Prophetic text
Sutra That Expounds the Descent of Maitreya Buddha and His Enlightenment (T454)
Chinese attributed Kumārajīva; English Shōtarō Iida and Jane Goldstone
Predicts future prosperous society, Maitreya awakening and assemblies, Mahakasyapa encounter, and survival of his teaching. Text has an 84,000-year human life against 80,000 in DN26.
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Edition and location
Iida and Goldstone, BDK America2016, Taisho14 no.454; Scribd-hosted full book text
Entire translated sutra printed pp.15–24 (Taisho423c–425c); title/copyright and introductionpp.5–12 also inspected