THE SMALLER SUKHÂVATÎ-VYÛHA § 6. 'And again. O Sâriputra, there are in that Buddha country swans, curlews[3], and peacocks. Three times every night, and three times every day, they come together and perform a concert each uttering his own note. And from them thus uttering proceeds a sound proclaiming the five virtues, the five powers, and the seven steps leading towards the highest knowledge[1]. When the men there hear that sound, remembrance of Buddha, remembrance of the Law, remembrance of the Church, rises in their mind.