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128. Monks, nuns, lay devotees, male and female, will honour him as well as the classes of the audience. 29. And should there be some to attack him with clods, sticks, injurious words, threats, taunts, then the creations shall defend him. 30. And when he shall stay alone, engaged in study, in a lonely place, in the forest or the hills, 31. Then will I show him my luminous body and enable him to remember the lesson he forgot *. 32. While he is living lonely in the wilderness, I will send him gods and goblins in great number to keep him company. 33. Such are the advantages he is to enjoy; whether he is preaching to the four classes, or living, a solitary, in mountain caverns and studying his lesson, he will see me. 34. His readiness of speech knows no impediment; he understands the manifold requisites of exegesis ; he satisfies thousands of kofis of beings because he is, so to say, inspired (or blessed) by the Buddha °. ’ Bahunirmitan. As a class of angels is called Parinirmita Vasavartin, it may be that the idea the word nirmita was intended to convey to the simple-minded is that of angels. ? Here the Buddha seems to be the personification of the faculty of memory, of mental light. * Buddhena. Burnouf seems to have read BuddhaiA, the plural. (21) Q 226 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. x. 35. And the creatures who are entrusted to his care shall very soon all become Bodhisattvas, and by cultivating his intimacy they shall behold Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 227 CHAPTER XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. Then there arose a Stipa, consisting of seven precious substances, from the place of the earth opposite the Lord, the assembly being in the middle}, a Stipa five hundred yoganas in height and proportionate in circumference. After its rising, the Stipa, a meteoric phenomenon’, stood in the sky sparkling, beautiful, nicely decorated with five thousand? successive terraces of flowers‘, adorned with many thousands of arches, embellished by thousands of banners and triumphal streamers, hung with thousands of jewel-garlands and with hourplates and bells, and emitting the scent of Xanthochymus and sandal, which scent filled this whole world. Its row of umbrellas rose so far on high as to touch the abodes of the four guardians of the * Between the Lord (i.e. the Sun) and the Stipa of seven Ratnas, i.e. here, it would seem, the rainbow of seven colours. We shall see that the StQpa has also another function, that of symbolising the celestial dhishzya in which sun and moon are standing. Cf. E. Senart, Essai sur la légende du Buddha, p. 436. ? Vaihayasam, in the neuter gender, whereas stQipa is masculine. ® The number of colours is now five, then seven. Moreover there ought to be a parallelism between the five colours and the five planets, and, on the other hand, between the seven ratnas, or colours, and the grahas, including sun and moon. In Rigveda we find saptarasmi and pawdarasmi. * Pushpagrahanivedika. Q2
2Moreover there ought to be a parallelism between the five colours and the five planets, and, on the other hand, between the seven ratnas, or colours, and the grahas, including sun and moon. In Rigveda we find saptarasmi and pawdarasmi. * Pushpagrahanivedika. Q2 228 SADDITARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. horizon and the gods. It consisted of seven precious substances, viz. gold, silver, lapis lazuli, Muséragalva, emerald, red coral, and Karketana-stone’, This Stipa of precious substances once formed, the gods of paradise strewed and covered it with Mandérava and great Mandara flowers*. And from that Stdpa of precious substances there issued this voice: Excellent, excellent, Lord Saékyamuni! thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. So it is, Lord; so it is, Sugata. At the sight of that great StQpa of precious substances, that meteoric phenomenon in the sky, the four classes of hearers were filled with gladness, delight, satisfaction and joy. Instantly they rose from their seats, stretched out their joined hands, and remained standing in that position. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mah4pratibh4na, perceiving the world, including gods, men, and demons, filled with curiosity, said to the Lord: O Lord, what is the cause, what is the reason of so magnificent a Stipa of precious substances appearing in the world ? Who is it, O Lord, who causes that sound to go out from the magnificent StQpa of precious substances? Thus asked, the Lord spake to Mah4pratibh4na, the Bodhisattva Mahfsattva, as follows: In this great Stipa of precious substances, Mah4pratibh4na, the proper body ? of the TathAgata is contained condensed ; his is the Stdpa; it ishe who causes this sound to go out. 1 The raising of a seven-jewelled Stipa is also narrated in the Vinaya Pisaka of the Mahas4nghika school, according to Beal in the Indian Antiquary, vol. xi, p. 47. The particulars of the description in that narrative bear little resemblance to those found in our text. 9 There fell smaller and bigger drops of rain. * Atmabhfva, also the very nature, the essential being. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 229
