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1Such, so pleasant, so deep will be the voice of the law going out from him. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 52. His organ of taste is most excellent, and he will never relish anything of inferior flavour; the flavours are no sooner put on his tongue than they become divine and possessed of a divine taste. 53. He has a tender voice and delivers sweet words, pleasant to hear, agreeable, charming ; in the 1 The seven treasures or jewels of an emperor are the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the gem, the empress, the major domo (according to others, the retinue of householders), and the viceroy or marshal. See Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 127; Burnouf, Lotus, p. 580; Senart, Légende du Buddha, pp. 22-60; Lalita-vistara, pp. 15-19. ? Nikshiptamatras 4a bhavanti divya rasena divyena samarpitas fa. XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 349 midst of the assembly he is used to speak with a melodious and deep voice. 54. And whosoever hears him when he is delivering a sermon with myriads of ko/¢is of examples, feels a great joy and shows him an immense veneration. 55. The gods, Nagas, demons, and goblins always long to see him, and respectfully listen to his preaching. All those good qualities are his. 56. If he would, he might make his voice heard by the whole of this world; his voice is (so) fine, sweet, deep, tender, and winning. 57. The emperors on earth, along with their children and wives, go to him with the purpose’ of honouring him, and listen all the time to his sermon with joined hands. 58. He is constantly followed by goblins, crowds of Nagas, Gandharvas, imps, male and female, who honour, respect, and worship him. 59. Brahma himself becomes his obedient servant; the gods fsvara and Mahesvara, as well as Indra and the numerous heavenly nymphs, approach him. 60. And the Buddhas, benign and merciful for the world, along with their disciples, hearing his voice, protect him by showing their face, and feel satisfaction in hearing him preaching. Further, Satatasamitébhiyukta, the Bodhisattva Mahisattva who keeps, reads, promulgates, teaches, writes this Dharmaparydya shall have the eight hundred good qualities of the body. It will be pure, and show a hue clear as the lapis lazuli; it will be pleasant to see for the creatures. On that perfect body he will see the whole triple universe; the beings who in the triple world disappear and appear, who are low or lofty, of good or of bad colour, in 350 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII.
2On that perfect body he will see the whole triple universe; the beings who in the triple world disappear and appear, who are low or lofty, of good or of bad colour, in 350 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII. fortunate or in unfortunate condition, as well as the beings dwelling within the circular plane of the horizon and of the great horizon, on the chief mountains Meru and Sumeru, and the beings dwelling below in the Avi4#i and upwards to the extremity of existence; all of them he will see on his own body. The disciples, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tath4gatas dwelling in the triple universe, and the law taught by those Tath4gatas and the beings serving the Tathagatas, he will see all of them on his own body, because he receives the proper body of all those beings, and that on account of the perfectness of his body. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 61. His body becomes thoroughly pure, clear as if consisting of lapis lazuli; he who keeps this sublime Sftra is always a pleasant sight for (all) creatures, 62. As on the surface of a mirror an image is seen, so on his body this world. Being self-born, he sees no other beings!. Such is the perfectness of his body. 63. Indeed, all beings who are in this world, men, gods, demons, goblins, the inhabitants of hell, the spirits, and the brute creation are seen reflected on that body. 64. The aerial cars of the gods up to the extremity of existence, the rocks, the ridge of the 1 This seems to mean that the thinking subject or thinking power only (svayambh@ or brahma) has real existence, the objects being products from one’s own mind. In so far it may be said that the thinking subject sees no other real beings. XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 351 horizon, the Himalaya, Sumeru, and great Meru, all are seen on that body. 65. He also sees the Buddhas on his body, along with the disciples and other sons of Buddha; likewise the Bodhisattvas who lead a solitary life, and those who preach the law to congregations. 66. Such is the perfectness of his body, though he has not yet obtained a divine body; the natural property of his body is such.
