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1172 AMITAVUR-DllYANA-sC'TRA, §12. for the sake of the great mass of the people hereafter who may wish to be deHvered from their sufferings. If any one meditates on the land (of that Buddha country), his sins (which bind him to) births and deaths during eighty millions of kalpas shall be expiated ; after the abandonment of his (present) body, he will assuredly be born in the pure land in the following life. The practice of this kind of meditation is called the " right meditation. If it be of another kind it is called " heretical meditation. ' § 12. Buddha then spoke to Ananda and Vaidehi : ' When the perception of the land (of that Buddha country) has been gained, you should next meditate on the jewel-trees (of that country). In meditating on the jewel-trees, you should take each by itself and form a perception of the seven rows of trees ; every tree is eight hundred yo^anas high, and all the jewel-trees have flowers and leaves consisting of seven jewels all perfect. All flowers and leaves have colours like the colours of various jewels : — from the colour of lapis lazuli there issues a golden ray ; from the colour of crystal, a saffron ray ; from the colour of agate, a diamond ray ; from the colour of diamond, a ray of blue pearls. Corals, amber, and all other gems are used as ornaments for illumination ; nets of excellent pearls are spread over the trees, each tree is covered by seven sets of nets, and between one set and another there are five hundred millions of palaces built of excellent flowers, rc's(tmbling the palace of the Lord Brahman ; all heavenly children live there quite naturally ; every child has a garland consisting of five hundred millions of precious gems like those that are fastened
2§12. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. I 73 on ^Sakra's (Indra's) head \ the rays of which shine over a hundred yq^anas, just as if a hundred milHons of suns and moons were united together ; it is difficult to explain them in detail. That (garland) is the most excellent among all, as it is the commixture of all sorts of jewels. Rows of these jewel-trees touch one another ; the leaves of the trees also join one another. 'Among the dense foliage there blossom various beautiful flowers, upon which are miraculously found fruits of seven jewels. The leaves of the trees are all exactly equal in length and in breadth, measuring twenty-five yo^anas each way ; every leaf has a thousand colours and a hundred different pictures on it, just like a heavenly garland. There are many excellent flowers which have the colour of 6^ambunada gold and an appearance of fire-wheels in motion, turning between the leaves in a graceful fashion. All the fruits are produced just (as easily) as if they flowed out from the pitcher of the God ^'akra. There is a magnificent ray which transforms itself into numberless jewelled canopies with banners and flags. Within these jewelled canopies the works of all the Buddhas of the Great Chiliocosm appear illuminated ; the Buddha countries of the ten quarters also are manifested therein. When you have seen these trees you should also meditate on them one by one in order. In meditating on the trees, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits, let them all be distinct and clear ; — such is the perception of the trees (of that Buddha country), and it is the Fourth Meditation. ^ The lext has 6'akrabhilagnama«iratna, vide infra, §§ 16, 19.
3I 74 AMITAYUR-DHYANA-stiTRA, § 13 § 13. 'Next, you should perceive the water (of that country). The perception of the water is as follows : — ' In the Land of Highest Happiness there are waters in eight lakes ; the water in every lake consists of seven jewels which are soft and yielding. Deriving its source from the king of jewels that fulfils every wish ', the water is divided into fourteen streams ; every stream has the colour of seven jewels ; its channel is built of gold, the bed of which consists of the sand of variegated diamonds. ' In the midst of each lake there are sixty millions of lotus-flowers, made of seven jewels ; all the flowers are perfectly round and exactly equal (in circumference), being twelve yq^anas. The water of jewels flows amidst the flowers and rises and falls by the stalks (of the lotus) ; the sound of the streaming water is melodious and pleasing, and propounds all the perfect virtues (Paramitas), " suffering," " non-existence," " impermanence," and " nonself;" it proclaims also the praise of the signs of perfection -, and minor marks of excellence - of all Buddhas. From the king of jewels that fulfils every wish, stream forth the golden-coloured rays excessively beautiful, the radiance of which transforms itself into birds possessing the colours of a hundred jewels, which sing out harmonious notes, sweet and delicious, ever praising the remembrance of Buddha, the remembrance of the Law, and the remembrance of the Church ; — such is the perception ' Sanskrit A'intamawi, i.e. ' wishing-pearl.' ' For thirty-two signs and eighty minor marks vide Dharmasahgraha by Kasawara, p. 53 scq. (vol. i, part v, Anccdota Oxonicnsb, Aryan Series, 1885).
