Jambudvipa
The Wonderland
At that time, Jambudvipa with all its [area of] ten thousand yojanas (a measurement approximately equal to seven miles) will be similar to the kingdom of Ketumati, being as prosperous as a wedding house in season. In these kingdoms, men and women will wash and bathe in ponds with banks of white sands upon which stairs made of the seven types of gems lead down. These ponds will be frequented by swans and other birds and will always be covered by five types of water lilies. People will wear heavenly scents and creams, wreaths of divine flowers, selected ornaments and adorn themselves with garments and clothes freely given by the kalpa v.rk.sas (heavenly wishing trees which appear during the first phases of a kalpa during the time of an enlightened Buddha that provide for all human material wants). They will enjoy the taste of heavenly-scented rice, sit and lie on comfortable beds with heavenly bedspreads, sleep while listening to music and watch the dancing of artists who resemble the artists in heaven. They will awaken from sleep hearing music and see their wealth and comforts by the light of lamps burning with scented oil. They will be especially happy when they see their great wealth of cash, grains, elephants, horses, servants and labourers. As their minds will be full of happiness, they will enjoy this life full of luxury and comfort. None of them will suffer from the ninety-eight or ninety-nine types of illness nor from the two hundred and three accidents. Their bodies will be as healthy as the gods. As it has been said:
The people of Jambudvipa will be rich and prosperous. They will always be happy and gay, peaceful in mind, enjoying the five types of comforts, adorning their bodies with various ornaments which, devoid of all ailments, will shine like the bodies of the gods.
