Thus I have heard. At one time, the Buddha stayed at Mt. Gridhrakuta(Vulture Peak) in Rajgir. He gathered with an assembly of 12,000 senior bhikkus. They were all great sages who had attained supernatural powers.

Their names were:

Ven. Ajñatakau??inya (Understanding the Original Sphere), Ven.

Asvajit (Correct Vows), Ven. Va?pa (Correct Speech), Ven. Mahanama(Great Name), Ven. Bhadrika (Benevolent Sage), Ven. Vimala(Defilement-Free), Ven. Yasas (Name Well-Known), Ven. Subhuti (Good Reality), Ven. Pura?a (Full Perfection), Ven. Gava?pati (Bull King),Ven. Uruvilvakasyapa, Ven. Gayakasyapa, Ven. Nadikasyapa, Ven.Mahakasyapa, Ven. Sariputra, Ven. Mahmaudgalyayana, Ven. Kapphi?a,Ven. Mahakatyayana or Upali or Mahakau??hila (Great Abiding), Ven.Ra??rapala or Mahakatyayana (Great Pure Will), Ven. Mahacunda,Ven. Pur?amaitraya?iputra (Son of Wish Fulfillment), Ven. Aniruddha(Impediment-Free), Ven. Sundarananda (Flow of Stream), Ven. Kampila(Firm Control), Ven. Vakkula (King of Countenance), Ven. Paraya?ika(Excellent Vehicle), Ven. Subhuti or Sivali (Nature of Benevolence), Ven.Nandika or Nanda (Joy and Happiness), Ven. Svagata (Good Come), Ven. Rahula, and Ven. Ananda.

They were all like these leading disciples.

Also gathered was an assembly of Mahayana Bodhisattvas, including Samantabhadra (Universal Worthy), Manjusri (Wondrous Virtue),Maitreya (Compassionate One), and all the Bodhisattvas of the present Auspicious Kalpa.

E05«Infinite Life Sutra, as Spoken by the Buddha ??????»

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