The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

226 - Maṇimēkhalai receives a Prediction
tapas really is and dharma, and what the nature of the consequential
phenomena are. He would also point out to you how to get rid of the
[166] consequences of action. By these means he would enlighten you
to get rid of the darkness of evil and of the attainment of the
permanent state of Nirvāṇa.
Thus teaching the dharma, he would continue to live with
immeasurable riddhi (miraculous power) till the Buddha should
appear on earth. Passing through many lives, he would always be
teaching the dharma. As a result of his teaching, you will follow the
good path through the rest of your life doing many good deeds.
After death, here at Kāñcī, you will be born many times again as a
man in Uttara (North) Magadha. In each one of these births, you will
invariably follow the path of dharma, and, attaining to the position of
the first disciple of the Buddha, reach Nirvāṇa ultimately.
Further you may note that as a result of good conduct and acts of
charity of one of your ancestors, Goddess Maṇimēkhalā saved him
from imminent death in the sea. That self-same goddess, because of
the merit that you acquired by feeding the Rishi Sāduśakkaran,
carried you away from the pleasure garden to the island of
Maṇipallavam, and made it possible for you to see the Buddha-seat.’
Having heard all this Maṇimēkhalai attained to peace of mind, and
the day broke in all its glorious effulgence.