Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of Maitreya Bodhisattva’s Attainment of Buddhahood, Part 5 of 6

In this way Maitreya Buddha will guide and comfort innumerable sentient beings, making them happy. They will be imbued with the Dharma. Their hearts will be full of the Dharma, and their mouths will always pronounce the Dharma. The population will be composed of those who have merit and wisdom. Even gods will respect, trust and admire them. “ At that time the great guiding teacher Maitreya Buddha will want them to hear about their suffering in the past. He will think: ‘The five impure desires are the roots of suffering, but the knowledge that pain and pleasure are both impermanent can remove their anxieties and sorrows.’ He will then pronounce to them the five aggregates-form, sensory reception, perception, mental processing, and consciousness- as well as suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and no self. As He speaks these words, 96 koti people will no longer embrace the Dharmas [perceived by the senses]. With no more afflictions to discharge, having liberated their minds, they will attain Arhatship, complete with the Three Clarities, the Six Transcendental Powers, and the Eight liberations.”