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1It 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. Then said Mah4pratibhana, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, to the Lord: Show us, O Lord, through thy power the frame of the afore-mentioned Tathagata. Whereon the Lord spake to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Mah4pratibh4na as follows: This Lord Prabhataratna, Mah4pratibh4na, has made a grave and pious vow. That vow consisted in this: When the Lords, the Buddhas, being in other Buddha-felds, shall preach this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the ' We shall see that the ‘extinct Lord Prabhfitaratna’ is to sit in the middle of the Stipa along with the Buddha. The moon is ‘completely extinct’ when in conjunction with the sun, and it seems sufficiently clear that Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, the Arhat, &c., is the moon at the time of am4v4sy4, conjunction. The Stfpa, in the centre of which sun and moon are sitting together at that period, cannot be the rainbow, so that we have in the sequel again to take Stfipa in the sense of dhishzya, asterism ; see note 1, p.227. The crescent surmounting the Stapasymbols on coins (see Senart, |. c.) is not exactly the representation of the ‘ extinct Lord ’—who is difficult to be represented—but of the same nature. The appearance of this symbol on those coins is by itself sufficient to show the high antiquity of a refined nature-worship in Buddhism. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 231 True Law, then let this StQpa of the frame of my proper body be near the Tath4gata’ to hear from him this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. And when those Lords, those Buddhas wish to uncover the frame of my proper body and show it to the four classes of hearers, let then the Tath4gata-frames, made by the Tath4gatas in all quarters, in different Buddha-fields, from their own proper body, and preaching the law to creatures, under different names in several Buddha-fields, let all those Tath4gata-frames, made from the proper body, united together, along with this Stipa containing the frame of my own body, be opened and shown to the four classes of hearers. Therefore, Mah4pratibh4na, have I made many Tath4gata-frames? which in all quarters, in several Buddha-fields in thousands of worlds, preach the law to creatures. All those ought to be brought hither. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mahépratibhana said to the Lord: Then, O Lord, shall we reverentially salute all those bodily emanations of the Tathagata and created by the Tathagata.
2All those ought to be brought hither. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mahépratibhana said to the Lord: Then, O Lord, shall we reverentially salute all those bodily emanations of the Tathagata and created by the Tathagata. And instantly the Lord darted from the circle of hair on his brow a ray, which was no sooner darted than the Lords, the Buddhas stationed in the east in fifty hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of worlds, equal to the sands of the river Ganges, became all visible, and the Buddha-fields there, consisting of crystal, became visible, variegated with jewel trees, decorated 1 The place of the moon just before entering Nirvaza must of course be near the sun’s seat of the law. 2 It is hardly necessary to remark that by the luminous bodies, the attendants of Prabhfitaratna, i.e. the stars, are meant. 232 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XI. with strings of fine cloth, replete with many hundred thousands of Bodhisattvas, covered with canopies, decked with a network of seven precious substances and gold. And in those fields appeared the Lords, the Buddhas, teaching with sweet and gentle voice the law to creatures; and those Buddha-fields seemed replete with hundred thousands of Bodhisattvas. So, too, it was in the south-east; so in the south; so in the south-west; so in the west; so in the north-west; so in the north; so in the north-east; so in the nadir; so in the zenith; so in the ten directions of space; in each direction were to be seen many hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Buddha-fields, similar to the sands of the river Ganges, in many worlds similar to the sands of the river Ganges, Lords Buddhas in many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Buddha-fields. Those Tathagatas, &c., in the ten directions of space then addressed each his own troop of Bodhisattvas: We shall have to go, young men of good family, to the Saha-world near the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., to humbly salute the Stipa of the relics of Prabhdtaratna, the Tathagata, &c. Thereupon those Lords, those Buddhas resorted with their own satellites, each with one or two, to this Saha-world. At that period this all-embracing world was adorned with jewel trees; it consisted of lapis lazuli, was covered with a network of seven precious substances and gold, smoking with the odorous incense of magnificent jewels, everywhere strewn with Mand4rava and great Mandarava flowers, 1 Here we see that gold does not belong to the seven ratnas. The whole list of the seven colours seems to have undergone some alterations. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 233
3The whole list of the seven colours seems to have undergone some alterations. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 233 decorated with a network of little bells}, showing a checker board divided by gold threads into eight compartments, devoid of villages, towns, boroughs, provinces, kingdoms, and royal capitals, without K4la-mountain, without the mountains MuAilinda and great MudAilinda, without a mount Sumeru, without a Aakravala (i.e. horizon) and great Kakravala (i.e. extended horizon), without other principal mountains, without great oceans, without rivers and great rivers, without bodies of gods, men, and demons, without hells, without brute creation, without a kingdom of Yama. For it must be understood that at that period all beings in any of the six states of existence in this world had been removed to other worlds, with the exception of those who were assembled at that congregation®. Then it was that those Lords, those Buddhas, attended by one or two satellites, arrived at this Saha-world and went one after the other to occupy their place close to the foot of a jewel tree. Each of the jewel trees was five hundred yoganas in height, had boughs, leaves, foliage, and circumference in proportion ®, and was provided with blossoms and fruits. At the foot of each jewel tree stood prepared a throne, five yoganas in height, and adorned with magnificent jewels. Each Tathagata went to occupy his throne and sat on it cross-legged. And so all the Tathagatas of the whole sphere sat cross-legged at the foot of the jewel trees. 1 Kankanig4laAlankrita. * The hells at least, which are places of darkness, could not be present when the stars are shining brightly, © =. €% ( . * My MSS. read pafidayoganasatany uéfaistven4bhit, anuptrvasakhApatrapal4saparinfhah. In the sequel we meet with another reading agreeing with Burnouf’s. 234 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI.
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.
