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1§ 26. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. 1 93 Bhikshus and dependents, will appear before him, flashing forth rays of golden colour, and will preach the Law of suffering, non-existence, impermancnce, and non-self. He will also praise the virtue of homelessness that can liberate one from all sufferines. At the sight of Buddha, that believer will excessively rejoice in his heart ; he will soon find himself seated on a lotus-flower. Kneelincj down on the ground and stretching forth his folded hands he will pay homage to Buddha. Before he raises his head he will reach that Country of Highest Happiness and be born there. Soon the lotus-flower will unfold, when he will hear sounds and voices praising and glorifying the Four Noble Truths (of suffering). He will immediately attain to the fruition of Arhatship, gain the threefold knowledge and the six supernatural faculties, and complete the eightfold emancipation. § 26. ' The beings who will be born in the middle form of the middle o-rade are those who either observe the eight prohibitive precepts, and the fasting for one day and one night, or observe the prohibitive precept for ^'ramawera (a novice) for the same period, or observe the perfect moral precepts, not lowering their dignity nor neglecting any ceremonial observance for one day and one night, and by bringing their respective merits to maturity seek to be born in the Country of Highest Happiness. On the eve of departure from this life, such a believer who is possessed of this moral virtue, which he has made fragrant by cultivation during his life, will see Amitayus, followed by all his retinue ; flashing forth rays of golden colour, this Buddha will come before him and offer a lotus-flower of seven jewels. [49] ''o
2194 amitavur-diivana-sCtra, §27. ' He will hear a voice in the sky, praising him and saying : " O son of a noble family, thou art indeed an excellent man. Out of regard for thy obedience to ihe teachings of all the Buddhas of the three worlds I, now, come and meet thee. Then the newcomer will see himself seated on that lotus-flower. Soon the lotus-flower will fold around him, and being in this he will be born in the jewel-lake of the World of Highest Happiness in the western quarter. ' After seven days that flower will unfold again, when the believer will open his eyes, and praise the World-Honoured One, stretching forth his folded hands. Having heard the Law, he will rejoice and obtain the fruition of a Srota-apanna' (the first grade to Nirva;^a). ' In the lapse of half a kalpa he will become an Arhat. J 27. ' Next are the beings who will be born in the lowest form of the middle grade (to Buddhahood). If there be sons or daughters of a noble family who are filial to their parents and support them, besides exercising benevolence and compassion in the world, at their departure from this life, such persons will meet a good and learned teacher who will fully describe to them the state of happiness in that Buddha country of Amitayus, and will also explain die forty-eight prayers of the Bhikshu Dharmakara-. As soon as any such person has heard these details, his life will come to an end. In a brief moment^ he ' Vide Va^ra^X-^c'dika, § 9. * Vide Larger Sukhavatr, §§ 7, 8. * Lit. ' In the time in which a strong man can bend liis arm or stretch his bended arm.'
3§28. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. I95 will be born in the World of Highest Happiness in the western quarter. * After seven days he will meet Aval, and Mahas., from whom he will learn the Law and rejoice. After the lapse of a lesser kalpa he will attain to the fruition of an Arhat. The perception of these three sorts of beings is called the meditation of the middle class of beings, and is the Fifteenth Meditation. § 28. * Next are the beings who will be born in the highest form of the lowest grade. If there be any one who commits many evil deeds, provided that he does not speak evil of the Mah^vaipulya Sutras, he, though himself a very stupid man, and neither ashamed nor sorry for all the evil actions that he has done, yet, while dying, may meet a good and learned teacher who will recite and laud the headings and titles of the twelve divisions of the Mahayana scriptures. Having thus heard the names of all the Sutras, he will be freed from the greatest sins which would involve him in births and deaths during a thousand kalpas. 'A wise man also will teach him to stretch forth his folded hands and to say, "Adoration to Buddha Amitayus" (Namo^mitabhaya Buddhaya, or, Namo.mitayushe Buddhaya). Having uttered the name of the Buddha, he will be freed from the sins which would otherwise involve him in births and deaths for fifty millions of kalpas. Thereupon the Buddha will send a created Buddha, and the created Bodhisattvas Aval, and Mahas., to approach that person with words of praise, saying : "O son of a noble family, as thou hast uttered the name of that Buddha, all thy sins have been destroyed and expiated, and therefore we now come to meet thee. After this * o 2
