We must not feel that this is merely a story set in the remote past. The great compassion of the Buddha suggests that, although the other band of śrāvakas left the assembly, they would also become buddhas named Universal Light Tathāgata, like those who heard the Buddha’s proclamation through Kāśyapa and further endeavored to practice the way to buddhahood. This is the Buddha’s assurance that if we enter the path of his teachings through the Lotus Sutra and accumulate the practices of the bodhisattva-way, we too will surely become Universal Light Tathāgata. This is the meaning of so many people being predicted to become buddhas with the same title, Universal Light Tathāgata. The designation “Universal Light Tathāgata” means a person who emits light from his body and by it brightens all of society. We often see people around us like Universal Light Tathāgata or his followers. Somehow just seeing or talking with them makes us feel more cheerful. Such tathāgatas are necessary in our lives in the sahā-world. We ought at least become the followers of Universal Light Tathāgata, who can brighten our surroundings.