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1§8. THE LAND OF BLISS. 1 3 niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 7. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all acquire the divine eye, so as at least to be able to see a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of worlds, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 8. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all acquire the divine ear, so as at least to be able to hear at the same time the good Law from a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 9. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all be skilled in the knowledge of the thoughts of other people, so as at least to be able to know the deeds and thoughts of beings belonging to a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 10. "O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should form any idea of property, even with regard to their own body, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 11. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beinofs who are born there should not all be firmly established, viz. in absolute truth, till they have reached Mahaparinirva;^a, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 12. "O Bhagavat, if any being should be able to count the pupils belonging to me after I have
214 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, §8. obtained the highest perfect knowledge in that Buddha country of mine, even if all beings who are contained in those three millions of spheres of worlds \ after having become Pratyckabuddhas ^ should be counting for a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 13. "O Bhagavat, if, after I have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, my light should be liable to be measured in this Buddha country of mine, even by the measure of a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 14. " O Bhagavat, if the measure of the life of the beings in that Buddha country of mine, after I have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, should be liable to be measured, excepting always by their own power of prayer, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 15. " O Bhagavat, if the measure of my life after I have obtained Bodhi (Buddha knowledge) should be limited, even by numbering a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge, 16. " O Bhagavat, if, for the beings in this Buddha country of mine, after I have obtained Bodhi, even the name of sin should exist, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 17. "O P>hagavat, if immeasurable and innumerable blessed Buddhas in immeasurable Buddha ' Trisfihasra mahliRahasra. Men ready for Ikiddhaslup, but wlio decline to preach or communicate their knowledge.
3§8. THE LAND OF BLISS. 1 5 countries do not glorify my name, after I have obtained the Bodhi (knowledge); if they do not preach my fame and proclaim my praise, and utter it together, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. i8^ "O Bhagavat, if those beings who have directed their thought towards the highest perfect knowledge in other worlds, and who, after having heard my name, when I have obtained the Bodhi (knowledge), have meditated on me with serene thoughts ; if at the moment of their death, after having approached them, surrounded by an assembly of Bhikshus, I should not stand before them, worshipped by them, that is, so that their thoughts should not be troubled, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 19. " O Bhagavat, if those beings who in immeasurable and innumerable Buddha countries, after they have heard my name, when I shall have obtained Bodhi, should direct their thouo^ht to be born in that Buddha country of mine, and should for that purpose bring their stock of merit to maturity, if these should not be born in that Buddha country, even those who have only ten times repeated the thought (of that Buddha country), barring always those beings who have committed the (five) Anantarya sins -, and who have caused an obstruction and abuse of the good Law, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 20. " O Bhagavat, if those beings who have been ^ On Pramdhanas 18 to 21, see note at the end. "^ The five sins which bring immediate retribution. Cf. Childers, s. V.
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§8. THE LAND OF BLISS. 1 3 niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 7. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all acquire the divine eye, so as at least to be able to see a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of worlds, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 8. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all acquire the divine ear, so as at least to be able to hear at the same time the good Law from a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 9. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should not all be skilled in the knowledge of the thoughts of other people, so as at least to be able to know the deeds and thoughts of beings belonging to a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 10. "O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beings who are born there should form any idea of property, even with regard to their own body, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 11. " O Bhagavat, if in that Buddha country of mine the beinofs who are born there should not all be firmly established, viz. in absolute truth, till they have reached Mahaparinirva;^a, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 12. "O Bhagavat, if any being should be able to count the pupils belonging to me after I have
214 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtJ, §8. obtained the highest perfect knowledge in that Buddha country of mine, even if all beings who are contained in those three millions of spheres of worlds \ after having become Pratyckabuddhas ^ should be counting for a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 13. "O Bhagavat, if, after I have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, my light should be liable to be measured in this Buddha country of mine, even by the measure of a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddha countries, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 14. " O Bhagavat, if the measure of the life of the beings in that Buddha country of mine, after I have obtained the highest perfect knowledge, should be liable to be measured, excepting always by their own power of prayer, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 15. " O Bhagavat, if the measure of my life after I have obtained Bodhi (Buddha knowledge) should be limited, even by numbering a hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of kalpas, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge, 16. " O Bhagavat, if, for the beings in this Buddha country of mine, after I have obtained Bodhi, even the name of sin should exist, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 17. "O P>hagavat, if immeasurable and innumerable blessed Buddhas in immeasurable Buddha ' Trisfihasra mahliRahasra. Men ready for Ikiddhaslup, but wlio decline to preach or communicate their knowledge.
3§8. THE LAND OF BLISS. 1 5 countries do not glorify my name, after I have obtained the Bodhi (knowledge); if they do not preach my fame and proclaim my praise, and utter it together, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. i8^ "O Bhagavat, if those beings who have directed their thought towards the highest perfect knowledge in other worlds, and who, after having heard my name, when I have obtained the Bodhi (knowledge), have meditated on me with serene thoughts ; if at the moment of their death, after having approached them, surrounded by an assembly of Bhikshus, I should not stand before them, worshipped by them, that is, so that their thoughts should not be troubled, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 19. " O Bhagavat, if those beings who in immeasurable and innumerable Buddha countries, after they have heard my name, when I shall have obtained Bodhi, should direct their thouo^ht to be born in that Buddha country of mine, and should for that purpose bring their stock of merit to maturity, if these should not be born in that Buddha country, even those who have only ten times repeated the thought (of that Buddha country), barring always those beings who have committed the (five) Anantarya sins -, and who have caused an obstruction and abuse of the good Law, then may I not obtain the highest perfect knowledge. 20. " O Bhagavat, if those beings who have been ^ On Pramdhanas 18 to 21, see note at the end. "^ The five sins which bring immediate retribution. Cf. Childers, s. V.
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