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150. For they are endowed with such gifts of mental disposition and such advantages of a blameless outward form? that I can announce to them: in future ye shall become Buddhas benevolent and compassionate. 51. Hearing which, all of them will be pervaded with delight (at the thought): We shall become Buddhas pre-eminent in the world. And I, perceiving their conduct, will again reveal amplified Sitras. 52. And those are the disciples of the Leader, who have listened to my word of command. One single stanza learnt or kept in memory suffices, no doubt of it, to lead all of them to enlightenment. 53. There is, indeed, but one vehicle; there is no second, nor a third anywhere in the world, apart from the case of the Purushottamas using an expedient to show that there is a diversity of vehicles. 54. The Chief of the world appears in the world to reveal the Buddha-knowledge. He has but one aim, indeed, no second; the Buddhas do not bring over (creatures) by an inferior vehicle. 55. There where the self-born one has established himself, and where the object of knowledge is, of whatever form or kind ; (where) the powers, the stages of meditation, the emancipations, the perfected faculties (are); there the beings also shall be established. 56. I should be guilty of envy, should I, after » The text has: tathahi te 4sayasampad4hi visuddharp4yasamanvité "bhatt. This abhft is rather an unhappy attempt at Sanskritising a Praékrit ahum or ahu, than a singular used for a plural. Sampad and 4ya are nearly synonymous terms. II. SKILFULNESS. 47 reaching the spotless eminent state of enlightenment, establish any one in the inferior vehicle. That would not beseem me. 57. There is no envy whatever in me; no jealousy, no desire, nor passion. Therefore I am the Buddha, because the world follows my teaching?. 58. When, splendidly marked with (the thirtytwo) characteristics, I am illuminating this whole world, and, worshipped by many hundreds of beings, I show the (unmistakable) stamp of the nature of the law; 59. Then, S4riputra, I think thus: How will all beings by the thirty-two characteristics mark the self-born Seer, who of his own accord sheds his lustre all over the world? 60. And while I am thinking and pondering, when my wish has been fulfilled and my vow accomplished, I no more? reveal Buddha-knowledge. 61. If, O son of S4ri*, I spoke to the creatures, ‘Vivify in your minds the wish for enlightenment, they would in their ignorance all go astray and never catch the meaning of my good words. 62. And considering them to be such, and that they have not accomplished their course of duty in previous existences, (I see how) they are attached and devoted to sensual pleasures, infatuated by desire and blind with delusion. 1 Anubodhat, which may be rendered otherwise, ‘(because the world) perceives me.’ ® One MS. reads 4a, ‘and,’ for na, ‘not.’
21 Anubodhat, which may be rendered otherwise, ‘(because the world) perceives me.’ ® One MS. reads 4a, ‘and,’ for na, ‘not.’ * S4risuta, otherwise Sariputra. S@rik4 or s4rik4 is the Turdus Salica, one of whose other names is dfitf, masc. dfita. It is hardly a mere play of chance that S4riputra in Kullavagga VII, 4 is praised as being an excellent dita. 48 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. II. 63. From lust they run into distress; they are tormented in the six states of existence and people the. cemetery! again and again; they are overwhelmed with misfortune, as they possess little virtue. 64. They are continually entangled in the thickets of (sectarian) theories, such as, ‘It is and it is not; it is thus and it is not thus.” In trying to get a decided opinion on what is found in the sixty-two (heretical) theories they come to embrace falsehood and continue in it. 65. They are hard to correct, proud, hypocritical, crooked, malignant, ignorant, dull; hence they do not hear the good Buddha-call, not once in ko¢is of births. 66. To those, son of Sari, I show a device and say: Put an end to your trouble. When I perceive creatures vexed with mishap I make them see Nirvaza. 67. And so do I reveal all those laws that are ever holy and correct from the very first. And the son of Buddha who has completed his course shall once be a Gina. 68. It is but my skilfulness which prompts me to manifest three vehicles; for there is but one vehicle and one track?; there is also but one instruction by the leaders. 