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.
1172 AMITAVUR-DllYANA-sC'TRA, §12. for the sake of the great mass of the people hereafter who may wish to be deHvered from their sufferings. If any one meditates on the land (of that Buddha country), his sins (which bind him to) births and deaths during eighty millions of kalpas shall be expiated ; after the abandonment of his (present) body, he will assuredly be born in the pure land in the following life. The practice of this kind of meditation is called the " right meditation. If it be of another kind it is called " heretical meditation. ' § 12. Buddha then spoke to Ananda and Vaidehi : ' When the perception of the land (of that Buddha country) has been gained, you should next meditate on the jewel-trees (of that country). In meditating on the jewel-trees, you should take each by itself and form a perception of the seven rows of trees ; every tree is eight hundred yo^anas high, and all the jewel-trees have flowers and leaves consisting of seven jewels all perfect. All flowers and leaves have colours like the colours of various jewels : — from the colour of lapis lazuli there issues a golden ray ; from the colour of crystal, a saffron ray ; from the colour of agate, a diamond ray ; from the colour of diamond, a ray of blue pearls. Corals, amber, and all other gems are used as ornaments for illumination ; nets of excellent pearls are spread over the trees, each tree is covered by seven sets of nets, and between one set and another there are five hundred millions of palaces built of excellent flowers, rc's(tmbling the palace of the Lord Brahman ; all heavenly children live there quite naturally ; every child has a garland consisting of five hundred millions of precious gems like those that are fastened
2§12. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. I 73 on ^Sakra's (Indra's) head \ the rays of which shine over a hundred yq^anas, just as if a hundred milHons of suns and moons were united together ; it is difficult to explain them in detail. That (garland) is the most excellent among all, as it is the commixture of all sorts of jewels. Rows of these jewel-trees touch one another ; the leaves of the trees also join one another. 'Among the dense foliage there blossom various beautiful flowers, upon which are miraculously found fruits of seven jewels. The leaves of the trees are all exactly equal in length and in breadth, measuring twenty-five yo^anas each way ; every leaf has a thousand colours and a hundred different pictures on it, just like a heavenly garland. There are many excellent flowers which have the colour of 6^ambunada gold and an appearance of fire-wheels in motion, turning between the leaves in a graceful fashion. All the fruits are produced just (as easily) as if they flowed out from the pitcher of the God ^'akra. There is a magnificent ray which transforms itself into numberless jewelled canopies with banners and flags. Within these jewelled canopies the works of all the Buddhas of the Great Chiliocosm appear illuminated ; the Buddha countries of the ten quarters also are manifested therein. When you have seen these trees you should also meditate on them one by one in order. In meditating on the trees, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits, let them all be distinct and clear ; — such is the perception of the trees (of that Buddha country), and it is the Fourth Meditation. ^ The lext has 6'akrabhilagnama«iratna, vide infra, §§ 16, 19.
3I 74 AMITAYUR-DHYANA-stiTRA, § 13 § 13. 'Next, you should perceive the water (of that country). The perception of the water is as follows : — ' In the Land of Highest Happiness there are waters in eight lakes ; the water in every lake consists of seven jewels which are soft and yielding. Deriving its source from the king of jewels that fulfils every wish ', the water is divided into fourteen streams ; every stream has the colour of seven jewels ; its channel is built of gold, the bed of which consists of the sand of variegated diamonds. ' In the midst of each lake there are sixty millions of lotus-flowers, made of seven jewels ; all the flowers are perfectly round and exactly equal (in circumference), being twelve yq^anas. The water of jewels flows amidst the flowers and rises and falls by the stalks (of the lotus) ; the sound of the streaming water is melodious and pleasing, and propounds all the perfect virtues (Paramitas), " suffering," " non-existence," " impermanence," and " nonself;" it proclaims also the praise of the signs of perfection -, and minor marks of excellence - of all Buddhas. From the king of jewels that fulfils every wish, stream forth the golden-coloured rays excessively beautiful, the radiance of which transforms itself into birds possessing the colours of a hundred jewels, which sing out harmonious notes, sweet and delicious, ever praising the remembrance of Buddha, the remembrance of the Law, and the remembrance of the Church ; — such is the perception ' Sanskrit A'intamawi, i.e. ' wishing-pearl.' ' For thirty-two signs and eighty minor marks vide Dharmasahgraha by Kasawara, p. 53 scq. (vol. i, part v, Anccdota Oxonicnsb, Aryan Series, 1885).
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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