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1And while this chapter on spells was being expounded!, sixty-eight thousand living beings received the faculty of acquiescence in the law that has no origin. ' The chapter was, properly speaking, not expounded at all; it simply contains a narrative with the speeches of different interlocutors. It may be observed that a poetical version is wanting. 376 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIL CHAPTER XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION! OF BHAISHAGYARAGA. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a spoke to the Lord as follows: Wherefore, O Lord, does the Bodhisattva Bhaishagyaraga pursue his course? in this Sahaworld, while he is fully aware of the many hundred thousands of myriads of koféis of difficulties he has to meet? Let the Lord, the Tath4gata, &c., deign to tell us any part of the course of duty of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Bhaishagyaraga, that by hearing it the gods, Nagas, goblins, Gandharvas, demons, Garudas, Kinnaras, great serpents, men, and beings not human, as well as the Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas from other worlds here present, and these great disciples here may be content, delighted, overjoyed. And. the Lord, out of regard to that request of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, told him the following : Of yore, young man of good family, at a past epoch, at a time (as many) AZons ago as there are grains of sand in the river Ganges, there appeared in the world a Tathégata, &c, by the name of Aandravimalastryaprabhasasrt*,-endowed with science and conduct, a ? Parvayoga; cf. foot-note, p. 153. ® Pravifarati. * I.e. moon-bright and illustrious by (or like) the radiance of the sun. XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA, 377
2Parvayoga; cf. foot-note, p. 153. ® Pravifarati. * I.e. moon-bright and illustrious by (or like) the radiance of the sun. XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA, 377 Sugata, &c. &c. Now that Tathagata, &c., Kandravimalasiryaprabhasasri had a great assembly of eighty ko¢is! of Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas and an assembly of disciples equal to the sands of seventytwo Ganges rivers. His spiritual rule was exempt from the female sex, and his Buddha-field had no hell, no brute creation, no ghosts, no demons; it was level, neat, smooth as the palm of the hand. Its floor consisted of heavenly lapis lazuli, and it was adorned with trees of jewel and sandal-wood ; inlaid with a multitude of jewels, and hung with long bands of silk, and scented by censors made of jewels. Under each jewel tree, at a distance not farther than a bowshot, was made a small jewel-house’, and on the top of those small jewel-houses stood a hundred kof/is of angels performing a concert of musical instruments and castanets, in order to honour the Lord Xandravimalasdryaprabhdasasri, the Tathagata, &c., while that Lord was extensively expounding this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law to the great disciples and Bodhisattvas, directing himself* to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana. Now, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the lifetime of that Lord andravimalasdryaprabhdsasrt, the Tathagata, &c., lasted forty-two thousand A£ons, and likewise that of the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas and great disciples. It was under the spiritual rule of that Lord that the Bodhisattva MahA4sattva Sarva- 1 Thus Camb. MS.; Burnouf has eighty hundred thousand myriads of koéis. * Ratnadh4maka. I am not certain of the correctness of my translation ; Burnouf renders it by ‘char fait de pierreries.’ * Sarvasatvapriyadarsanam—adhish/Aanam kritva; Burnouf has ‘en commengant par le B, M.S.’ 378 SADDIITARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXII. sattvapriyadarsana applied himself to his difficult course. He wandered twelve thousand years strenuously engaged in contemplation. After the expiration of those twelve thousand years he acquired the Samédhi termed Sarvardpasandarsana (i. e. the sight or display of all forms). No sooner had he acquired that Sam4dhi than satisfied, glad, joyful, rejoicing, and delighted he made the following reflection : It is owing to this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law that I have acquired the Samadhi of Sarvarfpasandarsana. Then he made another reflection: Let me do homage to the Lord Kandravimalasdryaprabhdsasrt and this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. No sooner had he entered upon such a meditation than a great rain of Mandérava and great Mandarava flowers fell from the upper sky. A cloud of K4ldnusdrin sandal was formed, and a rain of Uragaséra sandal poured down. And the nature of those essences was so noble that one karsha of it was worth the whole Saha-world.