366. Such is the perfectness of his body, though he has not yet obtained a divine body; the natural property of his body is such. Further, Satatasamitabhiyukta, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva who after the complete extinction of the Tathagata keeps, teaches, writes, reads this Dharmaparyaya shall have a mental organ possessed of twelve hundred good qualities of intellect. By this perfect mental organ he will, even if he hears a single stanza, recognise its various meanings. By fully comprehending the stanza he will find in it the text to preach upon for a month, for four months, nay, for a whole year. And the sermon he preaches will not fade from his memory. The popular maxims of common life, whether sayings or counsels, he will know how to reconcile with the rules of the law. Whatever creatures of this triple universe are subject to the mundane whirl, in any of the six conditions of existence, he will know their thoughts, doings, and movements. He will know and discern their motions, purposes, and aims. Though he has not yet attained the state of an Arya, his intellectual organ will be thoroughly perfect. And all he shall preach after having pondered on the interpretation of the law will be really true; he speaks what all Tathdgatas have spoken, all that has been declared in the Sftras of former Ginas. 352 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 67. His mental organ is perfect, lucid, right, and untroubled. By it he finds out the various laws, low, high, and mean. 68. On hearing the contents of a single stanza, the wise man catches the manifold significations (hidden) in it, and he is able for a month, four months, or even a year to go on expounding both its conventional and its true sense, 69. And the beings living in this world, within or without, gods, men, demons, goblins, Nagas, brutes, 70. The beings stationed in any of the six conditions of existence, all their thoughts the sage knows instantaneously. These are the advantages of keeping this Satra. 71. He also hears the holy sound of the law which the Buddha, marked with a hundred blessed signs, preaches all over the world, and he catches what the Buddha speaks, 72. He reflects much on the supreme law, and is in the wont of constantly dilating upon it; he is never hesitating. These are the advantages of keeping this Sdtra. 73. He knows the connections and knots’; he discerns in all laws contrarieties?; he knows the meaning and the interpretations, and expounds them according to his knowledge. 74. The Sitra which since so long a time has been ? Sandhivisandhi, I am not sure of the real purport of these terms; Burnouf renders ‘ concordances et combinaisons.’ * Sarveshu dharmeshu vilakshaw4ni; the rendering is uncertain ; Burnouf has, ‘ne voit entre toutes les lois aucune différence.’ XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 353
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.
1Such, so pleasant, so deep will be the voice of the law going out from him. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 52. His organ of taste is most excellent, and he will never relish anything of inferior flavour; the flavours are no sooner put on his tongue than they become divine and possessed of a divine taste. 53. He has a tender voice and delivers sweet words, pleasant to hear, agreeable, charming ; in the 1 The seven treasures or jewels of an emperor are the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the gem, the empress, the major domo (according to others, the retinue of householders), and the viceroy or marshal. See Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 127; Burnouf, Lotus, p. 580; Senart, Légende du Buddha, pp. 22-60; Lalita-vistara, pp. 15-19. ? Nikshiptamatras 4a bhavanti divya rasena divyena samarpitas fa. XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 349 midst of the assembly he is used to speak with a melodious and deep voice. 54. And whosoever hears him when he is delivering a sermon with myriads of ko/¢is of examples, feels a great joy and shows him an immense veneration. 55. The gods, Nagas, demons, and goblins always long to see him, and respectfully listen to his preaching. All those good qualities are his. 56. If he would, he might make his voice heard by the whole of this world; his voice is (so) fine, sweet, deep, tender, and winning. 57. The emperors on earth, along with their children and wives, go to him with the purpose’ of honouring him, and listen all the time to his sermon with joined hands. 58. He is constantly followed by goblins, crowds of Nagas, Gandharvas, imps, male and female, who honour, respect, and worship him. 59. Brahma himself becomes his obedient servant; the gods fsvara and Mahesvara, as well as Indra and the numerous heavenly nymphs, approach him. 60. And the Buddhas, benign and merciful for the world, along with their disciples, hearing his voice, protect him by showing their face, and feel satisfaction in hearing him preaching. Further, Satatasamitébhiyukta, the Bodhisattva Mahisattva who keeps, reads, promulgates, teaches, writes this Dharmaparydya shall have the eight hundred good qualities of the body. It will be pure, and show a hue clear as the lapis lazuli; it will be pleasant to see for the creatures. On that perfect body he will see the whole triple universe; the beings who in the triple world disappear and appear, who are low or lofty, of good or of bad colour, in 350 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII.
