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1€% ( . * My MSS. read pafidayoganasatany uéfaistven4bhit, anuptrvasakhApatrapal4saparinfhah. In the sequel we meet with another reading agreeing with Burnouf’s. 234 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. At that moment the whole sphere was replete with Tathagatas, but the beings produced from the proper body of the Lord Sakyamuni had not yet arrived, not even from a single point of the horizon. Then the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., proceeded to make room for those Tathagata-frames that were arriving one after the other. On every side in the eight directions of space (appeared) twenty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields of lapis lazuli, decked with a network of seven precious substances and gold, decorated with a fringe of little bells, strewn with Mandarava and great Mand4rava flowers, covered with heavenly awnings, hung with wreaths of heavenly flowers, smoking with heavenly odorous incense. All those twenty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields were without villages, towns, boroughs, &c.; without KaA4la-mountain, &c.; without great oceans, &c.; without bodies of gods, &c. All those Buddha-fields were so arranged by him as to form one Buddha-field, one soil, even, lovely, set off with trees of seven precious substances, trees five hundred yoganas in height and circumference, provided with boughs, flowers, and fruits in proportion’. At the foot of each tree stood prepared a throne, five yoganas in height and width, consisting of celestial gems, glittering and beautiful. The Tathagatas arriving one after the other occupied the throne near the foot of each tree, and sat cross-legged. In like manner the Tathagata Sakyamuni prepared twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/¢is of other 1 The reading is somewhat .doubtful: 4rohapariz4honupfrva- (var. lect. °ha#, anupfirva-)sékh4patrapushpaphalopeta(A). XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 235 worlds, in every direction of space, in order to give room to the Tathdgatas who were arriving one after the other. Those twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of worlds in every direction of space were likewise so made by him as to be without villages, towns, &c. [as above]. They were without bodies of gods, &c. [as above]; all those beings had been removed to other worlds. These Buddha-fields also were of lapis lazuli, &c. [as above]. All those jewel trees measured five hundred yoganas, and near them were thrones, artificially made and measuring five yoganas. Then those Tathagatas sat down cross-legged, each on a throne at the foot of a jewel tree.
2These Buddha-fields also were of lapis lazuli, &c. [as above]. All those jewel trees measured five hundred yoganas, and near them were thrones, artificially made and measuring five yoganas. Then those Tathagatas sat down cross-legged, each on a throne at the foot of a jewel tree. At that moment the Tathagatas produced by the Lord Sakyamuni, who in the east were preaching the law to creatures in hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields, similar to the sands of the river Ganges, all arrived from the ten points of space and sat down in the eight quarters. Thereupon thirty kotis of worlds in each direction were occupied’ by those Tathagatas from all the eight quarters. Then, seated on their thrones, those Tathagatas deputed their satellites into the presence of the Lord Sakyamuni, and after giving them bags with jewel flowers enjoined them thus: Go, young men of good family, to the Grvzdhrakfifa mountain, where the Lord S4kyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is; salute him reverentially and ask, in our name, after the state of health, well-being, lustiness, and comfort both of himself and the crowd of Bodhisattvas and disciples. Strew 1 Burnouf seems to have read atikr4Anta, for his translation has ‘franchirent,’ whereas my MSS. have 4kr4nta. One of the MSS. has lokadhatuko/ibhyo instead of “ko/yo. 236 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. him with this heap of jewels and speak thus: Would the Lord Tathagata deign to open this great Stipa of jewels? It was in this manner that all those Tathagatas deputed their satellites. And when the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, perceived that his creations, none wanting, had arrived; perceived that they were severally seated on their thrones, and perceived that the satellites of those Tath4gatas, &c., were present, he, in consideration of the wish expressed by those Tath4gatas, &c., rose from his seat and stood in the sky, as a meteor. And all the four classes of the assembly rose from their seats, stretched out their joined hands, and stood gazing up to the face of the Lord. The Lord then, with the right fore-finger?, unlocked the middle of the great Stipa of jewels, which showed like a meteor, and so severed the two parts. Even as the double doors of a great city gate separate when the bolt is removed, so the Lord opened the great Stipa, which showed like a meteor, by unlocking it in the middle with the right fore-finger. The great Stipa of jewels had no sooner been opened than the Lord Prabhitaratna, the Tathagata, &c., was seen sitting cross-legged on his throne, with emaciated? limbs and faint body, as if absorbed in abstract meditation, and he pronounced these words : Excellent, excellent, Lord Sakyamuni; thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. I repeat, thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, ’ Dakshinaya hastangulya,