1It 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. Then said Mah4pratibhana, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, to the Lord: Show us, O Lord, through thy power the frame of the afore-mentioned Tathagata. Whereon the Lord spake to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Mah4pratibh4na as follows: This Lord Prabhataratna, Mah4pratibh4na, has made a grave and pious vow. That vow consisted in this: When the Lords, the Buddhas, being in other Buddha-felds, shall preach this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the ' We shall see that the ‘extinct Lord Prabhfitaratna’ is to sit in the middle of the Stipa along with the Buddha. The moon is ‘completely extinct’ when in conjunction with the sun, and it seems sufficiently clear that Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, the Arhat, &c., is the moon at the time of am4v4sy4, conjunction. The Stfpa, in the centre of which sun and moon are sitting together at that period, cannot be the rainbow, so that we have in the sequel again to take Stfipa in the sense of dhishzya, asterism ; see note 1, p.227. The crescent surmounting the Stapasymbols on coins (see Senart, |. c.) is not exactly the representation of the ‘ extinct Lord ’—who is difficult to be represented—but of the same nature. The appearance of this symbol on those coins is by itself sufficient to show the high antiquity of a refined nature-worship in Buddhism. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 231 True Law, then let this StQpa of the frame of my proper body be near the Tath4gata’ to hear from him this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. And when those Lords, those Buddhas wish to uncover the frame of my proper body and show it to the four classes of hearers, let then the Tath4gata-frames, made by the Tath4gatas in all quarters, in different Buddha-fields, from their own proper body, and preaching the law to creatures, under different names in several Buddha-fields, let all those Tath4gata-frames, made from the proper body, united together, along with this Stipa containing the frame of my own body, be opened and shown to the four classes of hearers. Therefore, Mah4pratibh4na, have I made many Tath4gata-frames? which in all quarters, in several Buddha-fields in thousands of worlds, preach the law to creatures. All those ought to be brought hither. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mahépratibhana said to the Lord: Then, O Lord, shall we reverentially salute all those bodily emanations of the Tathagata and created by the Tathagata.
2All those ought to be brought hither. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mahépratibhana said to the Lord: Then, O Lord, shall we reverentially salute all those bodily emanations of the Tathagata and created by the Tathagata. And instantly the Lord darted from the circle of hair on his brow a ray, which was no sooner darted than the Lords, the Buddhas stationed in the east in fifty hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of worlds, equal to the sands of the river Ganges, became all visible, and the Buddha-fields there, consisting of crystal, became visible, variegated with jewel trees, decorated 1 The place of the moon just before entering Nirvaza must of course be near the sun’s seat of the law. 2 It is hardly necessary to remark that by the luminous bodies, the attendants of Prabhfitaratna, i.e. the stars, are meant. 232 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XI. with strings of fine cloth, replete with many hundred thousands of Bodhisattvas, covered with canopies, decked with a network of seven precious substances and gold. And in those fields appeared the Lords, the Buddhas, teaching with sweet and gentle voice the law to creatures; and those Buddha-fields seemed replete with hundred thousands of Bodhisattvas. So, too, it was in the south-east; so in the south; so in the south-west; so in the west; so in the north-west; so in the north; so in the north-east; so in the nadir; so in the zenith; so in the ten directions of space; in each direction were to be seen many hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Buddha-fields, similar to the sands of the river Ganges, in many worlds similar to the sands of the river Ganges, Lords Buddhas in many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Buddha-fields. Those Tathagatas, &c., in the ten directions of space then addressed each his own troop of Bodhisattvas: We shall have to go, young men of good family, to the Saha-world near the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., to humbly salute the Stipa of the relics of Prabhdtaratna, the Tathagata, &c. Thereupon those Lords, those Buddhas resorted with their own satellites, each with one or two, to this Saha-world. At that period this all-embracing world was adorned with jewel trees; it consisted of lapis lazuli, was covered with a network of seven precious substances and gold, smoking with the odorous incense of magnificent jewels, everywhere strewn with Mand4rava and great Mandarava flowers, 1 Here we see that gold does not belong to the seven ratnas. The whole list of the seven colours seems to have undergone some alterations. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 233
3The whole list of the seven colours seems to have undergone some alterations. xI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 233 decorated with a network of little bells}, showing a checker board divided by gold threads into eight compartments, devoid of villages, towns, boroughs, provinces, kingdoms, and royal capitals, without K4la-mountain, without the mountains MuAilinda and great MudAilinda, without a mount Sumeru, without a Aakravala (i.e. horizon) and great Kakravala (i.e. extended horizon), without other principal mountains, without great oceans, without rivers and great rivers, without bodies of gods, men, and demons, without hells, without brute creation, without a kingdom of Yama. For it must be understood that at that period all beings in any of the six states of existence in this world had been removed to other worlds, with the exception of those who were assembled at that congregation®. Then it was that those Lords, those Buddhas, attended by one or two satellites, arrived at this Saha-world and went one after the other to occupy their place close to the foot of a jewel tree. Each of the jewel trees was five hundred yoganas in height, had boughs, leaves, foliage, and circumference in proportion ®, and was provided with blossoms and fruits. At the foot of each jewel tree stood prepared a throne, five yoganas in height, and adorned with magnificent jewels. Each Tathagata went to occupy his throne and sat on it cross-legged. And so all the Tathagatas of the whole sphere sat cross-legged at the foot of the jewel trees. 1 Kankanig4laAlankrita. * The hells at least, which are places of darkness, could not be present when the stars are shining brightly, © =. €% ( . * My MSS. read pafidayoganasatany uéfaistven4bhit, anuptrvasakhApatrapal4saparinfhah. In the sequel we meet with another reading agreeing with Burnouf’s. 234 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI.
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.
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