69. Remove all doubt and uncertainty; and should 1 Ka/amsi vardhenti. This is a strangely altered ka/asim vardhenti, Pali ka‘asim vaddhenti; see Kullavagga XII, 1, 3, and cf. the expression ka/asivaddhano in G&taka (ed. Fausbill) I, p. 146, and the passage of Apastamba II, 9, 23, 4 (in Bibler’s transl. p. 156), where cemeteries, Smasdnani, by the commentator Haradatta, are said to denote ‘ fresh births.’ 2 Or, method. II. SKILFULNESS. 49 there be any who feel doubts, (let them know that) the Lords of the world speak the truth; this is the only vehicle, a second there is not. 70. The former Tathdgatas also, living in the past for innumerable AZons, the many thousands of Buddhas who are gone to final rest, whose number can never be counted, 71. Those highest of men? have all of them revealed most holy laws by means of illustrations, reasons, and arguments, with many hundred proofs of skilfulness. 72. And all of them have manifested but one vehicle and introduced but one on earth; by one vehicle have they led to full ripeness inconceivably many thousands of ko/is of beings. 73. Yet the Ginas possess various and manifold means through which the Tathagata reveals to the world, including the gods, superior enlightenment, in consideration of the inclinations and dispositions (of the different beings).
373. Yet the Ginas possess various and manifold means through which the Tathagata reveals to the world, including the gods, superior enlightenment, in consideration of the inclinations and dispositions (of the different beings). 74. And all in the world who are hearing or have heard the law from the mouth of the Tathagatas, given alms, followed the moral precepts, and patiently accomplished the whole of their religious duties ; : 75. Who have acquitted themselves in point of zeal and meditation, with wisdom reflected on those laws, and performed several meritorious actions, have all &f them reached enlightenment. 76. And such beings as were living patient, subdued, and disciplined, under the rule of the Ginas of those times, have all of them reached enlightenment. . 1 PurushottamasA. [ar] E 50 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. II. 77. Others also, who paid worship to the relics of the departed Ginas, erected many thousands of Stdpas made of gems, gold, silver, or crystal, 78. Or built Stiipas of emerald, cat’s eye’, pearls, egregious lapis lazuli, or sapphire; they have all of them reached enlightenment. 79. And those who erected Stipas from marble, sandal-wood, or eagle-wood; constructed Stipas from Deodar or a combination of different sorts of timber; 80. And who in gladness of heart built for the Ginas Sthpas of bricks or clay; or caused mounds of earth to be raised in forests and wildernesses in dedication to the Ginas; 81. The little boys even, who in playing erected here and there heaps of sand with the intention of dedicating them as Stipas to the Ginas, they have all of them reached enlightenment. 82. Likewise have all who caused jewel images to be made and dedicated, adorned with the thirtytwo characteristic signs, reached enlightenment. 83. Others who had images of Sugatas made of the seven precious substances, of copper or brass, have all of them reached enlightenment. 84. Those who ordered beautiful statues of Sugatas to be made of lead, iron, clay, or plaster have &c. 85. Those who made images (of the Sugatas) on painted walls, with complete limbs and the hundred holy signs, whether they drew them themselves or had them drawn by others, have &c. * Karketana, a certain precious stone, which, according to the dictionaries, is a kind of cat’s eye. It rather looks as Jf it were the Greek yadxnddvos. Il. SKILFULNESS. 51 86. Those even, whether men or boys, who during the lesson or in play, by way of amusement, made upon the walls (such) images with the nail or a piece of wood, 87. Have all of them reached enlightenment ; they have become compassionate, and, by rousing many Bodhisattvas, have saved kofis of creatures. 88. Those who offered flowers and perfumes to the relics of the Tathagatas, to StQpas, a mound of earth, images of clay or drawn on a wall ;