3I repeat, thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, ’ Dakshinaya hastangulya, * ParisushkagAtra, var. lect. parisuddha’, with thoroughly pure or correct limbs, Burnouf had committed no mistake in reading parisushka’, though he accuses himself of having done so. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 237 Lord Sakyamuni, to the (four) classes of the assembly. I myself, Lord, have come hither to hear the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. Now the four classes of the assembly, on _perceiving the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tathagata, &c., who had been extinct for many hundred thousand myriads of kofis of AZons, speaking in this way, were filled with wonder and amazement. Instantly they covered the Lord Prabhitaratna, the Tath4gata, &c., and the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., with heaps of divine and human flowers. And then the Lord Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, &c., ceded to the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., the half of the seat on that very throne within that same great Stipa of jewels and said: Let the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., sit down here. Whereon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., sat down upon that half-seat together with the other Tathagata, so that both Tathagatas were seen as meteors in the sky, sitting on the throne in the middle of the great Stipa of jewels. And in the minds of those four classes of the assembly rose this thought: We are far off from the two Tathagatas ; therefore let us also, through the power of the Tath4gata, rise up to the sky. As the Lord apprehended in his mind what was going on in the minds of those four classes of the assembly, he instantly, by magic power, established the four classes as meteors in the sky. Thereupon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, addressed the four classes: Who amongst you, monks, will endeavour to expound this Dharmaparyd4ya of the Lotus of the True Law in this Saha-world? The 238 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. xI. fatal term, the time (of death), is now at hand; the Tathagata longs for complete extinction, monks, after entrusting to you this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. Here you see, monks, the great Seer, the extinct Chief, within the Stdpa of jewels, who now has come to hear the law. Who would not call up his energy for the law’s sake ? 2. Albeit completely extinct for many koféis of Eons, he yet now comes to hear the law; for the law's sake he moves hither and thither; very rare (and very precious) is a law like this. 3. This Leader practised? a vow when he was in a former existence; even after his complete extinction he wanders through this whole world in all ten points of space. 4. And all these (you here see) are my proper bodies, by thousands of ko/is, like ? the sands of the Ganges; they have appeared that the law may be fulfilled * and in order to see this extinct Master.
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.
1€% ( . * My MSS. read pafidayoganasatany uéfaistven4bhit, anuptrvasakhApatrapal4saparinfhah. In the sequel we meet with another reading agreeing with Burnouf’s. 234 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. At that moment the whole sphere was replete with Tathagatas, but the beings produced from the proper body of the Lord Sakyamuni had not yet arrived, not even from a single point of the horizon. Then the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., proceeded to make room for those Tathagata-frames that were arriving one after the other. On every side in the eight directions of space (appeared) twenty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields of lapis lazuli, decked with a network of seven precious substances and gold, decorated with a fringe of little bells, strewn with Mandarava and great Mand4rava flowers, covered with heavenly awnings, hung with wreaths of heavenly flowers, smoking with heavenly odorous incense. All those twenty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields were without villages, towns, boroughs, &c.; without KaA4la-mountain, &c.; without great oceans, &c.; without bodies of gods, &c. All those Buddha-fields were so arranged by him as to form one Buddha-field, one soil, even, lovely, set off with trees of seven precious substances, trees five hundred yoganas in height and circumference, provided with boughs, flowers, and fruits in proportion’. At the foot of each tree stood prepared a throne, five yoganas in height and width, consisting of celestial gems, glittering and beautiful. The Tathagatas arriving one after the other occupied the throne near the foot of each tree, and sat cross-legged. In like manner the Tathagata Sakyamuni prepared twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/¢is of other 1 The reading is somewhat .doubtful: 4rohapariz4honupfrva- (var. lect. °ha#, anupfirva-)sékh4patrapushpaphalopeta(A). XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 235 worlds, in every direction of space, in order to give room to the Tathdgatas who were arriving one after the other. Those twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of worlds in every direction of space were likewise so made by him as to be without villages, towns, &c. [as above]. They were without bodies of gods, &c. [as above]; all those beings had been removed to other worlds. These Buddha-fields also were of lapis lazuli, &c. [as above]. All those jewel trees measured five hundred yoganas, and near them were thrones, artificially made and measuring five yoganas. Then those Tathagatas sat down cross-legged, each on a throne at the foot of a jewel tree.
