Prophecy of future Buddhahood

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• Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4043-4161 confidence: high

  Dīpankara tells the people not to fear; he says Sumedha, predicted to become the Buddha Gotama, is investigating the time-honoured Conditions followed by the Buddhas, causing the earth of ten thousand worlds to shake.

  Dīpankara states that he predicted Sumedha would later become a Buddha named Gotama.

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• The Mahavamsa, or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / P.T.S. 1890-1911). / THE MAHAVAMSA / CHAPTEE I; lines 4242-4392 confidence: high

  Seeing Dipamkara, the Conqueror resolves to become Buddha to release the world from evil; after homage to twenty-four Sambuddhas and prophecy from them, Gotama fulfills perfections, reaches enlightenment, and delivers the world from suffering.

  The Conqueror offers homage to twenty-four Sambuddhas and receives from them prophecy of his future buddhahood.

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• The Saddharma-Pundarika, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21) CHAPTER IX. / IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 2C)7 / IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 2OQ / IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 211; lines 10156-10232 confidence: high

  The Lord tells Ananda that all two thousand monks will simultaneously complete the Bodhisattva course, worship innumerable Buddhas, acquire the true law, and attain supreme enlightenment in all directions, each in his own Buddha-field, under the name Ratnaketurajas.

  The Lord predicts that the two thousand monks will become Tathagatas after completing the Bodhisattva course and acquiring the true law.

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• The Saddharma-Pundarika, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21) IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 2O5 / CHAPTER IX. / IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 2C)7 / IX. DESTINY OF ANANDA, RAHULA, ETC. 2OQ; lines 10068-10153 confidence: high

  The Lord tells Rahula-Bhadra that he will become the Tathagata Saptaratnapadmavikrantagamin, after honoring Tathagatas equal to the atoms of ten worlds, and will be the eldest son of those Buddhas as he is presently the Lord's son.

  The Lord names Rahula's future Tathagata identity and states that he will arrive at supreme and perfect enlightenment.

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• The Saddharma-Pundarika, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21) SADDHARMA-PUJVDARIKA. VIII. / VIII. DESTINY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED MONKS. 1 95 / VIII. DESTINY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED MONKS. 1 97 / VIII. DESTINY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED MONKS. 1 99; lines 9683-9768 confidence: high

  The Lord says his disciple from the Ku^ina family will in the future become a Tathagata and Lord of the world after an endless period and will educate countless living beings.

  The Lord explicitly announces that his disciple will in the future become a Tathagata and Lord of the world, with a named Buddha identity.

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• The Saddharma-Pundarika, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21) XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 423 / XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 425 / XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 427 / XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 429; lines 18322-18376 confidence: high

  The Lord says Subhavyuha will become a monk under his rule and then a Tathagata named Salendrara^a in the world Vistir^avatl, in an epoch called Abhyudgatara^a.

  King Subhavyuha is said to become a monk and later a Tathagata in a named world and epoch.

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