The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

192 - The Dharma of Mercy
Addressing the two, he said.
‘You two have come into the world again like actors in a new
disguise.’
Turning to Maṇimēkhalai he said:
‘At this time dharma is diminished in the world and sinful action has
been on [142] the rise. But believing there is still the possibility of the
existence of some slight tendency to dharma, I have not relaxed in my
efforts in teaching it. That dharma, people in this world do not know.
But within the circuit of this universe, the dēvas understand it and at
their request the Dēva will come down again to this world from the
Tuṣita Heaven in the year 1616. Then everyone in this world will feel
impelled to practise the doctrine of mercy.
When the “sun of Buddha” appears, the moon and the sun will shine
without interruption, asterisms that mark the day will move in their
orbits without stopping, rains will never fail, earth will yield
abundance, living beings will not experience evil, the wind will blow
in the right direction, prosperity will attend all directions of the
compass, the great sea will give good things in plenty, cows will of
themselves yield pailfuls of milk, birds eating plenty will not have to
go out in search of prey, beasts and men will give up even their
natural enmity, fearsome beings and demons will cease to molest,
human beings with defective organs will not come to birth. Those that
should be born then and have the good fortune to hear the dharma
from Him will cease to be born again.
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