddhaland, the Flowery Banner Buddhaland, the non-retreating Bodhisattvas who are to be born there, numbers more than tens of hundreds of billions, or more than hundreds of thousands of billions, until the millions of billions. And then there is the twelveth Buddha who is known as the Unsurpassed Flower Buddha. In His Land, there are innumerable assemblies of non-retreating Bodhisattvas, who possessed powerful and courageous wisdom and also made offerings to uncountable Buddhas. These Bodhisattvas have brought forth the mind to attain the One Vehicle and practise the Way to fulfillment with great diligence. Within seven days, they are able to amass the solid and firm Dharmas which are practised by the other great beings through hundreds of thousands of billions of kalpas. Bodhisattvas like these will also seek rebirth there. The thirteenth Buddha is known as the No-Fear Buddha. In His Land there are seven hundred and ninety billions of Bodhisattva Mahasattva assemblies, uncountable small Bodhisattvas and bhikshus, who will also be born in the Pure Land.

If one were to speak of the Names of The Buddhas in the worlds in the ten directions, and the Bodhisattvas assemblies who are going to be born there, to the end of kalpas, one would still be unable to finish talking about them."