Fetching
One moment.
Fetching
One moment.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
152 DESCRIPTION OF SUKhAvAt!, §34. (of the Law), and \vho are devoted to the work of helping all people to attain Parinirvdwa. § 34. ' And again, O Ananda, in that Buddha country, those who are 6'ravakas are possessed of the li^dit of a fathom, and those who are Bodhisattvas are possessed of the light of a hundred thousand ko/is of )o^anas ; barring always the two Bodhisattvas, by whose light that w^orld is everywhere shining with eternal splendour. Then the blessed Ananda said this to the Bhagavat: ' What are the names, O Bhagavat, of those two noble-minded Bodhisattvas ? ' The Bhagavat said : * One of them, O Ananda, is the noble-minded Bodhisattva Avalokite^vara, and the second is Mahasthamaprapta by name. And, O Ananda, these two were born there, having left this Buddha country here \ § 35. ' And, O Ananda, those Bodhisattvas who have been born in that Buddha country are all endowed with the thirty-two marks of a great man, possessed of perfect members, skilled in meditation and wisdom, clever in all kinds of wisdom, having sharp organs, having well-restrained organs, having organs of sense capable of thorough knowledge, not mean, possessed of the five kinds of strength, of patience under censure, and of endless and boundless good qualities. * Sahghavarman translates this passage : * These two Bodhisattvas practised the discij)line of Bodhisattva in this country, and after death they were miraculously born in that Buddha country. Bodhiru/i translates : ' O Ananda, these two Bodhisattvas went to be born in that country from the world Sahd, when they had exhausted the measure of their life (here). The world Saha belongs to the Buddha ^dkyamuni.
2§37- THE LAND OF BLISS. 53 § 36. ' And again, O Ananda, all those Bodhisattvas who have been born in that Buddha country are not deprived of the sight of Buddha, nor liable to fall down (to the evil states), until they reach the Bodhi. Henceforward they all will never be forgetful of their former births ^ ; barring always those who are devoted to their former place, during the disturbances of the kalpas, and while the five kinds of corruption prevail, when there is the appearance of blessed Buddhas in the world, as for instance, that of me at present. § 37. 'And again, O Ananda, all the Bodhisattvas • who have been born in that Buddha country, having gone during one morning meal to the other world, worship many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, as many as they like, through the favour of Buddha. They consider in many ways that they should worship (Buddhas) with such and such flowers, incense, lamps, scents, garlands, ointments, powder, cloaks, umbrellas, flags, banners, ensigns, music, concerts, and musical instruments; and, as soon as they have considered this, there arise also on their hands exactly such materials for every kind of worship. And while performing worship for those blessed Buddhas with those materials, beginning with flowers and ending with musical instruments, they lay up for themselves much immeasurable and innumerable merit. Again, if they wish that such handfulls of flowers should be produced on their hands, then such handfulls of heavenly flowers, of different colours, of many colours, of different scents, are produced on their hands as soon as thought of. They shower Na' must be left out, or we must read na^atva^atismara.
354 DESCRIPTION OF SUKIlAVAXt, §38. again and again such handfulls of flowers upon those blessed Buddhas. And the very smallest handfull of flowers, being thrown on high, appears above in the sky as an umbrella of flowers ten yo^^anas in circumference. And when the second has been thrown after it, the first does not fall down on the earth. There are handfulls of flowers there, which having been thrown up, appear in the sky as umbrellas of flowers twenty yoj^anas in circumference. There appear in the sky some flower-umbrellas, thirty, forty, or fifty yo^anas in circumference, as far as a hundred thousand yo^anas in circumference. Those (Bodhisattvas) there who perceive the noble pleasure and joy, and obtain the noble strength of thought, having caused a great and immeasurable and innumerable stock of good works to ripen, and having worshipped many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, turn again to the world Sukhavati in one morning, through the favour of practising the former prayers of the same Tath^gata Amitayus, owing to the hearing of the Law formerly given, owing to the stock of good works produced under former 6rinas, owing to the perfect completion in the success of former prayers, owing to the well-ordered state of mind \ § 38. ' And again, O Ananda, all those beings who have been born in that Buddha country recite the story of the Law, which is accompanied by omniscience ^ And for the beings in that Buddha ' The text of lliis passage is very imperfect in all the MSS. Comparing the sentence with the last sentence of Chapter XXXII, it might seem possible to read paripfirwanQnatayA, or paripQryatayfinOnataya, for paripGryatmabhiitaya. On suvibhakta, 8C« Childcrs, s. v. vibha^^'ati. • Sec the twenty-third Pra/zidhana.
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.
