The number of the Buddhas who passed away
During the past innumerable kalpas was
Hundreds of thousands of billions,
Uncountable.
All those World-Honored Ones expounded
The truth of the reality of all things
With various stories of previous lives, parables and similes,
That is to say, with innumerable expedients.
All those World-Honored Ones expounded
The teaching of Myōhō Renge Kyō,
And led innumerable living beings [with expedients]
Into the Way to Buddhahood.