Book One Part 1.2
At
that time the celestial king Banner of the Delightful Light of Truth, imbued
with the Buddha's power, surveyed all the hosts of the heavens of minor
vastness, infinite vastness, and vast results, and said in verse,
The realm of the Buddhas is inconceivable: No sentient being can fathom it.
The Buddhas cause their minds to develop faith and
resolution And great enjoyment without end. If any beings can accept the teaching,
The Buddha, with spiritual powers, will guide
them, Causing them to always see the Buddha before them: Ocean of Adornments
sees in this way.
The nature of all things has no resting place The
Buddhas' appearance in the world is the same way— They have no resting place in
any state of being: Supreme Wisdom can contemplate the meaning of this.
Whatever be the heart's desire of sentient beings,
The Buddhas' spiritual powers can manifest. Each different, they are inconceivable:
This is Wisdom Banner's ocean of liberation.
All lands existing in the past They can show in a single pore: This is the great
spiritual power of the Buddhas: Delight in Tranquility can expound this.
The inexhaustible ocean of all teachings Is assembled
in the sanctuary of one teaching.
Such is the nature of truth explained by the Buddhas: Eye of Knowledge can
understand this technique.
In all lands in all quarters Expounding the truth in each in every one, The
Buddha's body has no coming or going: This is the realm of Delight in Use of
Intellect.
The Buddha sees things of the worlds as like
reflections of light; He enters into their most recondite mysteries And
explains that the nature of all things is always quiescent: Intellect Sown with
Virtue can see this.
The Buddha knows all phenomena And rains the rain
of truth according to beings' faculties In order to open the inconceivable gate
of emancipation: Tranquil Serenity can understand this.
The World Honored One always, with great kindness
and compassion, Appears in order to benefit sentient beings, Equally showering
the rain of truth to the fill of their capacities: Pure Light can expound this.
Furthermore, the celestial king Repute of Pure
Wisdom found the door of liberation comprehending the ways and means of
emancipation of all sentient beings.
The celestial king Supreme Vision found the door
of liberation of shadowlike demonstration according to the wishes of all
celestial beings.
The celestial king Virtue of Tranquility found the
door of liberation of great skill in means adorning the realms of all Buddhas.
The celestial king Sound of the Polar Mountain
found the door of liberation of following all sentient beings into the
eternally flowing cycle of birth and death.
The celestial king Eye of Pure Mindfulness found
the door of liberation remembering the Buddhas' ways of taming and pacifying
sentient beings.
The celestial king Delightful Universal
Illumination found the door of liberation that flowed forth from the ocean of
universal memory and concentration power.
The celestial king Sovereign Lord of the World
found the door of liberation of ability to cause sentient beings to meet the
Buddha and produce the treasury of faith.
The celestial king Light Flame Sovereign found the
door of liberation of ability to cause all beings to hear the truth, to believe
and rejoice, and become emancipated.
The celestial king Enjoyer of Meditating on the
Truth and Creating Demonstrations found the door of liberation entering into
the civilizing activities of all enlightening beings, boundless and
inexhaustible as space.
The celestial king Banner of Miraculous Displays
found the door of liberation observing the infinite afflictions of sentient
beings with universal compassion and wisdom.
At that time the celestial king Repute of Pure
Wisdom, imbued with the power of the Buddha, surveyed the hosts of celestial
beings of the heavens of little purity, boundless purity, and ubiquitous
purity, and said in verse,
He
who realizes that the nature of things is without solidity Appears in all the
boundless lands of the ten directions: Expounding the inconceivability of the
realm of buddhahood, He causes all to return to the ocean of liberation.
The
Buddha is in the world without a resting place— Like a shadow or reflection he
appears in all lands. The nature of things is ultimately non-origination: This
is the entry way of the king Supreme Vision.
Cultivating
skill in means over countless ages, Purifying all lands in the ten directions,
The suchness of the universe never moves: This is the realization of Virtue of
Tranquility.
Sentient beings are shrouded and veiled by
ignorance; Blind, in the dark, they remain always in birth-and-death.
The
Buddha shows them the path of purity: This is the liberation of Polar Mountain
Sound.
The unexcelled path that the Buddhas traverse
Cannot be plumbed by any sentient being. It is shown by various expedient
methods: Pure Eye, clearly observing, can comprehend them all.