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
150. For they are endowed with such gifts of mental disposition and such advantages of a blameless outward form? that I can announce to them: in future ye shall become Buddhas benevolent and compassionate. 51. Hearing which, all of them will be pervaded with delight (at the thought): We shall become Buddhas pre-eminent in the world. And I, perceiving their conduct, will again reveal amplified Sitras. 52. And those are the disciples of the Leader, who have listened to my word of command. One single stanza learnt or kept in memory suffices, no doubt of it, to lead all of them to enlightenment. 53. There is, indeed, but one vehicle; there is no second, nor a third anywhere in the world, apart from the case of the Purushottamas using an expedient to show that there is a diversity of vehicles. 54. The Chief of the world appears in the world to reveal the Buddha-knowledge. He has but one aim, indeed, no second; the Buddhas do not bring over (creatures) by an inferior vehicle. 55. There where the self-born one has established himself, and where the object of knowledge is, of whatever form or kind ; (where) the powers, the stages of meditation, the emancipations, the perfected faculties (are); there the beings also shall be established. 56. I should be guilty of envy, should I, after » The text has: tathahi te 4sayasampad4hi visuddharp4yasamanvité "bhatt. This abhft is rather an unhappy attempt at Sanskritising a Praékrit ahum or ahu, than a singular used for a plural. Sampad and 4ya are nearly synonymous terms. II. SKILFULNESS. 47 reaching the spotless eminent state of enlightenment, establish any one in the inferior vehicle. That would not beseem me. 57. There is no envy whatever in me; no jealousy, no desire, nor passion. Therefore I am the Buddha, because the world follows my teaching?. 58. When, splendidly marked with (the thirtytwo) characteristics, I am illuminating this whole world, and, worshipped by many hundreds of beings, I show the (unmistakable) stamp of the nature of the law; 59. Then, S4riputra, I think thus: How will all beings by the thirty-two characteristics mark the self-born Seer, who of his own accord sheds his lustre all over the world? 60. And while I am thinking and pondering, when my wish has been fulfilled and my vow accomplished, I no more? reveal Buddha-knowledge. 61. If, O son of S4ri*, I spoke to the creatures, ‘Vivify in your minds the wish for enlightenment, they would in their ignorance all go astray and never catch the meaning of my good words. 62. And considering them to be such, and that they have not accomplished their course of duty in previous existences, (I see how) they are attached and devoted to sensual pleasures, infatuated by desire and blind with delusion. 1 Anubodhat, which may be rendered otherwise, ‘(because the world) perceives me.’ ® One MS. reads 4a, ‘and,’ for na, ‘not.’
21 Anubodhat, which may be rendered otherwise, ‘(because the world) perceives me.’ ® One MS. reads 4a, ‘and,’ for na, ‘not.’ * S4risuta, otherwise Sariputra. S@rik4 or s4rik4 is the Turdus Salica, one of whose other names is dfitf, masc. dfita. It is hardly a mere play of chance that S4riputra in Kullavagga VII, 4 is praised as being an excellent dita. 48 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. II. 63. From lust they run into distress; they are tormented in the six states of existence and people the. cemetery! again and again; they are overwhelmed with misfortune, as they possess little virtue. 64. They are continually entangled in the thickets of (sectarian) theories, such as, ‘It is and it is not; it is thus and it is not thus.” In trying to get a decided opinion on what is found in the sixty-two (heretical) theories they come to embrace falsehood and continue in it. 65. They are hard to correct, proud, hypocritical, crooked, malignant, ignorant, dull; hence they do not hear the good Buddha-call, not once in ko¢is of births. 66. To those, son of Sari, I show a device and say: Put an end to your trouble. When I perceive creatures vexed with mishap I make them see Nirvaza. 67. And so do I reveal all those laws that are ever holy and correct from the very first. And the son of Buddha who has completed his course shall once be a Gina. 68. It is but my skilfulness which prompts me to manifest three vehicles; for there is but one vehicle and one track?; there is also but one instruction by the leaders. 