When the Bhagavān had finished reciting those verses, he announced to the complete saṅgha of bhikṣus, “Oh bhikṣus! I declare to you, I make it known to you, that this śrāvaka bhikṣu of mine, Kāśyapa, will serve three hundred billion buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. He will hold the Dharma of those buddha bhagavāns. In his last life, in an eon named Mahāvyūha, in a world named Avabhāsaprāptā, he will appear in the world as the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened buddha, the one with perfect wisdom and conduct, the sugata, the one who knows the world, the unsurpassable guide who tames beings, the teacher of devas and humans, the buddha, the bhagavān named Raśmiprabhāsa. His lifespan will be twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further twenty intermediate eons. His buddha realm will be pure and clean, without stones, pebbles, or gravel, without chasms or cliffs, without drains or cesspools. It will be flat, pleasant, beautiful, delightful, made of beryl, adorned by jewel trees, divided eightfold like a checkerboard by golden cords, and filled with flowers. There will be many hundred thousands of bodhisattvas there. There will be countless hundred thousand quintillions of śrāvakas there. The evil Māra and his followers will not appear there. Even if Māra and Māra’s followers were to appear there they would become dedicated to maintaining the Dharma taught by the bhagavān tathāgata Raśmiprabhāsa.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“Bhikṣus, I see with my buddha’s eyes That this sthavira, Kāśyapa, will become a buddha In a future time, after countless eons Of making offerings to supreme humans. {1}

“This Kāśyapa will see A full three hundred billion jinas. Bhikṣus, for the wisdom of buddhahood He will practice celibacy during that time. {2}

“He will make offerings to those supreme humans And will accomplish the highest wisdom. In his last lifetime he will become A lord of the world, an unequaled great rishi. {3}

“His realm will be most perfect, Excellent, pure, and beautiful, Pleasing in appearance, constantly delightful, And adorned by cords of gold. {4}

“It will be divided like a checkerboard and in each square There will be a variety of trees made of jewels And the aroma of a spreading, pleasing incense Will be in this realm, O bhikṣus. {5}

“It will be adorned by many flowers; It will be beautified by a variety of flowers. There will be no chasms or cliffs. It will be flat, excellent, and beautiful. {6}

“There will be many billions of bodhisattvas there With very disciplined minds and great miraculous powers. There will be many thousands who will hold The extensive sūtras of the Protector. {7}

“There will be śrāvakas of the Dharma King Who are in their last lives, without defilements. One could never be able to know their number Even if one were to count with divine knowledge for eons. {8}

“He will live for twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons, And the outer form of his Dharma for twenty intermediate eons. It is thus that Raśmiprabhāsa will appear.” {9}

Then Brother Sthavira Mahā­maudgalyāyana, Brother Subhūti, and Brother Mahākātyāyana, with trembling bodies and unblinking eyes, stared at the Bhagavān, and all three of them in their minds recited these verses:

“Great hero, Arhat! Śākya Lion! Supreme human! Through your love for us Speak the Buddha’s words. {10}

“Supreme human, knowing That there is for us this definite opportunity, Jina, sprinkle amrita upon us And give to us a prophecy. {11}

“Just as when, during a famine, Someone who finds good food Shows what they have, and says, ‘I have found food!’ {12}

“Likewise, while contemplating the lower yāna We are longing in that same way— Like beings during a famine— For the attainment of the Buddha’s wisdom. {13}

“The great Muni, the perfect Buddha, Has not yet given us his prophecy. This is like not being able to enjoy the food That has been placed in our hands. {14}

“Hero, though we thus long To hear your unsurpassable words, When we have received the prophecy Then we will have attained nirvāṇa. {15}

“Great hero, compassionate one Whose wish is to bring benefit, give us the prophecy! Great Muni, may there be an end To the poverty of our minds.” {16}

