[After] having thus called the buddhas [his replicas] to assemble, Śākyamuni Buddha went up into the sky and opened the door of the stūpa of treasures revealing the figure of Many Treasures Buddha. The two Buddhas, Many Treasures Buddha and Śākyamuni Buddha, sat together inside the stūpa. Then, the assembly called out, “Raise us up by your supernatural powers so that we may be able to be with you in the sky!” And Śākyamuni Buddha raised them up into the sky.

Immediately after the Assembly in Space began, Śākyamuni Buddha announced that his time of passing was near, and three times ordered his disciples:

“Make a great vow
To preserve the Dharma forever!”

This order calls his disciples to become teachers of the Dharma, messengers of the Tathāgata in the world after his passing, and faithfully to perform the five practices of the bodhisattvas. In Nichiren Shōnin’s Open Your Eyes to the Lotus Teaching, which he wrote while on Sado Island, he refers to these three orders as the three proclamations.