3A cloud of K4ldnusdrin sandal was formed, and a rain of Uragaséra sandal poured down. And the nature of those essences was so noble that one karsha of it was worth the whole Saha-world. After a while, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigaa, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana rose from that meditation with memory and full consciousness, and reflected thus: This display of magic power is not likely to honour the Lord and Tathagata so much as the sacrifice of my own body will do’. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana instantly began to eat Agallochum, Olibanum, and the resin of Boswellia Thurifera, and to drink oil of Kampaka*. So, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigia, ' In the story of Sarvasattvapriyadarsana it is easy to recognise a Buddhist version of the myth of the Phoenix. * In the Old English poem of the Phoenix, verse 192, we read that XXII], ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA. 379 the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana passed twelve years in always and constantly eating those fragrant substances and drinking oil of Xampaka. After the expiration of those twelve years the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana wrapped his body in divine garments, bathed’ it in oil, made his (last) vow, and thereafter burnt his own body with the object to pay worship to the Tathagata and this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. Then, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigza, eighty worlds? equal to the sands of the river Ganges were brightened by the glare of the flames from the blazing body of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana, and the eighty® Lords Buddhas‘ equal to the sands of the Ganges in those worlds all shouted their applause, (and exclaimed) : Well done, well done, young man of good family, that is the real heroism which the Boddhisattvas Mahdsattvas should develop ; that is the real worship of the Tathagata, the real worship of the law. No worshipping with flowers, incense, fragrant wreaths, ointment, powder, cloth, umbrellas, flags, banners ; no worshipping with material gifts or with Uragas4ra sandal equals it. This, young man of good family, the noble bird collects the sweetest herbs, blossoms, and perfumes ; similarly verse 652. He feeds upon mildew, verse 260. 1 The Phoenix bathes twelve times in the well before the sun’s arrival, and as many times sips the cool water. 7 According to the reading of the Camb. MS., asftir Ganga®; Burnouf has ‘sables de 80 Ganges,’ which seems preferable. * Here the same remark as in the preceding note. ‘ In the Old English poem, verse 355 seq., we read that hosts of birds flock together from all points of space ‘to celebrate in song the hero and saint.’ Further on, verse 590, the birds are identified with the released souls accompanying Christ. 380 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXII.
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.
1And while this chapter on spells was being expounded!, sixty-eight thousand living beings received the faculty of acquiescence in the law that has no origin. ' The chapter was, properly speaking, not expounded at all; it simply contains a narrative with the speeches of different interlocutors. It may be observed that a poetical version is wanting. 376 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIL CHAPTER XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION! OF BHAISHAGYARAGA. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a spoke to the Lord as follows: Wherefore, O Lord, does the Bodhisattva Bhaishagyaraga pursue his course? in this Sahaworld, while he is fully aware of the many hundred thousands of myriads of koféis of difficulties he has to meet? Let the Lord, the Tath4gata, &c., deign to tell us any part of the course of duty of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Bhaishagyaraga, that by hearing it the gods, Nagas, goblins, Gandharvas, demons, Garudas, Kinnaras, great serpents, men, and beings not human, as well as the Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas from other worlds here present, and these great disciples here may be content, delighted, overjoyed. And. the Lord, out of regard to that request of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, told him the following : Of yore, young man of good family, at a past epoch, at a time (as many) AZons ago as there are grains of sand in the river Ganges, there appeared in the world a Tathégata, &c, by the name of Aandravimalastryaprabhasasrt*,-endowed with science and conduct, a ? Parvayoga; cf. foot-note, p. 153. ® Pravifarati. * I.e. moon-bright and illustrious by (or like) the radiance of the sun. XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA, 377