The Buddha, by means of concentration formulae
Numerous as the atoms in oceans of lands Teaches sentient beings, covering
everything: Universal Illumination can enter this.
The appearance of a Buddha is hard to encounter;
It may be met once in countless eons; It is capable of inducing faith in
sentient beings: This is the realization of the celestial Sovereign.
The Buddha explains that the nature of things is
natureless; Profound, far-reaching, it is inconceivable. He causes all beings
to engender pure faith: Light Flame can comprehend this.
The Buddhas of all times are replete with virtue;
They teach sentient beings inconceivably. Contemplating this produces joy:
Enjoyer of Truth can teach in this way.
Sentient beings are sunk in the ocean of
afflictions: Their ignorance and pollution of views are much to be feared. The great teacher pities them and frees
them forever: This is the realm of contemplation of Banner of Miracles.
The Buddha constantly emits great beams of light;
In each light beam are innumerable Buddhas. Each makes displays of sentient
beings' affairs; This is the entry way of Wonderful Sound.
Furthermore, the celestial king Pleasing Light
found the door of liberation of always experiencing the bliss of tranquil
serenity yet being able to appear in order to eliminate the sufferings of the
world.
The celestial king Pure Subtle Light found the
door of liberation of the ocean of great compassion, the mine of joy and
happiness of all sentient beings.
The celestial king Sound of Freedom found the door
of liberation manifesting in a single instant the power of virtue of all
sentient beings of boundless eons.
The celestial king Supreme Awareness and Knowledge
found the door of liberation causing all becoming, existing, and disintegrating
worlds to be as pure as space.
The celestial king Delightful Pure Subtle Sound
found the door of liberation of joyfully believing and accepting the teachings
of all sages.
The celestial king Sound of Skillful Meditation
found the door of liberation of ability to spend an eon expounding the meanings
and methods of all stages of enlightenment.
The celestial king Adornment Explaining Sound
found the door of liberation of methods of making great offerings when all
enlightening beings descend from the palace of the Tushita heaven to be born in
the world.
The celestial king Profound Light-Sound found the
door of liberation of contemplation of the inexhaustible ocean of spiritual
power and wisdom.
The celestial king Great Fame found the door of
liberation of techniques for appearing in the world, having fulfilled the ocean
of virtues of all Buddhas.
The celestial king Supreme Pure Light found the
door of liberation of the mine of faith and delight produced by the power of
the Buddha's ancient vows.
Then the celestial king Pleasing Light, imbued
with the power of the Buddha, surveyed all the celestial hosts from the heavens
of little light, infinite light, and intense light, and said in verse,
I
remember the past practice of the Buddha, Serving and providing offerings for
innumerable Buddhas: His pure deeds, in accord with his original faith, Are now
all visible, through the Buddha's spiritual power.
The
Buddha's body is formless, free from all defilement; Always abiding in
compassion and pity, He removes the distress of all worlds: This is the
liberation of Subtle Light.
The
Buddha's teaching is vast and boundless; It is manifest in all fields,
According to their becoming and decay, each different: This is the power of
liberation of Sound of Freedom.
The
Buddha's spiritual power is incomparable; It appears everywhere, in the vast
fields of all directions, And makes them all pure, always manifest: This is the
technique of liberation of Supreme Mindfulness.
Respectfully
serving all the Buddhas, Numerous as atoms in oceans of lands, Hearing the
teaching, getting rid of defilement, not acting in vain, This is Subtle Sound's
application of the teaching.
The
Buddhas have, for immeasurable eons, Expounded the techniques of the stages,
without peer. What they have explained is boundless and inexhaustible: Sound of
Skillful Meditation knows the meaning of this.
The
infinite scenes of the Buddha's miraculous displays Appear in all places in a
single instant, Great techniques for conquering spirits and attaining
enlightenment: This is the liberation of Adorning Sounds.
Sustained
by awesome power, able to explain And to demonstrate the deeds of spiritual
powers of the Buddhas, Purifying all according to their faculties: This is the
liberation door of Light-Sound.
The
Buddha's wisdom is boundless It has no equal in the world, it has no
attachment; Compassionately responding to beings, it manifests everywhere:
Great Fame has realized this path.
The
Buddha, in the past, cultivated enlightening practices, Made offerings to all
the Buddhas of the ten directions— The vows made in the presence of each Buddha
Supreme Light hears and greatly rejoices.
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