2These Buddha-fields also were of lapis lazuli, &c. [as above]. All those jewel trees measured five hundred yoganas, and near them were thrones, artificially made and measuring five yoganas. Then those Tathagatas sat down cross-legged, each on a throne at the foot of a jewel tree. At that moment the Tathagatas produced by the Lord Sakyamuni, who in the east were preaching the law to creatures in hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields, similar to the sands of the river Ganges, all arrived from the ten points of space and sat down in the eight quarters. Thereupon thirty kotis of worlds in each direction were occupied’ by those Tathagatas from all the eight quarters. Then, seated on their thrones, those Tathagatas deputed their satellites into the presence of the Lord Sakyamuni, and after giving them bags with jewel flowers enjoined them thus: Go, young men of good family, to the Grvzdhrakfifa mountain, where the Lord S4kyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is; salute him reverentially and ask, in our name, after the state of health, well-being, lustiness, and comfort both of himself and the crowd of Bodhisattvas and disciples. Strew 1 Burnouf seems to have read atikr4Anta, for his translation has ‘franchirent,’ whereas my MSS. have 4kr4nta. One of the MSS. has lokadhatuko/ibhyo instead of “ko/yo. 236 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XI. him with this heap of jewels and speak thus: Would the Lord Tathagata deign to open this great Stipa of jewels? It was in this manner that all those Tathagatas deputed their satellites. And when the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, perceived that his creations, none wanting, had arrived; perceived that they were severally seated on their thrones, and perceived that the satellites of those Tath4gatas, &c., were present, he, in consideration of the wish expressed by those Tath4gatas, &c., rose from his seat and stood in the sky, as a meteor. And all the four classes of the assembly rose from their seats, stretched out their joined hands, and stood gazing up to the face of the Lord. The Lord then, with the right fore-finger?, unlocked the middle of the great Stipa of jewels, which showed like a meteor, and so severed the two parts. Even as the double doors of a great city gate separate when the bolt is removed, so the Lord opened the great Stipa, which showed like a meteor, by unlocking it in the middle with the right fore-finger. The great Stipa of jewels had no sooner been opened than the Lord Prabhitaratna, the Tathagata, &c., was seen sitting cross-legged on his throne, with emaciated? limbs and faint body, as if absorbed in abstract meditation, and he pronounced these words : Excellent, excellent, Lord Sakyamuni; thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. I repeat, thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, ’ Dakshinaya hastangulya,
3I repeat, thou hast well expounded this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, ’ Dakshinaya hastangulya, * ParisushkagAtra, var. lect. parisuddha’, with thoroughly pure or correct limbs, Burnouf had committed no mistake in reading parisushka’, though he accuses himself of having done so. XI. APPARITION OF A STOPA. 237 Lord Sakyamuni, to the (four) classes of the assembly. I myself, Lord, have come hither to hear the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. Now the four classes of the assembly, on _perceiving the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tathagata, &c., who had been extinct for many hundred thousand myriads of kofis of AZons, speaking in this way, were filled with wonder and amazement. Instantly they covered the Lord Prabhitaratna, the Tath4gata, &c., and the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., with heaps of divine and human flowers. And then the Lord Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, &c., ceded to the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., the half of the seat on that very throne within that same great Stipa of jewels and said: Let the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., sit down here. Whereon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tath4gata, &c., sat down upon that half-seat together with the other Tathagata, so that both Tathagatas were seen as meteors in the sky, sitting on the throne in the middle of the great Stipa of jewels. And in the minds of those four classes of the assembly rose this thought: We are far off from the two Tathagatas ; therefore let us also, through the power of the Tath4gata, rise up to the sky. As the Lord apprehended in his mind what was going on in the minds of those four classes of the assembly, he instantly, by magic power, established the four classes as meteors in the sky. Thereupon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, addressed the four classes: Who amongst you, monks, will endeavour to expound this Dharmaparyd4ya of the Lotus of the True Law in this Saha-world? The 238 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. xI. fatal term, the time (of death), is now at hand; the Tathagata longs for complete extinction, monks, after entrusting to you this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. Here you see, monks, the great Seer, the extinct Chief, within the Stdpa of jewels, who now has come to hear the law. Who would not call up his energy for the law’s sake ? 2. Albeit completely extinct for many koféis of Eons, he yet now comes to hear the law; for the law's sake he moves hither and thither; very rare (and very precious) is a law like this. 3. This Leader practised? a vow when he was in a former existence; even after his complete extinction he wanders through this whole world in all ten points of space. 4. And all these (you here see) are my proper bodies, by thousands of ko/is, like ? the sands of the Ganges; they have appeared that the law may be fulfilled * and in order to see this extinct Master.
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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