Then Vimalakirti, the wealthy householder, asked Manjusri : “ Thou hast been to countless asamkhyeya countries, even tens of thousands of millions ; in what country is the lion-throne endowed with the most excellent qualities ? ” Manjusri replied : “ O Sir, after passing through countries equal in number to the sands of the river Ganga, there is in the eastern quarter a world named Sumerudhvaja, and there a Buddha called Sumerupradiparaja now dwells. His body is eighty thousand Yojanas in height, and his lion-throne is also eighty thousand Yojanas in height, the most excellent in adornment.”

The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “Supposing a man with a body as pretentious as Sumeru, prince among mountains, would you esteem such a...

The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “If within this universe of universes, the seven treasures were heaped together, forming as many great...

Then, from the Central Realm, called the Spreading Forth of the Seed, the Bhagavan Vairochana, white in colour, and seated upon a lion-throne,...