Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts — SBE Vol. 49 — trans. Cowell, Müller & Takakusu (1894)
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THE LARGER SUKHAVATI-VYUHA. DESCRIPTION OF SUKHAVATI, THE LAND OF BLISS. Cm. Adoration to the Three Treasures! Cm. Adoration to all the glorious Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ! Adoration to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, A Aryas, ^'ravakas, and Pratyekabuddhas, past, present, and to come, who dwell in the unlimited and endless Lokadhatus of the ten quarters ! Adoration to Amitabha ! Adoration to him whose soul is endowed with incomprehensible virtues ! Adoration to Amitabha, to the 6^ina, to thee, O Muni ! I go to Sukhavati through thy compassion also ; To Sukhavati, with its groves, resplendent with gold, The delightful, adorned with the sons of Sugata, — I go to it, which is full of many jewels and treasures ; And the refuge of thee, the famous and wise.
} I. Thus it was heard by me. At one time the Bhagavat^ dwelt in Ra^agr/ha, on the mountain Gr/dhraku/a, with a large assembly of Bhikshus, * The Blessed, i. e. Buddha .Sakyamuni. [49] *Ii p. 2tI, § r. with thirty-two thousands of Bhikshus, all holy (arhat), free from frailties and cares, who had performed their religious duties, whose thoughts had been thoroughly freed through perfect knowledge, with inquiring thoughts, who had broken the fetters of existence, who had obtained their desires, who had conquered, who had achieved the highest selfrestraint, whose thoughts and whose knowledge were unfettered, Mahanagas (great heroes), possessed of the six kinds of knowledge, self-controlled, meditating on the eight kinds of salvation, possessed of the powers, wise in wisdom, elders, great disciples, viz.
I. A^;7atakau;/rt^inya, 2. An^a^t, 3. Vashpa, 4. Mahanaman, 5. Bhadra^it, 6. Ya.<rodeva, y.Vimala, 8. Subihu, 9. Pur;/a Maitraya;^iputra\ 10. Uruvilva-ka^yapa, II. Nadi-kii-yapa, 12. Gaya-ki^yapa, 13. Kumara-k4- jyapa, 14. Maha-ka^yapa, 15. .Sariputra ^ 16. IMahamaudgalyayana, 17. Mahakaush///ilya, 18. Mahakaphila, 19. Maha/J'unda, 20. Aniruddha ^ 21. Nandika, 22. Kampila *, 23. Subhuti, 24. Revata, 25. Khadirava7^ika •■'', 26. Vakula, 27.
Svdgata, 28. Amoghara^a, 29. Paniya;/ika, 30. Patka, 31. A'ullapatka, 32. Nanda, 2,^. Rahula, and 34. the blessed Ananda, — with these and with other elders, and great disciples, who were wise in wisdom, with the exception of one person who had still to be advanced on the path of the disciples, viz. the blessed Ananda ; — and with many noble-minded Bodhisattvas, led by Maitreya.
' These two names refer to one and the same person. ^ Nos. ir; and 16 are taken as one in the MSS, A B. ' Frequently called Anuruddha, * Kimbila is mentioned with Anuruddha and Nandiya in the Mahfivagga X, 4, 2. » Sec Pdw.VIlI, 4, 5.
§ 2. p. 3§ 2. Then the blessed Ananda, having risen from his seat, having put his cloak on one shoulder, and knelt on the earth with his right knee, making obeisance with folded hands in the direction of the Bhagavat, spoke thus to the Bhagavat : ' Thy organs of sense, O Bhagavat, are serene, the colour of thy skin is clear, the colour of thy face bright and yellowish. As an autumn cloud is pale, clear, bright and yellowish, thus the organs of sense of the Bhagavat are serene, the colour of his face is clear, the colour of his skin bright and yellowish. And as, O Bhagavat, a piece of gold coming from the 6^ambil river, having been thrown into a furnace by a clever smith or by his apprentice, and well fashioned, when thrown on a pale cloth, looks extremely clear, bright and yellowish, thus the organs of sense of the Bhagavat are serene, the colour of his face is clear, and the colour of his skin bright and yellowish. Moreover, I do not know, O Bhagavat, that I have ever seen the organs of sense of the Tathagata so serene, the colour of his face so clear, and the colour of his skin so bright and yellowish before now. This thought occurs to me, O Bhagavat : probably, the Tathagata ^ dwells to-day in the state of a Buddha, probably the Tathagata dwells to-day in the state of a 6^ina, in the state of omniscience, in the state of a Mahanaga ; and he contemplates the holy and fully enlightened Tathagatas of the past, future, and present.' After these words, the Bhagavat thus spoke to the blessed Ananda: 'Well said! well said ! Ananda. Did the gods suggest this matter to you ? or the
^ That is, Buddha ^'aUyamau'. *lj 2
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