2On that perfect body he will see the whole triple universe; the beings who in the triple world disappear and appear, who are low or lofty, of good or of bad colour, in 350 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII. fortunate or in unfortunate condition, as well as the beings dwelling within the circular plane of the horizon and of the great horizon, on the chief mountains Meru and Sumeru, and the beings dwelling below in the Avi4#i and upwards to the extremity of existence; all of them he will see on his own body. The disciples, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tath4gatas dwelling in the triple universe, and the law taught by those Tath4gatas and the beings serving the Tathagatas, he will see all of them on his own body, because he receives the proper body of all those beings, and that on account of the perfectness of his body. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 61. His body becomes thoroughly pure, clear as if consisting of lapis lazuli; he who keeps this sublime Sftra is always a pleasant sight for (all) creatures, 62. As on the surface of a mirror an image is seen, so on his body this world. Being self-born, he sees no other beings!. Such is the perfectness of his body. 63. Indeed, all beings who are in this world, men, gods, demons, goblins, the inhabitants of hell, the spirits, and the brute creation are seen reflected on that body. 64. The aerial cars of the gods up to the extremity of existence, the rocks, the ridge of the 1 This seems to mean that the thinking subject or thinking power only (svayambh@ or brahma) has real existence, the objects being products from one’s own mind. In so far it may be said that the thinking subject sees no other real beings. XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 351 horizon, the Himalaya, Sumeru, and great Meru, all are seen on that body. 65. He also sees the Buddhas on his body, along with the disciples and other sons of Buddha; likewise the Bodhisattvas who lead a solitary life, and those who preach the law to congregations. 66. Such is the perfectness of his body, though he has not yet obtained a divine body; the natural property of his body is such.
366. Such is the perfectness of his body, though he has not yet obtained a divine body; the natural property of his body is such. Further, Satatasamitabhiyukta, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva who after the complete extinction of the Tathagata keeps, teaches, writes, reads this Dharmaparyaya shall have a mental organ possessed of twelve hundred good qualities of intellect. By this perfect mental organ he will, even if he hears a single stanza, recognise its various meanings. By fully comprehending the stanza he will find in it the text to preach upon for a month, for four months, nay, for a whole year. And the sermon he preaches will not fade from his memory. The popular maxims of common life, whether sayings or counsels, he will know how to reconcile with the rules of the law. Whatever creatures of this triple universe are subject to the mundane whirl, in any of the six conditions of existence, he will know their thoughts, doings, and movements. He will know and discern their motions, purposes, and aims. Though he has not yet attained the state of an Arya, his intellectual organ will be thoroughly perfect. And all he shall preach after having pondered on the interpretation of the law will be really true; he speaks what all Tathdgatas have spoken, all that has been declared in the Sftras of former Ginas. 352 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVIII. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 67. His mental organ is perfect, lucid, right, and untroubled. By it he finds out the various laws, low, high, and mean. 68. On hearing the contents of a single stanza, the wise man catches the manifold significations (hidden) in it, and he is able for a month, four months, or even a year to go on expounding both its conventional and its true sense, 69. And the beings living in this world, within or without, gods, men, demons, goblins, Nagas, brutes, 70. The beings stationed in any of the six conditions of existence, all their thoughts the sage knows instantaneously. These are the advantages of keeping this Satra. 71. He also hears the holy sound of the law which the Buddha, marked with a hundred blessed signs, preaches all over the world, and he catches what the Buddha speaks, 72. He reflects much on the supreme law, and is in the wont of constantly dilating upon it; he is never hesitating. These are the advantages of keeping this Sdtra. 73. He knows the connections and knots’; he discerns in all laws contrarieties?; he knows the meaning and the interpretations, and expounds them according to his knowledge. 74. The Sitra which since so long a time has been ? Sandhivisandhi, I am not sure of the real purport of these terms; Burnouf renders ‘ concordances et combinaisons.’ * Sarveshu dharmeshu vilakshaw4ni; the rendering is uncertain ; Burnouf has, ‘ne voit entre toutes les lois aucune différence.’ XVIII. ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. 353
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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