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1§ 32. THE LAND OF BLISS, 49 many worlds to Sukhavati in order to see the Buddha, having heard it and having perceived the great joy, will quickly inspect this country. 1 6. '"And beings, come to this noble country, (quickly) obtain miraculous power, divine eye and divine ear, they remember their former births, and know the highest wisdom." 17. 'Then Buddha Amitayu preaches: "This prayer was mine formerly, so that beings having in any way whatever heard my name should for ever go to my country. 18. '"And this my excellent prayer has been fulfilled, and beings having quickly come here from many worlds into my presence, never return from here, not even for one birth." 19. ' If a Bodhisattva wishes here that his country should be such as this, and that he also should deliver many beings, through his name, through his preaching, and through his sight, 20. ' Let him quickly and with speed go to the world Sukhavati, and having gone near Amitaprabha, let him worship a thousand ko/is of Buddhas. 21. ' Having worshipped many ko/is of Buddhas, and having gone to many countries by means of their miraculous power, and having performed adoration in the presence of the Sugatas, they will go to Sukhavati with devotion \ J 32. 'And again, O Ananda, there is a Bodhitree belonging to Amitayus, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened. That Bodhi-tree is ten hun- ^ The Tibetan translation has ' in the morning,' as if the text had been purvabhakta. [49] * E
250 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtI, §33. dred yq^anas in height, having petals, leaves, and branches spread over eight hundred yo^anas, having a circumference near the base of the root of five hundred yo^ranas, always in leaf, always in flower, always in fruit, of different colours, of many hundred thousand colours, of different leaves, of different flowers, of different fruits, adorned with many beautiful ornaments, shining with precious jewels, bright like the moon, beautified with precious jewels (such as are) fastened on ^'akra's head, strewn with Alntama;/i ^ jewels, well adorned with the best jewels of the sea, more than heavenly, hung with golden strings, adorned with hundreds of gold chains, jewelgarlands, necklaces, bracelets, strings of red pearls and blue pearls, lion twists (Siwhalata), girdles, bunches, strings of jewels, and all kinds of jewels, covered with nets of bells, nets of all kinds of jewels, nets of pearls, and nets of gold, adorned with the emblems of the dolphin, the Svastika, the Nandyavarta, and the moon, adorned with nets of jewels and of bells, and with ornaments of gold and of all kinds of jewels, in fact adorned according to the desires of beings whatever their wishes may be. 'And a<rain, O Ananda, the sound and noise of that Bodhi-tree, when it is moved by the wind, reaches immeasurable worlds. And, O Ananda, for those beings whose hearing that Bodhi-tree reaches, no disease of the ear is to be feared until they reach Bodhi (highest knowledge). And for those immeasurable, innumerable, inconceivable, incomparable, measureless, immense, and inexpressible beings, whose sight that Bodhi-tree reaches, no disease of the eye ' Jewels yielding every wish.
3§33. THE LAND OF BLISS. 5 1 is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. And again, O Ananda, for those beings who smell the scent of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the nose is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. For those beings who taste the fruits of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the tongue is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. For those beings who are lighted up by the light of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the body is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. And again, O Ananda, for those beings who meditate on that Bodhi-tree according to the Law, henceforward until they reach the Bodhi, no perplexity of their thought is to be feared. And all those beings, through the seeing of that Bodhi-tree, never turn away, namely, from the highest perfect knowledge. And they obtain three kinds of kshanti or resignation, namely, Ghoshanuga, Anulomikt (resignation to natural consequences), and Anutpattika-dharma-kshanti (resignation to consequences which have not yet arisen), through the power of the former prayers of that same Tathagata Amitayus, through the service rendered by them to the former 6^inas, and through the performance of the former prayers, to be well accomplished, and to be well conceived, without failure or without flaw. § 33. ' And again, O Ananda, those Bodhisattvas who have been born, are being born, or will be born there, are all bound to one birth only \ and will thence indeed obtain the highest perfect knowledge ; barring always the power of prayers, as in the case of those Bodhisattvas who are preaching with the voice of lions, who are girded with the noble armour ^ Their present birth. *E 2
