Translated freely, chapter 17 emphasizes this world—with its land of lapis lazuli smooth and level, its eight roads marked off with Jambunada gold and lined with jeweled trees . . .” Tiantai Zhiyi absolutized this pure land as a world of ever tranquil light. And Nichiren, following the name given to it in the sutra, called it the pure land of Gṛdhrakūṭa, because that was the actual place where Shakyamuni preached.