At this, the Bhagavān, knowing in his own mind the thoughts that were in the minds of those great śrāvakas, those sthaviras, said to that complete saṅgha of bhikṣus, “Bhikṣus, this great śrāvaka of mine, the sthavira Subhūti, will serve three hundred thousand million buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. And he will practice celibacy throughout that time and attain enlightenment. Having completed these activities, in his last life he will appear in the world as the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened buddha, the one with perfect wisdom and conduct, the sugata, the one who knows the world, the unsurpassable guide who tames beings, the teacher of devas and humans, the buddha, the bhagavān named Śaśiketu. His buddha realm will be named Ratnasaṃbhava. The eon will be named Ratnāvabhāsa. The realm will be level, delightful, made of crystal, adorned by jewel trees, without chasms or cliffs, without drains or cesspools, and filled with beautiful flowers. People will live within enjoyable kūṭāgāras. There will be many śrāvakas there. It will not be possible to know an end of counting them. There will be many hundred thousands of bodhisattvas there. The lifespan of that bhagavān will be twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further twenty intermediate eons. That bhagavān will be constantly teaching the Dharma while being suspended in midair, guiding many hundreds of thousands of bodhisattvas and hundreds of thousands of śrāvakas.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“Listen to me, bhikṣus! I declare to you today, And I make it known to you today That this sthavira, Subhūti, my śrāvaka, Will in a future time become a buddha. {17}

“He will see a full three hundred billion buddhas, Those with great power, And for the sake of the wisdom of buddhahood He will practice appropriate conduct during that time. {18}

“In his last lifetime, this hero Will have a body with the thirty-two signs. He will be a great rishi like a golden pillar, With compassion and benefit for the world. {19}

“His excellent realm will be beautiful, Pleasant, and attractive for a multitude of beings. He will live there as a friend for the world And will liberate quintillions of beings. {20}

“There will be many bodhisattvas with great power Who will turn the irreversible wheel. They will have sharp faculties in the Jina’s teachings And will be beautifying that buddha realm. {21}

“He will have many, countless śrāvakas, Whose number will be beyond measure, With the six higher knowledges, the three insights, great miracles, And established in the eight liberations. {22}

“He will have inconceivable miraculous powers And he will teach this highest enlightenment. Devas and humans as numerous as the Ganges sands Will constantly place their hands together in homage to him. {23}

“He will remain for twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons. The outer form of the supreme human’s Dharma Will remain for another twenty intermediate eons.” {24}

Next, the Bhagavān said to that complete saṅgha of bhikṣus, “Bhikṣus, I declare to you, I make it known to you, that this śrāvaka of mine, the sthavira Mahākātyāyana, will serve eighty thousand million buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. When those tathāgatas have passed into nirvāṇa, he will make stūpas for those tathāgatas. They will be made of the seven precious materials, which are gold, silver, beryl, crystal, red pearls, emerald, and white coral. They will be a thousand yojanas in height and five hundred yojanas in circumference. He will make offerings to those stūpas of flowers, incense, perfume, garlands, ointments, powders, cloths, parasols, banners, flags, and banners of victory. Moreover, beyond that and further beyond, he will serve in that way two hundred million buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. Then in his last life he will appear in the world as the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened buddha, the one with perfect wisdom and conduct, the sugata, the one who knows the world, the unsurpassable guide who tames beings, the teacher of devas and humans, the buddha, the bhagavān named Jāmbūnada­prabhāsa. His buddha realm will be completely pure, level, delightful, attractive, beautiful, made of crystal, adorned by jewel trees, divided by cords of gold, and filled with beautiful flowers. There will be no hells, animals, realm of Yama, or asura realm. It will be filled there with many devas and humans, beautified by many hundred thousands of śrāvakas, and adorned by many hundred thousands of bodhisattvas. The lifespan of that bhagavān will be twelve intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for twenty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further twenty intermediate eons.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“Bhikṣus, all of you listen to me today, To these infallible words that I speak. This śrāvaka of mine, sthavira Kātyāyana, Will make offerings to the guides. {25}