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§ 32. THE LAND OF BLISS, 49 many worlds to Sukhavati in order to see the Buddha, having heard it and having perceived the great joy, will quickly inspect this country. 1 6. '"And beings, come to this noble country, (quickly) obtain miraculous power, divine eye and divine ear, they remember their former births, and know the highest wisdom." 17. 'Then Buddha Amitayu preaches: "This prayer was mine formerly, so that beings having in any way whatever heard my name should for ever go to my country. 18. '"And this my excellent prayer has been fulfilled, and beings having quickly come here from many worlds into my presence, never return from here, not even for one birth." 19. ' If a Bodhisattva wishes here that his country should be such as this, and that he also should deliver many beings, through his name, through his preaching, and through his sight, 20. ' Let him quickly and with speed go to the world Sukhavati, and having gone near Amitaprabha, let him worship a thousand ko/is of Buddhas. 21. ' Having worshipped many ko/is of Buddhas, and having gone to many countries by means of their miraculous power, and having performed adoration in the presence of the Sugatas, they will go to Sukhavati with devotion \ J 32. 'And again, O Ananda, there is a Bodhitree belonging to Amitayus, the Tathagata, holy and fully enlightened. That Bodhi-tree is ten hun- ^ The Tibetan translation has ' in the morning,' as if the text had been purvabhakta. [49] * E
250 DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVAtI, §33. dred yq^anas in height, having petals, leaves, and branches spread over eight hundred yo^anas, having a circumference near the base of the root of five hundred yo^ranas, always in leaf, always in flower, always in fruit, of different colours, of many hundred thousand colours, of different leaves, of different flowers, of different fruits, adorned with many beautiful ornaments, shining with precious jewels, bright like the moon, beautified with precious jewels (such as are) fastened on ^'akra's head, strewn with Alntama;/i ^ jewels, well adorned with the best jewels of the sea, more than heavenly, hung with golden strings, adorned with hundreds of gold chains, jewelgarlands, necklaces, bracelets, strings of red pearls and blue pearls, lion twists (Siwhalata), girdles, bunches, strings of jewels, and all kinds of jewels, covered with nets of bells, nets of all kinds of jewels, nets of pearls, and nets of gold, adorned with the emblems of the dolphin, the Svastika, the Nandyavarta, and the moon, adorned with nets of jewels and of bells, and with ornaments of gold and of all kinds of jewels, in fact adorned according to the desires of beings whatever their wishes may be. 'And a<rain, O Ananda, the sound and noise of that Bodhi-tree, when it is moved by the wind, reaches immeasurable worlds. And, O Ananda, for those beings whose hearing that Bodhi-tree reaches, no disease of the ear is to be feared until they reach Bodhi (highest knowledge). And for those immeasurable, innumerable, inconceivable, incomparable, measureless, immense, and inexpressible beings, whose sight that Bodhi-tree reaches, no disease of the eye ' Jewels yielding every wish.
3§33. THE LAND OF BLISS. 5 1 is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. And again, O Ananda, for those beings who smell the scent of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the nose is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. For those beings who taste the fruits of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the tongue is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. For those beings who are lighted up by the light of that Bodhi-tree, no disease of the body is to be feared until they reach Bodhi. And again, O Ananda, for those beings who meditate on that Bodhi-tree according to the Law, henceforward until they reach the Bodhi, no perplexity of their thought is to be feared. And all those beings, through the seeing of that Bodhi-tree, never turn away, namely, from the highest perfect knowledge. And they obtain three kinds of kshanti or resignation, namely, Ghoshanuga, Anulomikt (resignation to natural consequences), and Anutpattika-dharma-kshanti (resignation to consequences which have not yet arisen), through the power of the former prayers of that same Tathagata Amitayus, through the service rendered by them to the former 6^inas, and through the performance of the former prayers, to be well accomplished, and to be well conceived, without failure or without flaw. § 33. ' And again, O Ananda, those Bodhisattvas who have been born, are being born, or will be born there, are all bound to one birth only \ and will thence indeed obtain the highest perfect knowledge ; barring always the power of prayers, as in the case of those Bodhisattvas who are preaching with the voice of lions, who are girded with the noble armour ^ Their present birth. *E 2
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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