3xi, p. 47. The particulars of the description in that narrative bear little resemblance to those found in our text. 9 There fell smaller and bigger drops of rain. * Atmabhfva, also the very nature, the essential being. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 229 In the point of space below, Mah4pratibhana, there are innumerable thousands of worlds'. Further on is the world called Ratnavisuddha?, there is the Tathagata named Prabhataratna, the Arhat, &c. This Lord of yore made this vow: Formerly, when following the course of a Bodhisattva, I have not arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment before I had heard this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, serving for the instruction of Bodhisattvas. But from the moment that I had heard this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, I have become fully ripe for supreme, perfect enlightenment. Now, Mah4pratibhana, that Lord Prabhataratna, the TathAgata, &c., at the juncture of time when his complete extinction was to take place, announced in presence of the world, including the gods: After my complete extinction, monks, one Stipa must be made of precious substances of this frame (or form) of the proper body of the Tathagata®; the other Stipas, again, should be made in dedication (or in reference) to me. Thereupon, Mahfpratibhana, the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tath4gata, &c., pronounced this blessing: Let my Stdpa here, this Stdpa of my proper bodily frame (or form), arise wherever in any Buddha-field in the ten directions of space, in all worlds, the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law is propounded, and let Var. lect. innumerable hundred thousand myriads of koéis of worlds. * I.e. clear by jewels (stars), or, quite the reverse, cleared from jewels. Most probably, however, we have to take it in the former sense. The world so called is, apparently, the starry vault, beyond the atmosphere where the rainbow is glittering. * Asya Tathagatétmabhavavigrahasya. 230 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. it stand in the sky above the assembled congregation when this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law is being preached by some Lord Buddha or another, and let this Stipa of the frame (or form) of my proper body give a shout of applause to those Buddhas while preaching this Dharmaparyd4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. It is that Stdpa, Mahfpratibh4na, of the relics of the Lord Prabhataratna, the Tathagata, &c., which, while I was preaching this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law in this Saha-world, arose above this assembled congregation and, standing as a meteor in the sky, gave its applause.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
128. Monks, nuns, lay devotees, male and female, will honour him as well as the classes of the audience. 29. And should there be some to attack him with clods, sticks, injurious words, threats, taunts, then the creations shall defend him. 30. And when he shall stay alone, engaged in study, in a lonely place, in the forest or the hills, 31. Then will I show him my luminous body and enable him to remember the lesson he forgot *. 32. While he is living lonely in the wilderness, I will send him gods and goblins in great number to keep him company. 33. Such are the advantages he is to enjoy; whether he is preaching to the four classes, or living, a solitary, in mountain caverns and studying his lesson, he will see me. 34. His readiness of speech knows no impediment; he understands the manifold requisites of exegesis ; he satisfies thousands of kofis of beings because he is, so to say, inspired (or blessed) by the Buddha °. ’ Bahunirmitan. As a class of angels is called Parinirmita Vasavartin, it may be that the idea the word nirmita was intended to convey to the simple-minded is that of angels. ? Here the Buddha seems to be the personification of the faculty of memory, of mental light. * Buddhena. Burnouf seems to have read BuddhaiA, the plural. (21) Q 226 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. x. 35. And the creatures who are entrusted to his care shall very soon all become Bodhisattvas, and by cultivating his intimacy they shall behold Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 227 CHAPTER XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. Then there arose a Stipa, consisting of seven precious substances, from the place of the earth opposite the Lord, the assembly being in the middle}, a Stipa five hundred yoganas in height and proportionate in circumference. After its rising, the Stipa, a meteoric phenomenon’, stood in the sky sparkling, beautiful, nicely decorated with five thousand? successive terraces of flowers‘, adorned with many thousands of arches, embellished by thousands of banners and triumphal streamers, hung with thousands of jewel-garlands and with hourplates and bells, and emitting the scent of Xanthochymus and sandal, which scent filled this whole world. Its row of umbrellas rose so far on high as to touch the abodes of the four guardians of the * Between the Lord (i.e. the Sun) and the Stipa of seven Ratnas, i.e. here, it would seem, the rainbow of seven colours. We shall see that the StQpa has also another function, that of symbolising the celestial dhishzya in which sun and moon are standing. Cf. E. Senart, Essai sur la légende du Buddha, p. 436. ? Vaihayasam, in the neuter gender, whereas stQipa is masculine. ® The number of colours is now five, then seven. Moreover there ought to be a parallelism between the five colours and the five planets, and, on the other hand, between the seven ratnas, or colours, and the grahas, including sun and moon. In Rigveda we find saptarasmi and pawdarasmi. * Pushpagrahanivedika. Q2
