Showers of Light Orbs. Can you imagine being cuddled by all Buddhas?
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In the past the Buddha cultivated oceans of
practices, Edifying innumerable beings in all quarters, Benefiting the living
by all sorts of means: This liberation door Dragon King has found.
The
Buddha saves sentient beings with great knowledge, Clearly understanding all of
their minds And taming them with various powers:
Adornment Banner, seeing this, gives rise to joy.
Spiritual
powers appear responsively, like reflections of a light;
The wheel of teaching in reality is like space, Being thus in the world for
incalculable eons: This is realized by the Beneficent King.
Sentient
beings are blinded by ignorance, always confused;
The light of Buddha illumines the path of safety To rescue them and cause
suffering to be removed: Fearsome contemplates this teaching well.
Floating
and sinking in the ocean of desire, full of all pains;
The all-illumining light of wisdom annihilates this all, And having removed
pain, then expounds the truth: This is the realization of Splendid Arrays.
The Buddha body responds to all—none do not see
it. With various techniques it teaches the living, Sound like thunder, showering the rain of truth:
This teaching High Intellect enters.
The pure light is not shone in vain Any who meet
it, it will cause to dissolve heavy
barriers; It expounds Buddha's
virtues without any bounds: Grave Arms can clarify this profound
principle.
To
give peace and comfort to all sentient beings,
He practiced great compassion for innumerable ages, Removing all pains by
various means: This is the vision of Pure Flower.
Spiritual powers independent and inconceivable,
That body appears throughout the ten directions, Yet nowhere does it come or go: This is what Enormous Face
understands.
Furthermore, the naga king Virupaksha found the
door of liberation extinguishing all the burning pains of the state of nagas.
Shakra found the door of liberation of
instantaneously transforming his own naga form and manifesting the forms of countless beings.
The naga king Cloud Sound Banner found the door of
liberation speaking the boundless ocean of Buddha-names with a pure clear voice
in all realms of being.
The naga king Flaming Mouth found the door of
liberation showing the differences in
arrangements of boundless buddha worlds.
The naga king Cloud Banner found the door of
liberation showing all sentient
beings the ocean of great joy and virtue.
The naga king Takshaka found the door of
liberation destroying all fears with the pure voice of salvation.
The naga king Boundless Steps found the door of
liberation showing the form bodies of all Buddhas and the succession of their
eons.
The naga king Pure Form found the door of
liberation producing the ocean of great delight and joy of all sentient beings.
The naga king Great Sound Traveling Everywhere
found the door of liberation manifesting the pleasing, unobstructed sound that
is equal to all.
The naga king No Heat or Torment found the door of
liberation annihilating all the
sufferings of the world with the cloud of great compassion that covers all.
At that time, naga king Virupaksha, imbued with the
power of the Buddha, looked over all the hosts of nagas, and said in verse,
See
how the Buddha's teaching is always thus: It helps and benefits all sentient
beings; It can, by the power of great compassion and pity, Rescue those who
have fallen into fearful ways.
The various differences of all sentient beings The
Buddha shows all on the tip of a hair, Filling the world with spiritual
demonstrations: Shakra sees the Buddha this way.
The Buddha, by means of unlimited spiritual power,
Tells of his names and epithets, as many as all beings— He makes them all hear whichever they like: Thus can Cloud
Sound understand.
The beings of infinite, boundless lands The Buddha
can make enter a single pore While sitting at rest among those hosts. This is
the vision of Flaming Mouth.
The
irascible minds of all sentient beings, Their bondage and ignorance, are deep
as the sea; The Buddha compassionately removes it all:
Flame naga, observing this, can see it clearly.
The virtuous powers of all sentient beings Appear
clearly in the Buddha's pores Having shown this, he returns all to the ocean of
blessings: This is the vision of High Cloud Banner.
The
pores of the Buddha's body radiate the light of wisdom; That light intones a
sublime sound everywhere All who hear it are free from worry and fear:
Takshaka realizes this way.
The lands, adornments, and succession of ages Of
all the Buddhas of all times Appear as they are in the Buddha's body: Broad
Steps sees this spiritual power.
I observed the Buddha's practice in the past, Making
offerings to the ocean of all Buddhas, Increasing his joy with all of them:
This is the entry of naga Swift.
The Buddha, by means of expedient sound adapted to
type, Expounds truth for the masses,
making them rejoice. That sound is pure and sublime, enjoyed by all who
hear: Going Everywhere, hearing this, joyfully awakens.
Sentient beings are oppressed in all states of
existence, Whirled about by habitual
delusion, with no one to rescue them; The Buddha liberates them with
great compassion: No Heat or Torment realizes this.
Furthermore, the yaksha king Vaishravana found the
door of liberation saving evil beings by means of boundless skill in means.
The yaksha king Independent Sound found the door
of liberation examining all sentient beings, saving them with appropriate
techniques.
The yaksha king Solemn Weapon Bearer found the
door of liberation of ability to give sustenance to all emaciated evil sentient
beings.
The yaksha king Great Wisdom found the door of
liberation extolling the ocean of virtues of all sages.
The yaksha king Lord of Flaming Eyes found the
door of liberation observing all sentient beings and engendering great
compassion and knowledge.
The yaksha king Adamantine Eye found the door of
liberation aiding and comforting all sentient beings by various appropriate
means.
The yaksha king Arm of Courage and Strength found
the door of liberation entering into the meanings of all teachings.
The yaksha king Bravely Resisting General found
the door of liberation guarding all sentient beings, causing them to abide in the Way, with none living in vain.
The yaksha king Rich in Material Goods found the
door of liberation increasing all beings' stores of blessings and virtues and
causing them to always feel blissful.
The yaksha king Power to Smash High Mountains
found the door of liberation producing the light of wisdom and power of the
Buddhas whenever called to mind.
At that time the great yaksha king Learned, imbued
with the power of the Buddha, looked over all the assembly of yakshas and said
in verse,
The
evils of sentient beings are extremely fearsome They do not see the Buddha for
hundreds, thousands of eons. Drifting through life and death, they suffer myriad
pains— To rescue them, the Buddhas appear in the world.
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