8.  Again, O Noble-minded Man, what is meant by being "faithful follower of the teaching of the Buddhas forever"?  It means, for instance, the Buddha Sakyamuni, who was the vehicle for the power of Tathagata Vairocana of the Saha-world, who, from the beginning, when He made an earnest wish (for obtaining Buddhahood, in order to deliver all beings), and having made the exquisite advance by continuous skillful exertion, and sacrificed of His lives and bodies, in unutterable and countless number, for the sake of alms-giving.  He stripped off His own skin for paper, used His own blood for ink, and His bones for writing-instruments.  Thus the scripture have been written in bulk as great as Mount Sumeru.  In appreciation of the Dharma, He would disregard the royal thrones, kingdoms, palaces, gardens, and all that belonged to Him.  He spared no energy in his arduous and painstaking career, until He accomplished the great Bodhi under the sacred Bodhi tree.  Then He displayed various exalted powers (Abhidjnas), manifested various transmutations, revealed various Buddha-figures of the three kayas, and presided at the various assemblies; such as the assemblies of Great Bodhisattvas, the assemblies of Sravakas and Pratyeka-Buddhas, the assemblies of cakravarti (world rulers) and petty kings (scattered corn kings) and their retinues, the assemblies of kshatriya (warrior-statemen), brahmin, elders, and laymen, the assemblies of devas (gods), nagas (dragon), eight divisions of supernatural beings, human, and non-human.  At these assemblies and sanctuaries, He spoke with the full and round voice of thunder, with expedient means and skillful methods, teaching the beings in manner befitting their inclinations and happiness.  Thus He led them to the maturity (of Bodhi), until He entered into Nirvana.

          All these examples I will follow, not only that of the present World-Honoured One Vairocana, but of all the Tathagatas of the Buddha lands, equal in number to the dust-motes of the ten directions and three periods of time, throughout the Dharma-realms and empty space.  I will follow the examples of the Buddhas from thought to thought.  Even though the void of space has ended, and the worlds of beings, the karmas of beings, sorrows of beings all have ended, yet, my practice and following of the examples of the Buddhas will not be ended.  Thought succeeds thought without interruption, and in bodily, vocal, and mental deeds, without weariness.

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