Summary
s.1Prompted by a dream, the young Licchavi boy Ratnajālin invites the Buddha to the city of Vaiśālī. When the Buddha arrives Ratnajālin asks whether there are other buddhas whose names, when heard, bring benefit to bodhisattvas. The Buddha replies that there are, and he proceeds to describe the power of the names of buddhas in the four cardinal directions as well as above and below. Once Ratnajālin has understood the teaching on the power of the names of these thus-gone ones, the Buddha provides encouragement for the future propagation of this discourse.
s.1力士族少年寶髻受夢所啟，邀請佛陀來到毘舍離城。佛陀到來後，寶髻提問是否有其他佛陀，他們的名號一經聽聞就能帶給菩薩利益。佛陀回答確實存在這樣的佛陀，並接著描述了位於四方以及上下方向的佛陀名號的力量。當寶髻理解了這些如來名號力量的教法後，佛陀為這部經典的未來傳播提供了鼓勵。