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This brief chapter, called Parīndanā (’Entrustment’), is a common feature to many Mahayana sutras, in which the Buddha ‘entrusts’ the teaching just given, usually to Ānanda. It should be noted that the parīndanā typically comes at the end of a sutra, adding credence to the opinion that this chapter may have once been the conclusion of the sutra. At the end of the chapter, Śākyamuni Buddha’s transformation bodies, which all came to the Sahā World to see the jewel stupa in Chapter Eleven.