2Parvayoga; cf. foot-note, p. 153. ® Pravifarati. * I.e. moon-bright and illustrious by (or like) the radiance of the sun. XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA, 377 Sugata, &c. &c. Now that Tathagata, &c., Kandravimalasiryaprabhasasri had a great assembly of eighty ko¢is! of Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas and an assembly of disciples equal to the sands of seventytwo Ganges rivers. His spiritual rule was exempt from the female sex, and his Buddha-field had no hell, no brute creation, no ghosts, no demons; it was level, neat, smooth as the palm of the hand. Its floor consisted of heavenly lapis lazuli, and it was adorned with trees of jewel and sandal-wood ; inlaid with a multitude of jewels, and hung with long bands of silk, and scented by censors made of jewels. Under each jewel tree, at a distance not farther than a bowshot, was made a small jewel-house’, and on the top of those small jewel-houses stood a hundred kof/is of angels performing a concert of musical instruments and castanets, in order to honour the Lord Xandravimalasdryaprabhdasasri, the Tathagata, &c., while that Lord was extensively expounding this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law to the great disciples and Bodhisattvas, directing himself* to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana. Now, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the lifetime of that Lord andravimalasdryaprabhdsasrt, the Tathagata, &c., lasted forty-two thousand A£ons, and likewise that of the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas and great disciples. It was under the spiritual rule of that Lord that the Bodhisattva MahA4sattva Sarva- 1 Thus Camb. MS.; Burnouf has eighty hundred thousand myriads of koéis. * Ratnadh4maka. I am not certain of the correctness of my translation ; Burnouf renders it by ‘char fait de pierreries.’ * Sarvasatvapriyadarsanam—adhish/Aanam kritva; Burnouf has ‘en commengant par le B, M.S.’ 378 SADDIITARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXII. sattvapriyadarsana applied himself to his difficult course. He wandered twelve thousand years strenuously engaged in contemplation. After the expiration of those twelve thousand years he acquired the Samédhi termed Sarvardpasandarsana (i. e. the sight or display of all forms). No sooner had he acquired that Sam4dhi than satisfied, glad, joyful, rejoicing, and delighted he made the following reflection : It is owing to this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law that I have acquired the Samadhi of Sarvarfpasandarsana. Then he made another reflection: Let me do homage to the Lord Kandravimalasdryaprabhdsasrt and this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. No sooner had he entered upon such a meditation than a great rain of Mandérava and great Mandarava flowers fell from the upper sky. A cloud of K4ldnusdrin sandal was formed, and a rain of Uragaséra sandal poured down. And the nature of those essences was so noble that one karsha of it was worth the whole Saha-world.
3A cloud of K4ldnusdrin sandal was formed, and a rain of Uragaséra sandal poured down. And the nature of those essences was so noble that one karsha of it was worth the whole Saha-world. After a while, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigaa, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana rose from that meditation with memory and full consciousness, and reflected thus: This display of magic power is not likely to honour the Lord and Tathagata so much as the sacrifice of my own body will do’. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana instantly began to eat Agallochum, Olibanum, and the resin of Boswellia Thurifera, and to drink oil of Kampaka*. So, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigia, ' In the story of Sarvasattvapriyadarsana it is easy to recognise a Buddhist version of the myth of the Phoenix. * In the Old English poem of the Phoenix, verse 192, we read that XXII], ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARAGA. 379 the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana passed twelve years in always and constantly eating those fragrant substances and drinking oil of Xampaka. After the expiration of those twelve years the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana wrapped his body in divine garments, bathed’ it in oil, made his (last) vow, and thereafter burnt his own body with the object to pay worship to the Tathagata and this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. Then, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhigza, eighty worlds? equal to the sands of the river Ganges were brightened by the glare of the flames from the blazing body of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana, and the eighty® Lords Buddhas‘ equal to the sands of the Ganges in those worlds all shouted their applause, (and exclaimed) : Well done, well done, young man of good family, that is the real heroism which the Boddhisattvas Mahdsattvas should develop ; that is the real worship of the Tathagata, the real worship of the law. No worshipping with flowers, incense, fragrant wreaths, ointment, powder, cloth, umbrellas, flags, banners ; no worshipping with material gifts or with Uragas4ra sandal equals it. This, young man of good family, the noble bird collects the sweetest herbs, blossoms, and perfumes ; similarly verse 652. He feeds upon mildew, verse 260. 1 The Phoenix bathes twelve times in the well before the sun’s arrival, and as many times sips the cool water. 7 According to the reading of the Camb. MS., asftir Ganga®; Burnouf has ‘sables de 80 Ganges,’ which seems preferable. * Here the same remark as in the preceding note. ‘ In the Old English poem, verse 355 seq., we read that hosts of birds flock together from all points of space ‘to celebrate in song the hero and saint.’ Further on, verse 590, the birds are identified with the released souls accompanying Christ. 380 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXII.
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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