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‘Thus, O Ananda, that Bhikshu concentrated in his mind a perfection of a Buddha country eighty-one times more immeasurable, noble, and excellent than the perfection of the eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of kotls of: Buddha countries that had been told him by the Bhagavat Lokesvararaga, the Tathagata. And then, proceeding to where the Tathâgata was, he worshipped the feet of the Bhagavat with his head, and said: “OQ Bhagavat, the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of the Buddha countries has been concentrated by me.”

‘After this, O Ananda, the Tathagata Lokevararaa thus spoke to the Bhikshu: “Preach then, O Bhikshu;—the Tathagata allows it. Now is the proper time, O Bhikshu. Delight the assembly, produce joy, let the lion’s voice be heard, so that now and hereafter, noble-minded Bodhisattvas, hearing it, may comprehend the different subjects (or occasions) of the prayers for the perfection of the good qualities of a Buddha country.”

‘Then, O Ananda, that Bhikshu Dharmâkara thus spoke at that time to the Bhagavat: “May the Bhagavat thus listen to me, to what my own prayers are, and how, after I shall have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, my own Buddha country will then be endowed with all inconceivable excellences and good qualities.