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1lO DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAXi, §6. unequalled. And may the Bhagavat proclaim those signs by which I may comprehend the perfection of all good qualities of a Buddha country. ' After this, O Ananda, the Bhagavat Lokejvarard^a, the Tathagata, thus spoke to that Bhikshu : " Do you by yourself, O Bhikshu, know the perfection of all excellences and good qualities of a Buddha country ? " ' He said : " O Bhagavat, I could not do this, but the Bhagavat alone. Explain the perfection of the excellences and all the good qualities of Buddha countries of the other Tathagatas, after hearing which we may fulfil every one of their signs. ' Then, O Ananda, the Tathagata Lokei^varara^a, holy and fully enlightened, knowing the good disposition of that Bhikshu, taught for a full ko/i of years the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of Buddha countries belonging to eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, together with the signs, indication, and description, desiring welfare, wishing for benefits, compassionate, full of compassion, so that there might never be an end of Buddha countries, having conceived great pity for all beings. The measure of life of that Tathagata was full forty kalpas. § 6. ' Then, O Ananda, that Bhikshu Dharmakara, taking the perfections of all the excellences and good qualities of those Buddha countries, of those eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, and concentrating them all on one Buddha country, worshipped with his head the feet of the Bhagavat Lokc.Tvarara^'-a, the Tathagata, turned respectfully round him to the right, and walked away from the presence of this Bhagavat. And
2§ 7. TFIE LAND OF BLISS. I I afterwards, for the space of five kalpas, he thus concentrated the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of the Buddha countries, such as had never been known before in the ten quarters of the whole world, more excellent, and more perfect than any, and composed the most excellent prayer. § 7. ' Thus, O Ananda, that Bhikshu concentrated in his mind a perfection of a Buddha country eighty-one times more immeasurable, noble, and excellent than the perfection of the eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries that had been told him by the Bhagavat Loke- ^varara^a, the Tathagata. And then, proceeding to where the Tathagata was, he worshipped the feet of the Bhagavat with his head, and said : " O Bhagavat, the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of the Buddha countries has been concentrated by me. 'After this, O Ananda, the Tathagata Loke- 5varara^a thus spoke to the Bhikshu : " Preach then, O Bhikshu ; — the Tathagata allows it. Now is the proper time, O Bhikshu. Delight the assembly, produce joy, let the lion's voice be heard, so that now and hereafter, noble-minded Bodhisattvas, hearing it, may comprehend the different subjects (or occasions) of the prayers for the perfection of the good qualities of a Buddha country. 'Then, O Ananda, that Bhikshu Dharmakara thus spoke at that time to the Bhagavat : " May the Bhagavat thus listen to me, to what my own prayers are, and how, after I shall have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, my own Buddha country will then be endowed with all inconceivable excellences and good qualities.
312 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAXi, §8. § S. I. "O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine there should be either hell, brute-creation \ the realm of departed spirits, or the body of Asuras, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledore. 2. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should fall away (die), and fall into hell, the brute-creation, the realm of departed spirits, or into the body of Asuras, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 3. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all be of one colour, viz. a golden colour, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 4. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine there should be perceived any difference between gods and men, except when people count and tell, saying : ' These are gods and men, but only in ordinary and imperfect parlance,' then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 5. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not be possessed of the highest Paramitas of miraculous power and self-control, so that they could at least in the shortest moment of one thought step over a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 6. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who arc born there should not all be possessed of the recollection of their former births, so as at least to remember a hundred thousand ' Birlli as an animal.
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.
1lO DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAXi, §6. unequalled. And may the Bhagavat proclaim those signs by which I may comprehend the perfection of all good qualities of a Buddha country. ' After this, O Ananda, the Bhagavat Lokejvarard^a, the Tathagata, thus spoke to that Bhikshu : " Do you by yourself, O Bhikshu, know the perfection of all excellences and good qualities of a Buddha country ? " ' He said : " O Bhagavat, I could not do this, but the Bhagavat alone. Explain the perfection of the excellences and all the good qualities of Buddha countries of the other Tathagatas, after hearing which we may fulfil every one of their signs. ' Then, O Ananda, the Tathagata Lokei^varara^a, holy and fully enlightened, knowing the good disposition of that Bhikshu, taught for a full ko/i of years the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of Buddha countries belonging to eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, together with the signs, indication, and description, desiring welfare, wishing for benefits, compassionate, full of compassion, so that there might never be an end of Buddha countries, having conceived great pity for all beings. The measure of life of that Tathagata was full forty kalpas. § 6. ' Then, O Ananda, that Bhikshu Dharmakara, taking the perfections of all the excellences and good qualities of those Buddha countries, of those eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, and concentrating them all on one Buddha country, worshipped with his head the feet of the Bhagavat Lokc.Tvarara^'-a, the Tathagata, turned respectfully round him to the right, and walked away from the presence of this Bhagavat. And
2§ 7. TFIE LAND OF BLISS. I I afterwards, for the space of five kalpas, he thus concentrated the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of the Buddha countries, such as had never been known before in the ten quarters of the whole world, more excellent, and more perfect than any, and composed the most excellent prayer. § 7. ' Thus, O Ananda, that Bhikshu concentrated in his mind a perfection of a Buddha country eighty-one times more immeasurable, noble, and excellent than the perfection of the eighty-one hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries that had been told him by the Bhagavat Loke- ^varara^a, the Tathagata. And then, proceeding to where the Tathagata was, he worshipped the feet of the Bhagavat with his head, and said : " O Bhagavat, the perfection of all the excellences and good qualities of the Buddha countries has been concentrated by me. 'After this, O Ananda, the Tathagata Loke- 5varara^a thus spoke to the Bhikshu : " Preach then, O Bhikshu ; — the Tathagata allows it. Now is the proper time, O Bhikshu. Delight the assembly, produce joy, let the lion's voice be heard, so that now and hereafter, noble-minded Bodhisattvas, hearing it, may comprehend the different subjects (or occasions) of the prayers for the perfection of the good qualities of a Buddha country. 'Then, O Ananda, that Bhikshu Dharmakara thus spoke at that time to the Bhagavat : " May the Bhagavat thus listen to me, to what my own prayers are, and how, after I shall have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, my own Buddha country will then be endowed with all inconceivable excellences and good qualities.
312 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAXi, §8. § S. I. "O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine there should be either hell, brute-creation \ the realm of departed spirits, or the body of Asuras, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledore. 2. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should fall away (die), and fall into hell, the brute-creation, the realm of departed spirits, or into the body of Asuras, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 3. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all be of one colour, viz. a golden colour, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 4. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine there should be perceived any difference between gods and men, except when people count and tell, saying : ' These are gods and men, but only in ordinary and imperfect parlance,' then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 5. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not be possessed of the highest Paramitas of miraculous power and self-control, so that they could at least in the shortest moment of one thought step over a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 6. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who arc born there should not all be possessed of the recollection of their former births, so as at least to remember a hundred thousand ' Birlli as an animal.
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