CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

 THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF BODHISATTVA UNIVERSALLY WORTHY

     At that time Bodhisattva Universal worthy, famed for his freely exercised transcendental powers, dignity and virtue, in company

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

THE FORMER DEEDS OF KING WONDROUS SPLENDOR

     At that time the Buddha addressed the great assembly, saying: In an age long ago, an immeasurable, boundless, inconceivable number of asamkhya kalpas in the past, there was a Buddha named Cloud Thunder Sound Constellation King Flower Wisdom, tathagata, arhat, samyak-sambuddha. His land was named Light Bright Adornment and his kalpa was named Gladly Seen. In the midst of this Buddha’‘‘s Law there was a king named Wonderful Adornment.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

DHARANI

     At that time the Bodhisattva Medicine king rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, pressed his palms together and, facing the Buddha, spoke to him, saying, World-Honored One, if there are good men or good women who can accept and uphold the Lotus Sutra, if they read and recite it, penetrate its meaning, or copy the sutra scrolls, how much merit will they gain?

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

 THE UNIVERSAL GATE OF BODHISATTVA KANZEON

     At that time the bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intent immediately rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, pressed his palms together and, facing the Buddha, spoke these words: World Honored One, this Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’‘‘s Sounds-- why is he called Perceiver of the World’‘‘s Sounds?

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

 BODHISATTVA MYOZON

     At that time Shakyamuni Buddha emitted a beam of bright light from the knob of flesh [on top of his head], one of the features of a great man

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

 THE FORMER DEEDS OF BODHISATTVA MEDICINE KING

     At that time bodhisattva Constellation King Flower spoke to the Buddha, saying: World-Honored One, how does the bodhisattva Medicine King come and go in the saha world?

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

ENTRUSMENT

     At that time Shakyamuni Buddha rose from his Dharma seat and, manifesting his great supernatural powers, with his right hand patted the heads of the immeasurable bodhisattvas and mahasattvas and spoke these words:

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

 THE MYSTIC POWERS OF THE TATHAGATA

     At that time the bodhisattvas and mahasattvas who had emerged from the earth, numerous as the dust particles of a thousand worlds, all in the presence of the Buddha single-mindedly pressed their palms together

CHAPTER TWENTY

 BODHISATTVA NEVER DISPARAGING

     At that time the Buddha said to the bodhisattva and mahasattva Gainer of Great Authority:

CHAPTER NINETEEN

THE BENIFITS OF THE TEACHER OF THE LAW

     At that time the Buddha said to the bodhisattva and mahasattva Constant Exertion: ‘‘‘If good men or good women accept and uphold this Lotus Sutra, if they read it, recite it, explain and preach it