Book 1 Part 1:24
Striving purely for countless eons, He entered the
first stage, that of extreme joy; Producing the vast knowledge of the cosmos,
He saw countless Buddhas of the ten directions.
In the stage of purity amidst all things He
observed standards of purity numerous as beings; Having practiced extensively
for many eons, He served the boundless ocean of Buddhas.
Accumulating virtue in the stage of radiance, His
store of calm was firm and enduring; The vast cloud of teachings he had already
learned: So it is told in the gemstone fruits.
The incomparable stage of clear intellect like an
ocean of flames— Comprehending situations, he gave rise to compassion, With an
equal physical presence in all lands: These accomplishments of the Buddha are
all expounded.
Universal store of equanimity—the difficult to
conquer stage; According with action and stillness, without contradiction, The
realm of the Buddhist teaching is completely impartial; How the Buddha purified
it, the jewels can tell.
Far-reaching practice—the stage of oceanic wisdom,
Totally comprehending all aspects of the teachings,
Appearing in all lands like space: The voice of
these teachings comes from the trees.
The body of space, pervading the cosmos, The lamp
of wisdom, shining on all beings, All practical methods completely purified:
His past long journey he causes to be told.
Adorned by execution of all vows, Infinite oceans
of lands are all pure; Undisturbed by any discrimination, This peerless stage
is fully explained.
Mystic powers of infinite scope Enter the illumining
power of the teachings; This pure stage of beneficent wisdom And its eons of
practice are fully revealed.
The far-reaching tenth stage of clouds of teaching
Engulfs everything, pervading all space; The realm of the Buddha is told in the
voice, This voice is the Buddha's spiritual power.
Then the great enlightening being Banner of Light
of Benevolent Courage, empowered by the Buddha, surveyed the ten directions and
said,
Innumerable
sentient beings are in the congregation; Their various minds of faith are all
pure; All can enter into understanding of Buddha's wisdom, And understand all
states which adorn it.
Each initiates pure vows and puts them into
practice; All have made offerings to innumerable beings. They are able to see
the real true body of Buddha As well as all his mystical displays.
Some can see the Buddha's reality-body,
Incomparable, unhindered, pervading everywhere: The nature of all the infinity
of things Is in that body completely.
Some see the Buddha's sublime body of form, Its
boundless physical characteristics blazing with light;
According to the different understandings of
various beings, It transforms into various appearances, everywhere.
Some see the body of unobstructed knowledge, Equal
in all times, like space; According to the changes in beings' inclinations, It
causes them to see all kinds of differences.
Some can understand the Buddha's voice Pervading
all lands in the ten directions; According to sentient beings' abilities to
understand, It produces verbal sounds for them, without any hindrance.
Some see the Buddha's various lights, Variously
shining throughout the world; And some see too, in the Buddha's light, Buddhas
displaying their mystic powers.
Some see Buddha's oceans of clouds of light
Issuing from his pores, of radiant hues, Showing the paths he practiced of
yore, Causing beings to deeply believe and enter Buddha's knowledge.
Some see the Buddha's adorning marks and blessings
And see where the blessings come from The oceans of
transcendent means he
practiced of old Are clearly seen in the Buddha's marks.
Buddha's qualities cannot be measured; They fill
the cosmos, without any bounds. These and the ranges of psychic powers These
beings can expound through Buddha's power.
Then the ocean of worlds of arrays of flower banks,
by the power of the Buddha, all shook in six ways, in eighteen manners: that
is,
they trembled, trembled all over, trembled all over in all directions;
they
welled up, welled up all over, welled up all over in all directions;
they
surged, surged all over, surged all over in all directions;
they quaked, quaked
all over, quaked all over in all directions;
they roared, roared all over,
roared all over in all directions;
they crashed, crashed all over, crashed all
over in all directions.
These various world leaders each caused clouds of
inconceivable offerings to appear,
raining on the ocean of beings at the site
of enlightenment: clouds of ornaments of all fragrant flowers;
clouds of
decorations of all precious stones;
clouds of flower nets of all jewel flames;
clouds of spheres of light of jewels of boundless varieties;
clouds of
treasuries of pearls of all colors;
clouds of all precious sandalwood scents;
clouds of umbrellas made of all kinds of precious substances;
clouds of
diamonds with pure resonance;
clouds of necklaces of jewels shining like the
sun;
clouds of banks of lights of all gemstones;
clouds of all sorts of
decorations.
These clouds of
adornments were infinite, inconceivably numerous.
These world leaders each produced such clouds of
offerings, showering upon the ocean of beings at the Buddha's site of
enlightenment, all reaching everywhere.
As in this world the world leaders joyfully
produced such offerings, so did all the world leaders in all worlds of the
ocean of worlds of arrays of flower banks make such offerings.
In each of their worlds there was a Buddha sitting
on the site of enlightenment.
The individual world leaders' various resolutions
of faith,
foci of concentration,
methods of meditation,
practice of methods
assisting enlightenment,
accomplishments,
joys,
approaches,
understandings of
the teachings,
access to the realm of Buddha's spiritual powers,
access to the
realms of Buddha's abilities,
entryways into the Buddha's liberation,
were the
same as in the flower bank ocean of worlds in all the oceans of worlds in the
entire space of the whole cosmos.
The End Of Book One.
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