(6) Then Vimalakirti, the wealthy householder, manifested his supernatural power. And at that moment thirty-two thousand lionthrones, high, broad, excellent, and pure were sent to him by the Buddha Sumerupradiparaja and were brought there into the chamber of Vimalakirti. Neither all the Bodhisattvas nor the disciples nor Sakra nor Brahman nor the four guardian gods had seen the like before.

(8) Then Vimalakirti spoke to Manjusri and said : “ Take one of those lion-thrones together with all Bodhisattvas and excellent men, and sit on it, posing thyself as if thou wert the image of that [Tathagata].” Then the bodies of those Bodhisattvas who possessed the supernatural power suddenly increased in size to the height of forty-two thousand Yojanas and seated themselves on those lion-thrones, but novices among the Bodhisattvas and the disciples could not ascend those thrones.

(14) Then Vimalakirti thought to himself: “I will without rising from my seat, manifest all the land of Abhirati including the Cakravada mountains, the sun, moon, and stars, palaces of deities, serpent-gods, goblins, Brahman deities, the assembly of Bodhisattvas, Sravakas, towns, villages, men and women, young and old, even the Tathagata Akshobhya himself in the Bodhi tree and excellent lotus flowers which perform religious works in all the ten quarters; and the three jewelled stairs which connect this Jambudvlpa with the Trayastrimsa heaven, and by which all the deities descend to honour the Tathagata Akshobhya and hear him preach, and by which all beings of this Jambudvlpa ascend to Trayastrimsa heaven and see the deities of that heaven and the world Abhirati endowed with these infinite virtues; I will snatch that world with my right hand as the turner of porcelain snatches his clay and bring it here including its highest heaven Akanishtha as well as its lowest sea level, and show them to all the assembly as one shows a garland in his hand.”

(14) Then forthwith nine millions of lion-thrones magnificent as before were manifested by Vimalakirti, and all those Bodhisattvas seated themselves thereon. Then the incarnate Bodhisattva handed Vimalakirti that bowl filled with perfume-food; the fragrance of the food filled the entire city of Vaisall and all the three great Chiliocosms.

(5) Then Vimalakirti through his supernatural power, holding in the palm of his right hand the whole assembly together with the lion-thrones, went to the place where the Buddha was; having arrived there, he got down on the earth he saluted him touching his feet with bowed head; and walking round him seven times keeping him to his right side, stretching his folded hands towards him with intent mind, he stood on one side; then all those Bodhisattvas leaving their seats greeted the Buddhas, each touching his feet with bowed head and walking round him seven times and stood on one side; and all the great disciples, Sakra, Brahman, and the four guardian gods also, leaving their seats, saluted the Buddha touching his feet with bowed heads and stood on one side.

(44) There in this chamber all the Buddhas of all the ten quarters led by Sakyamuni, Amitabha, Akshobhya, Ratnasri, Ratnatejas, Ratnacandra, Ratna-vyuha, Durdharsha, Simhaghosha and Sarvarthasiddha, at any moment this excellent man wills, come to expound the mine of the Law which is the secret essence of all the Buddhas; and they return when their task is done; this is the seventh of those things which are unobtainable and have never existed before.

(5) 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.”

(17) O Indra, king of deities, then Candracchatra the prince, seeing the purity of the law and hearing the prophecy from Buddha, became a mendicant because of his faith; diligently practised the true law, and in due course obtained the five supernatural powers, and walking in the path of Bodhisattva, attained the unimpeded eloquence of Dharani, after the passing of the Buddha, through his supernatural power and the power of eloquence of Dharani, during ten shorter kalpas, propagated the wheel of the law which the Tathagata Bhaishajyaraja caused to roll.

(13) Buddha knowing the thought of all the assembly spoke to Vimalakirti and said: “O noble youth, for the sake of all this assembly, let the Tathagata Akshobhya and his assembly of Bodhisattvas and Sravakas in the land of Abhirati be manifested here, all are earnestly longing to see them.”

(7) Then the Blessed One, surrounded by this assembly of innumerable hundred-thousands of beings, Was preaching the Law; seated on the lion-throne adorned with many jewels, towering over all those who were assembled there, like the mount Sumeru, the king of mountains, making its appearance in the great ocean.