Day 24 concludes Chapter 19, The Merits of the Teacher of the Dharma, closing out the 6th volume of the Lotus Sutra.

Yesterday, Day 23, included the listing of all the merit a teacher of the Dharma will accrue:

“The good men or women who keep, read, recite, expound or copy this Sūtra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma, will be able to obtain eight hundred merits of the eye, twelve hundred merits of the ear, eight hundred merits of the nose, twelve hundred merits of the tongue, eight hundred merits of the body, and twelve hundred merits of the mind. They will be able to adorn and purify their six sense-organs with these merits.”

Day 24 covers details of the merits of the nose, the tongue, the body and the mind. These add up to wonderful abilities that will be accomplished with their natural sense organs.

These are serious talents:

Nose:

Their noses will be purified.
They will be able to know
The smells of all things,
Be they good or bad.

Tongue:

When they expound the Dharma to the great multitude
And lead them
By telling them the stories of previous lives, parables, and similes
With their deep, pure and wonderful voices,
The hearers will rejoice
And make excellent offerings to them.

Body:

Just as a reflection is seen
In a clear mirror,
All things in the world will be reflected
On the pure body of this [person, that is, of this] Bodhisattva.
No one but he
Will be able to see all things clearly.

Mind:

Their minds will become pure, clear, keen and undefiled.
They will be able to recognize with their wonderful minds
The superior, mean and inferior teachings.
When they hear even a gāthā [of this sūtra],
They will be able to understand
The innumerable meanings of [this sūtra].

And yet some the talents would be really nifty parlor tricks:

He will be able to know by smell
Whether an unborn child is a boy or a girl,
Or a child of ambiguous sex,
Or the embryo of a nonhuman being.

Or…

He will be able to recognize by smell
The gold, silver, and other treasures
Deposited underground,
And the things enclosed in a copper box.