“When the guides of the world pass into nirvāṇa He will create many stūpas for them. He will honor them in many ways And make offerings to them of incense and flowers. {26}

“When he has attained his last lifetime He will become a jina in a completely pure realm. He will completely perfect this wisdom And will teach ten thousand million beings. {27}

“He will be honored by the world and its devas. He will be a powerful, illuminating buddha. His name will be Jāmbūnadābhāsa, And he will liberate millions of devas and humans. {28}

“In that realm there will be innumerable, Countless multitudes of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas. They will all eliminate becoming and ceasing, And beautify the teaching of the Buddha.” {29}

Lastly, the Bhagavān said to that complete saṅgha of bhikṣus, “Bhikṣus, I declare to you, I make it known to you, that this śrāvaka of mine, the sthavira Mahā­maudgalyāyana, will serve twenty-eight thousand buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. When those tathāgatas have passed into nirvāṇa, he will make stūpas for those tathāgatas. They will be made of the seven precious materials, which are gold, silver, beryl, crystal, red pearls, emerald, and white coral. They will be a thousand yojanas in height and five hundred yojanas in circumference. He will make offerings to those stūpas of flowers, incense, perfume, garlands, ointments, powders, cloths, parasols, banners, flags, and banners of victory. Moreover, beyond that and further beyond, he will serve in that way two million quintillion buddhas, will venerate them, honor them, make offerings to them, praise them, and respect them. Then in his last life, he will appear in the world as the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened buddha, the one with perfect wisdom and conduct, the sugata, the one who knows the world, the unsurpassable guide who tames beings, the teacher of devas and humans, the buddha, the bhagavān named Tamāla­patra­candana­gandha. His buddha realm will be named Manobhirāma. The name of the eon will be Ratiprapūrṇa. His buddha realm will be completely pure, level, delightful, attractive, beautiful, made of crystal, adorned by jewel trees, strewn with flower petals, and filled with many devas and humans. Hundreds of thousands of rishis will dwell there, who are śrāvakas and bodhisattvas. His lifespan will be twenty-four intermediate eons. His Dharma will remain for forty intermediate eons, and the outer form of his Dharma will remain for a further forty intermediate eons.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited these verses:

“This my śrāvaka, Maudgalyagotra, Having departed from this human body, Will see twenty thousand jinas, protectors, And moreover another eight thousand. {30}

“He will during that time practice celibacy, Seeking this wisdom of buddhahood. He will in that time serve in many ways Those guides, those supreme humans. {31}

“For a thousand million eons he will hold The stainless Dharma they have taught. When those sugatas have passed into nirvāṇa He will make offerings to their stūpas. {32}

“He will make beautiful stūpas of precious materials Together with victory banners for those supreme jinas. He will offer flowers, incense, and music To those compassionate benefiters of the world. {33}

“Then when he is in his last lifetime, In a realm that is beautiful and delightful, He will become a compassionate benefiter of the world Who has the name Tamāla­patra­candana­gandha. {34}

“The lifespan of that sugata will be A full twenty thousand intermediate eons. He will constantly be giving the teaching Of this way to buddhahood to humans and devas. {35}

“Then there will be many śrāvakas of that jina, As numerous as the sands of ten billion Ganges, Who in the teaching of that sugata will attain The six higher knowledges, the three insights, and great miracles. {36}

“There will be many irreversible bodhisattvas, Many thousands of them there Who will mindfully engage in diligence And be dedicated to the teaching of that sugata. {37}

“Even when that jina has passed into nirvāṇa His Dharma will remain during the time Of a full forty intermediate eons And its outer form will remain for the same length of time. {38}

“These five śrāvakas of mine with great miraculous powers, Whose highest enlightenment I have prophesied, Will in a future time be self-arisen jinas, So their conduct you should hear from me.” {39}