152 DESCRIPTION OF SUKhAvAt!, §34. (of the Law), and \vho are devoted to the work of helping all people to attain Parinirvdwa. § 34. ' And again, O Ananda, in that Buddha country, those who are 6'ravakas are possessed of the li^dit of a fathom, and those who are Bodhisattvas are possessed of the light of a hundred thousand ko/is of )o^anas ; barring always the two Bodhisattvas, by whose light that w^orld is everywhere shining with eternal splendour. Then the blessed Ananda said this to the Bhagavat: ' What are the names, O Bhagavat, of those two noble-minded Bodhisattvas ? ' The Bhagavat said : * One of them, O Ananda, is the noble-minded Bodhisattva Avalokite^vara, and the second is Mahasthamaprapta by name. And, O Ananda, these two were born there, having left this Buddha country here \ § 35. ' And, O Ananda, those Bodhisattvas who have been born in that Buddha country are all endowed with the thirty-two marks of a great man, possessed of perfect members, skilled in meditation and wisdom, clever in all kinds of wisdom, having sharp organs, having well-restrained organs, having organs of sense capable of thorough knowledge, not mean, possessed of the five kinds of strength, of patience under censure, and of endless and boundless good qualities. * Sahghavarman translates this passage : * These two Bodhisattvas practised the discij)line of Bodhisattva in this country, and after death they were miraculously born in that Buddha country. Bodhiru/i translates : ' O Ananda, these two Bodhisattvas went to be born in that country from the world Sahd, when they had exhausted the measure of their life (here). The world Saha belongs to the Buddha ^dkyamuni.
2§37- THE LAND OF BLISS. 53 § 36. ' And again, O Ananda, all those Bodhisattvas who have been born in that Buddha country are not deprived of the sight of Buddha, nor liable to fall down (to the evil states), until they reach the Bodhi. Henceforward they all will never be forgetful of their former births ^ ; barring always those who are devoted to their former place, during the disturbances of the kalpas, and while the five kinds of corruption prevail, when there is the appearance of blessed Buddhas in the world, as for instance, that of me at present. § 37. 'And again, O Ananda, all the Bodhisattvas • who have been born in that Buddha country, having gone during one morning meal to the other world, worship many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, as many as they like, through the favour of Buddha. They consider in many ways that they should worship (Buddhas) with such and such flowers, incense, lamps, scents, garlands, ointments, powder, cloaks, umbrellas, flags, banners, ensigns, music, concerts, and musical instruments; and, as soon as they have considered this, there arise also on their hands exactly such materials for every kind of worship. And while performing worship for those blessed Buddhas with those materials, beginning with flowers and ending with musical instruments, they lay up for themselves much immeasurable and innumerable merit. Again, if they wish that such handfulls of flowers should be produced on their hands, then such handfulls of heavenly flowers, of different colours, of many colours, of different scents, are produced on their hands as soon as thought of. They shower Na' must be left out, or we must read na^atva^atismara.
354 DESCRIPTION OF SUKIlAVAXt, §38. again and again such handfulls of flowers upon those blessed Buddhas. And the very smallest handfull of flowers, being thrown on high, appears above in the sky as an umbrella of flowers ten yo^^anas in circumference. And when the second has been thrown after it, the first does not fall down on the earth. There are handfulls of flowers there, which having been thrown up, appear in the sky as umbrellas of flowers twenty yoj^anas in circumference. There appear in the sky some flower-umbrellas, thirty, forty, or fifty yo^anas in circumference, as far as a hundred thousand yo^anas in circumference. Those (Bodhisattvas) there who perceive the noble pleasure and joy, and obtain the noble strength of thought, having caused a great and immeasurable and innumerable stock of good works to ripen, and having worshipped many hundred thousand niyutas of ko/is of Buddhas, turn again to the world Sukhavati in one morning, through the favour of practising the former prayers of the same Tath^gata Amitayus, owing to the hearing of the Law formerly given, owing to the stock of good works produced under former 6rinas, owing to the perfect completion in the success of former prayers, owing to the well-ordered state of mind \ § 38. ' And again, O Ananda, all those beings who have been born in that Buddha country recite the story of the Law, which is accompanied by omniscience ^ And for the beings in that Buddha ' The text of lliis passage is very imperfect in all the MSS. Comparing the sentence with the last sentence of Chapter XXXII, it might seem possible to read paripfirwanQnatayA, or paripQryatayfinOnataya, for paripGryatmabhiitaya. On suvibhakta, 8C« Childcrs, s. v. vibha^^'ati. • Sec the twenty-third Pra/zidhana.
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.
No commentary for this page.