Whatever sons or daughters of a family shall make mental prayer for the Buddha-country of that blessed Amitâyus, the Tathâgata, or are making it now or have made it formerly, all these will never return again, being once in possession of the transcendent true knowledge. They will be born in that Buddha-country, have been born, or are being born now. Therefore, then, O _S_âriputra, mental prayer is to be made for that Buddha-country by faithful sons and daughters of a family. And as I at present magnify here the inconceivable excellences of those blessed Buddhas, thus, O _S_âriputra, do those blessed Buddhas magnify my own inconceivable excellences. A very difficult work has been done by _S_âkyamuni, the sovereign of the _S_âkyas. Having obtained the transcendent true knowledge in this world Saha, he taught the Law which all the world is reluctant to accept, during this corruption of the present Kalpa, during this corruption of mankind, during this corruption of belief, during this corruption of life, during this corruption of passions. This is even for me, O _S_âriputra, an extremely difficult work that, having obtained the transcendent true knowledge in this world Saha, I taught the Law which all the world is reluctant to accept, during this corruption of mankind, of belief, of passion, of life, and of this present Kalpa. Thus spoke Bhagavat joyful in his mind. And the honorable _S_âriputra, and the Bhikshus and Bodhisattvas, and the whole world with the gods, men, evil spirits, and genii, applauded the speech of Bhagavat.(158) This is the Mahâyânasûtra called Sukhavatîvyûha.