69. Remove all doubt and uncertainty; and should 1 Ka/amsi vardhenti. This is a strangely altered ka/asim vardhenti, Pali ka‘asim vaddhenti; see Kullavagga XII, 1, 3, and cf. the expression ka/asivaddhano in G&taka (ed. Fausbill) I, p. 146, and the passage of Apastamba II, 9, 23, 4 (in Bibler’s transl. p. 156), where cemeteries, Smasdnani, by the commentator Haradatta, are said to denote ‘ fresh births.’ 2 Or, method. II. SKILFULNESS. 49 there be any who feel doubts, (let them know that) the Lords of the world speak the truth; this is the only vehicle, a second there is not. 70. The former Tathdgatas also, living in the past for innumerable AZons, the many thousands of Buddhas who are gone to final rest, whose number can never be counted, 71. Those highest of men? have all of them revealed most holy laws by means of illustrations, reasons, and arguments, with many hundred proofs of skilfulness. 72. And all of them have manifested but one vehicle and introduced but one on earth; by one vehicle have they led to full ripeness inconceivably many thousands of ko/is of beings. 73. Yet the Ginas possess various and manifold means through which the Tathagata reveals to the world, including the gods, superior enlightenment, in consideration of the inclinations and dispositions (of the different beings).
373. Yet the Ginas possess various and manifold means through which the Tathagata reveals to the world, including the gods, superior enlightenment, in consideration of the inclinations and dispositions (of the different beings). 74. And all in the world who are hearing or have heard the law from the mouth of the Tathagatas, given alms, followed the moral precepts, and patiently accomplished the whole of their religious duties ; : 75. Who have acquitted themselves in point of zeal and meditation, with wisdom reflected on those laws, and performed several meritorious actions, have all &f them reached enlightenment. 76. And such beings as were living patient, subdued, and disciplined, under the rule of the Ginas of those times, have all of them reached enlightenment. . 1 PurushottamasA. [ar] E 50 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. II. 77. Others also, who paid worship to the relics of the departed Ginas, erected many thousands of Stdpas made of gems, gold, silver, or crystal, 78. Or built Stiipas of emerald, cat’s eye’, pearls, egregious lapis lazuli, or sapphire; they have all of them reached enlightenment. 79. And those who erected Stipas from marble, sandal-wood, or eagle-wood; constructed Stipas from Deodar or a combination of different sorts of timber; 80. And who in gladness of heart built for the Ginas Sthpas of bricks or clay; or caused mounds of earth to be raised in forests and wildernesses in dedication to the Ginas; 81. The little boys even, who in playing erected here and there heaps of sand with the intention of dedicating them as Stipas to the Ginas, they have all of them reached enlightenment. 82. Likewise have all who caused jewel images to be made and dedicated, adorned with the thirtytwo characteristic signs, reached enlightenment. 83. Others who had images of Sugatas made of the seven precious substances, of copper or brass, have all of them reached enlightenment. 84. Those who ordered beautiful statues of Sugatas to be made of lead, iron, clay, or plaster have &c. 85. Those who made images (of the Sugatas) on painted walls, with complete limbs and the hundred holy signs, whether they drew them themselves or had them drawn by others, have &c. * Karketana, a certain precious stone, which, according to the dictionaries, is a kind of cat’s eye. It rather looks as Jf it were the Greek yadxnddvos. Il. SKILFULNESS. 51 86. Those even, whether men or boys, who during the lesson or in play, by way of amusement, made upon the walls (such) images with the nail or a piece of wood, 87. Have all of them reached enlightenment ; they have become compassionate, and, by rousing many Bodhisattvas, have saved kofis of creatures. 88. Those who offered flowers and perfumes to the relics of the Tathagatas, to StQpas, a mound of earth, images of clay or drawn on a wall ;
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