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1§ 26. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. 1 93 Bhikshus and dependents, will appear before him, flashing forth rays of golden colour, and will preach the Law of suffering, non-existence, impermancnce, and non-self. He will also praise the virtue of homelessness that can liberate one from all sufferines. At the sight of Buddha, that believer will excessively rejoice in his heart ; he will soon find himself seated on a lotus-flower. Kneelincj down on the ground and stretching forth his folded hands he will pay homage to Buddha. Before he raises his head he will reach that Country of Highest Happiness and be born there. Soon the lotus-flower will unfold, when he will hear sounds and voices praising and glorifying the Four Noble Truths (of suffering). He will immediately attain to the fruition of Arhatship, gain the threefold knowledge and the six supernatural faculties, and complete the eightfold emancipation. § 26. ' The beings who will be born in the middle form of the middle o-rade are those who either observe the eight prohibitive precepts, and the fasting for one day and one night, or observe the prohibitive precept for ^'ramawera (a novice) for the same period, or observe the perfect moral precepts, not lowering their dignity nor neglecting any ceremonial observance for one day and one night, and by bringing their respective merits to maturity seek to be born in the Country of Highest Happiness. On the eve of departure from this life, such a believer who is possessed of this moral virtue, which he has made fragrant by cultivation during his life, will see Amitayus, followed by all his retinue ; flashing forth rays of golden colour, this Buddha will come before him and offer a lotus-flower of seven jewels. [49] ''o
2194 amitavur-diivana-sCtra, §27. ' He will hear a voice in the sky, praising him and saying : " O son of a noble family, thou art indeed an excellent man. Out of regard for thy obedience to ihe teachings of all the Buddhas of the three worlds I, now, come and meet thee. Then the newcomer will see himself seated on that lotus-flower. Soon the lotus-flower will fold around him, and being in this he will be born in the jewel-lake of the World of Highest Happiness in the western quarter. ' After seven days that flower will unfold again, when the believer will open his eyes, and praise the World-Honoured One, stretching forth his folded hands. Having heard the Law, he will rejoice and obtain the fruition of a Srota-apanna' (the first grade to Nirva;^a). ' In the lapse of half a kalpa he will become an Arhat. J 27. ' Next are the beings who will be born in the lowest form of the middle grade (to Buddhahood). If there be sons or daughters of a noble family who are filial to their parents and support them, besides exercising benevolence and compassion in the world, at their departure from this life, such persons will meet a good and learned teacher who will fully describe to them the state of happiness in that Buddha country of Amitayus, and will also explain die forty-eight prayers of the Bhikshu Dharmakara-. As soon as any such person has heard these details, his life will come to an end. In a brief moment^ he ' Vide Va^ra^X-^c'dika, § 9. * Vide Larger Sukhavatr, §§ 7, 8. * Lit. ' In the time in which a strong man can bend liis arm or stretch his bended arm.'
3§28. MEDITATION ON BUDDHA AMITAYUS. I95 will be born in the World of Highest Happiness in the western quarter. * After seven days he will meet Aval, and Mahas., from whom he will learn the Law and rejoice. After the lapse of a lesser kalpa he will attain to the fruition of an Arhat. The perception of these three sorts of beings is called the meditation of the middle class of beings, and is the Fifteenth Meditation. § 28. * Next are the beings who will be born in the highest form of the lowest grade. If there be any one who commits many evil deeds, provided that he does not speak evil of the Mah^vaipulya Sutras, he, though himself a very stupid man, and neither ashamed nor sorry for all the evil actions that he has done, yet, while dying, may meet a good and learned teacher who will recite and laud the headings and titles of the twelve divisions of the Mahayana scriptures. Having thus heard the names of all the Sutras, he will be freed from the greatest sins which would involve him in births and deaths during a thousand kalpas. 'A wise man also will teach him to stretch forth his folded hands and to say, "Adoration to Buddha Amitayus" (Namo^mitabhaya Buddhaya, or, Namo.mitayushe Buddhaya). Having uttered the name of the Buddha, he will be freed from the sins which would otherwise involve him in births and deaths for fifty millions of kalpas. Thereupon the Buddha will send a created Buddha, and the created Bodhisattvas Aval, and Mahas., to approach that person with words of praise, saying : "O son of a noble family, as thou hast uttered the name of that Buddha, all thy sins have been destroyed and expiated, and therefore we now come to meet thee. After this * o 2
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