“Maudgalyāyana, in the past when I was training as a bodhisattva, I underwent many hardships in order to understand the future. While doing so, I thought, ‘By facing these hardships may I in the future gain insight into unobscured wisdom.’ Long ago in the limitless cycle of existence, Maudgalyāyana, in the distant past there appeared in the world a thus-gone one named Luminous Wisdom Lamp. The thus-gone Luminous Wisdom Lamp had a following of one hundred thousand hearers. Once when he was teaching his hearers on the topic of the future there was in the audience a monk named Always Diligent, who thought to himself, ‘How amazing! In the future may I attain insight into unobscured wisdom!’ With that thought in mind he tossed a large golden flower toward the thus-gone Luminous Wisdom Lamp, and made a prayer: ‘How amazing—in the future may this wisdom dawn in me!’ Due to that root of virtue I achieved knowledge of the future. Also due to that root of virtue I came to understand dependent origination. Furthermore, due to that root of virtue I achieved knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of the future. In general, if the causes and conditions are present, one will accomplish knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of the future, while such understanding will not come about if those causes are absent. Due to such roots of virtue, I achieved knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of the future. With great delight I taught the bodhisattva great beings, and due to the roots of virtue from such gladness and utterly pure discipline, I achieved knowledge of the path leading to cessation as related to knowledge of the future.”