"After Dharma Store Bhikshu had finished saying the verses, he said to the Buddha, 'I now bring forth the mind of Unsurpassed Proper Enlightenment and determined to practise the Bodhisattva Path. I vow to become a Buddha to teach living beings to become Buddhas. I pray that the Buddha will extensively teach me the profound Sutras and Dharmas. I will uphold and practise according to the Dharma, so as to uproot all the bitter roots of birth and death and swiftly achieve The Unsurpassed, Proper and Equal Enlightenment.
I vow that when I become a Buddha, the wisdom light that I have attained and the land where I dwell, the Names of the Teachers, would be heard by beings in the ten directions. All the living beings in the Heaven and Earth and the tiny crawling beings, when they are born in my Land, will surely become Bodhisattvas.
I make such a vow that far surpasses others in the other Buddhalands. Will I be able to accomplish it?'
The Buddha, Who is The King of Great Ease in the World, for the sake of Dharma Store, expounded the Sutra, 'Just like the great sea, if one were to measure it through uncountable kalpas, one would still be able to reach the bottom of the sea.
If a man were to seek the Way wholeheartedly, practising vigorously without cease, such a one would certainly achieve the fruit of Enlightenment. Whatever vows he has made would certainly be achieved. Think of it yourself, what are the expedient ways of practices to accomplish the vows of achieving an adorned Buddhaland? As you should know of your cultivation, so you should be able to obtain the Pure Buddhaland by your own efforts.' Dharma Store said 'Such meanings are indeed magnificent and deep. These states are beyond my understanding. I only hope that The Thus Come One, The One with Proper and Pervasive Knowledge would expansively expound the immeasurable, beautifully adorned Buddhalands.
If I were to hear of such Dharmas, I would be mindful of them and cultivate diligently so as to achieve my vows.
The Buddha, Who is The King of Great Ease in the World, knows that he is indeed a man of great wisdom, and that his vows are deep and wide. So He expounded to Him the two hundreds and ten billion Buddhalands, showed and explained to Him the appearance of the great and extensive lands that are formed from merits and virtues, with pure adornments that are fully accomplished, so as to help him to fulfill his vows.
Since the Buddha spoke The Dharma, thousands of billions of years have passed. When Dharma Store listened to The Buddha, he was able to see all the Buddhalands clearly, and he brought forth The Unsurpassed Wonderful Vows. Ultimately, he was mindful of the good and evil of Gods and Humans and the Land that they dwell in which were either coarse or gently. He recollected his mind together and eventually made the great vows after choosing carefully what he desired. He diligently seek for the adornment of his Land by maintaining and upholding the practices respectfully and carefully. He cultivated merits and virtues for five full kalpas. He could clearly penetrate and understand the merits and virtues and adornments of those twenty-one kotis Buddhalands, just as though they were one Buddhaland. The Buddhaland that would be accomplished by Him far surpasses those Buddhalands. After he had made up his mind on the accomplishment of his Land, he again went to the dwelling of The Thus Come One, Who is The King of Great Ease in the World. He made obeisance and bowed respectfully at His feet.
Then he circumambulated The Buddha three times. Respectfully he put his palms together, standing upright and said, 'World Honoured One, I have already decided on the pure practices that will bring to accomplishment the adornments of my Buddhaland.'
The Buddha said, 'Good indeed! Now is the time to speak fully of your vows, so that all the living beings would rejoice. Also when the great assembly listens to the Dharma, they would obtain great benefits. They would then be able to practise and obtain the Buddhaland by fulfilling immeasurable great vows.'"
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