2Moreover there ought to be a parallelism between the five colours and the five planets, and, on the other hand, between the seven ratnas, or colours, and the grahas, including sun and moon. In Rigveda we find saptarasmi and pawdarasmi. * Pushpagrahanivedika. Q2 228 SADDITARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. horizon and the gods. It consisted of seven precious substances, viz. gold, silver, lapis lazuli, Muséragalva, emerald, red coral, and Karketana-stone’, This Stipa of precious substances once formed, the gods of paradise strewed and covered it with Mandérava and great Mandara flowers*. And from that Stdpa of precious substances there issued this voice: Excellent, excellent, Lord Saékyamuni! thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. So it is, Lord; so it is, Sugata. At the sight of that great StQpa of precious substances, that meteoric phenomenon in the sky, the four classes of hearers were filled with gladness, delight, satisfaction and joy. Instantly they rose from their seats, stretched out their joined hands, and remained standing in that position. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mah4pratibh4na, perceiving the world, including gods, men, and demons, filled with curiosity, said to the Lord: O Lord, what is the cause, what is the reason of so magnificent a Stipa of precious substances appearing in the world ? Who is it, O Lord, who causes that sound to go out from the magnificent StQpa of precious substances? Thus asked, the Lord spake to Mah4pratibh4na, the Bodhisattva Mahfsattva, as follows: In this great Stipa of precious substances, Mah4pratibh4na, the proper body ? of the TathAgata is contained condensed ; his is the Stdpa; it ishe who causes this sound to go out. 1 The raising of a seven-jewelled Stipa is also narrated in the Vinaya Pisaka of the Mahas4nghika school, according to Beal in the Indian Antiquary, vol. xi, p. 47. The particulars of the description in that narrative bear little resemblance to those found in our text. 9 There fell smaller and bigger drops of rain. * Atmabhfva, also the very nature, the essential being. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 229
3xi, p. 47. The particulars of the description in that narrative bear little resemblance to those found in our text. 9 There fell smaller and bigger drops of rain. * Atmabhfva, also the very nature, the essential being. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 229 In the point of space below, Mah4pratibhana, there are innumerable thousands of worlds'. Further on is the world called Ratnavisuddha?, there is the Tathagata named Prabhataratna, the Arhat, &c. This Lord of yore made this vow: Formerly, when following the course of a Bodhisattva, I have not arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment before I had heard this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, serving for the instruction of Bodhisattvas. But from the moment that I had heard this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, I have become fully ripe for supreme, perfect enlightenment. Now, Mah4pratibhana, that Lord Prabhataratna, the TathAgata, &c., at the juncture of time when his complete extinction was to take place, announced in presence of the world, including the gods: After my complete extinction, monks, one Stipa must be made of precious substances of this frame (or form) of the proper body of the Tathagata®; the other Stipas, again, should be made in dedication (or in reference) to me. Thereupon, Mahfpratibhana, the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tath4gata, &c., pronounced this blessing: Let my Stdpa here, this Stdpa of my proper bodily frame (or form), arise wherever in any Buddha-field in the ten directions of space, in all worlds, the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law is propounded, and let Var. lect. innumerable hundred thousand myriads of koéis of worlds. * I.e. clear by jewels (stars), or, quite the reverse, cleared from jewels. Most probably, however, we have to take it in the former sense. The world so called is, apparently, the starry vault, beyond the atmosphere where the rainbow is glittering. * Asya Tathagatétmabhavavigrahasya. 230 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. it stand in the sky above the assembled congregation when this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law is being preached by some Lord Buddha or another, and let this Stipa of the frame (or form) of my proper body give a shout of applause to those Buddhas while preaching this Dharmaparyd4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. It is that Stdpa, Mahfpratibh4na, of the relics of the Lord Prabhataratna, the Tathagata, &c., which, while I was preaching this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law in this Saha-world, arose above this assembled congregation and, standing as a meteor in the sky, gave its applause.
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