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Thursday, March 14, 2013

华严经 Avatamsaka Sutra Book 1 Part 1:21


The Heaven's Gate opened and a Dharmchakra emerges, shining brightly. There is a line that seem to be demarcating or defining 2 realms.



Book 1 Part 1:21

The realm of the Buddha has no bounds In an instant the cosmos is filled; In every atom he sets up an enlightenment site, Proving enlightenment in all, creating mystic displays.

Buddha cultivated practices in the past Extending through countless eons Adorning all buddha-fields, Appearing unhindered, like space.

The Buddha's spiritual powers are unlimited, Filling the boundless reaches of all time— Even if one spent countless eons constantly Observing, one would never be wearied or jaded.

Observe the realms of Buddha's mystic power— All lands in all quarters are beautifully pure: He appears therein, in every one, Instantaneously changing, in infinite forms.

If you observe the Buddha for countless ages You won't apprehend even the extent of one hair— The Buddha's boundless doors of techniques Illumine inconceivably many fields.

Buddha, in past ages in the world, Served an infinite ocean of Buddhas; Therefore all beings are like river rapids Coming to make offerings to the World Honored One.

The Buddha appears everywhere, In infinite lands in each atom, The realms therein being all infinite too; In all he abides for endless eons.

Buddha of yore for the sake of all beings Cultivated an ocean of boundless compassion, Entering birth and death along with all beings, Teaching the masses, making them pure.
Buddhas abide in the matrix of the cosmos of real thusness - Signless, formless, free from all taints. When beings observe Buddha's various bodies, All their troubles and pains then dissolve.



Furthermore, the enlightening being Great Brilliance of the Moon Reflected in the Ocean, the great spiritual hero, found the door of liberation producing the means of transcendence pertaining to each stage of enlightenment, thereby edifying sentient beings and purifying all buddha-lands.

The enlightening being Undefiled Treasury of Light of Oceans of Cloudlike Sounds found the door of liberation in every instant of awareness entering into the various distinctions of all objective realms.

The enlightening being Topknot Born of Wisdom found the door of liberation revealing pure great virtues to all sentient beings when they first arrive at the site of enlightenment.

The enlightening being Brave Lotus Topknot found the door of liberation revealing all the Buddha teachings to sentient beings in accord with their infinite faculties and understandings.

The enlightening being Sun Banner of Clouds of Universal Knowledge found the door of liberation developing the knowledge of buddhahood, abiding forever.

The enlightening being Greatly Persevering with Indestructible Courage found the door of liberation of power to enter into all the boundless symbols of the teachings.

The enlightening being Banner of Light of Fragrant Flames found the door of liberation showing how all the present Buddhas first began enlightening practice, and on through to their final consummation of the body of knowledge and wisdom.

The enlightening being Deep Beautiful Sound of Great Enlightened Virtue found the door of liberation peacefully abiding in the ocean of all the great vows of Vairocana, the Illuminator.
The enlightening being Born of Wisdom with the Light of Great Virtue found the door of liberation revealing the most profound realm of the Buddha, which pervades the cosmos.

At that time the enlightening being Great Brilliance of the Moon Reflected in the Ocean, empowered by the Buddha, observed the ocean of arrays of all the hosts of enlightening beings and said in verse,

The transcendent means and the stages of enlightenment, Vast, inconceivable, are all fulfilled: Infinite sentient beings subdued and harmonized, All buddha-lands are pure.


As Buddha teaches in the worlds of beings, All lands in the ten directions are filled: In an instant of thought he turns the wheel of truth, Accommodating it to all states of mind.

Buddha, over countless vast eons, Has appeared everywhere before sentient beings; According to his past cultivation, He shows his purified realm of action.

I see everywhere in all directions And see the Buddhas showing mystic powers, All sitting in sanctuaries realizing enlightenment, Surrounded by listening crowds.

The immense radiance of Buddha's reality body Can appear in the world through expedient means, According with the inclinations of all beings' minds, Raining the teachings to suit their faculties.

The impartial, signless body of true suchness, The pure reality-body of untainted light; With knowledge and calm, with innumerable bodies, He preaches the truth, adapting to all.

The powers of the King of Truth are all pure, His knowledge and wisdom like space, unbounded; He reveals all without any concealment, Causing all beings to be enlightened.

In accord with what Buddha cultivated Up to his perfection of all knowledge, Now he radiates light through the cosmos Showing it all therein.

Buddha shows mystic powers through his original vow, Illuminating all in the ten directions; What the Buddha practiced of yore, All is expounded in these networks of light.
There is no end of worlds in all directions— No equals, no bounds, each one distinct. Buddha's unhindered power emits a great light Clearly revealing all of those lands.

At that time the Buddha's lion seat, its round platform of exquisite flowers of many jewels, its base, steps, doors, and all its embellishments, each produced as many great enlightening beings as there are atoms in a buddha-land.

Their names were Oceanic Wisdom, Sovereign King of Occult Powers; Thunder Shaking All; Topknot of Lights of Many Jewels; Bold Intelligence of the Sun of Knowledge; Seal of Knowledge Made of Jewels of Inconceivable Qualities; Hundred Eye Lotus Topknot; Light Spheres of Golden Flames; Universal Sound of the Cosmos; Cloud Sound Pure Moon; Banner of Light of Benevolent Courage: these were the leaders, and there were as many of them as atoms in many buddha-lands.


At the same time as they appeared, these enlightening beings each produced clouds of various offerings: for example, clouds of flowers of all jewels, clouds of all subtle fragrances of lotus blossoms, clouds of orbs of jewel lights, clouds of fragrant flames of boundless realms, clouds of jewel-like light spheres from the treasury of the sun, clouds of all pleasing musical sounds, clouds of flames of light from all jewel lamps, with boundless colors and forms, clouds of branches, flowers, and fruits from trees of many jewels, clouds of regal jewels with inexhaustible pure radiance, clouds of all the finest decorative gems; there were as many such clouds of various offerings as there are atoms in a buddha-world.


Each of those enlightening beings produced such clouds of offerings unceasingly, raining on the oceanic assemblies at all enlightenment sites.

Having manifested these clouds, they circled the Buddha to the right, circling him countless hundreds and thousands of times.

In whatever direction they came from, there, not far from the Buddha, they magically produced innumerable lotus lion seats of various jewels, and each sat crosslegged thereon.

The spheres of actions of these enlightening beings were pure and vast as the sea.

They had attained the state of universality of illumination of knowledge and wisdom. Following the Buddhas, they were unhindered in their actions.

They were able to enter the ocean of all principles of discernment and elucidation, and had mastered the teaching of inconceivable liberation.

They dwelt in the state of all-sidedness of the Buddhas.

They had already mastered all techniques of concentration formulae, and were able to contain the ocean of all the teachings.

They dwelt in the stage of equanimous knowledge of past, present, and future.
They had attained the immense joy of profound faith.

Their boundless stores of blessings were most pure. They observed everywhere in space through- out the cosmos.

They diligently made offerings to all Buddhas appearing in any land in all worlds.


At that time, the enlightening being Oceanic Wisdom, Sovereign King of Occult Powers, the great spiritual hero, empowered by the Buddha, surveyed the oceans of masses at the scene of enlightenment and said in verse,

Buddha knows what all Buddhas have realized— Unhindered as space, he illumines all, His light pervading countless lands everywhere. He sits amidst the hosts, all magnificently pure.


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