The Flower Ornament Scripture

Home > Other > The Flower Ornament Scripture > Page 84
The Flower Ornament Scripture Page 84

by Thomas Cleary


  True thusness’s whereabouts is everywhere—

  Such practice do they dedicate.

  As in the fundamental essence of true thusness

  There has never been a single thing,

  Ungraspable essence the true essence,

  Such work do they dedicate.

  As is the character of true thusness, so is their work;

  As is the essence of true thusness, so is their work:

  As the essence of true thusness is basically real,

  So is their work the same as true thusness.

  Just as true thusness has no limits,

  So too is their work boundless—

  And yet they have no ties therein,

  Therefore this work is pure.

  Thus are brilliant true children of Buddha,

  Their will steadfast, unwavering;

  By their power of knowledge they comprehend well

  And enter the treasury of Buddhas’ techniques.

  Awakening to the true teaching of Buddha,

  They are not obsessed or bound by it—

  Thus their free mind is unobstructed—

  They’ve never seen anything to originate.

  The acts of the Buddhas’ reality body,

  The features of all worlds as they are,

  The explanation of the signs of things as signless:

  Knowing such characteristics is knowing the teachings.

  Enlightening beings abide in the inconceivable,

  In which thought is inexhaustible:

  Entering this inconceivable realm,

  Thought and nonthought are both silenced.

  Thus do they contemplate the nature of things,

  Comprehending all distinctions in acts;

  Obliterating all attachment to self,

  They abide in virtue, immovable.

  The fruits of the acts of enlightening beings

  Are all stamped by inexhaustible knowledge;

  This infinity’s inherently null,

  Therefore inexhaustible expedients vanish.

  Enlightening beings observe the mind is not outside

  And also is not found within;

  They know the nature of mind has no existence,

  Detached from self and things, forever extinct.

  Thus do those buddha-children know

  The nature of all things is eternally void,

  And there’s not a single thing that can create—

  They realize selflessness, same as the Buddhas’.

  They know that all worlds

  Are equal to the nature and characteristics of true thusness;

  Seeing these inconceivable characteristics,

  They can know the uncharacterized.

  If any abide in this profound truth,

  Always happily cultivating enlightening practices,

  Desiring to aid all living beings,

  Adorned with great vows, unregressing,

  They then transcend the mundane,

  Not creating erroneous concepts of birth and death,

  Comprehending the mind is like a magical production,

  Diligently cultivating practices to liberate sentient beings.

  Enlightening beings observe the world with true awareness,

  Seeing that all comes from active conditions;

  They cultivate practices in order to liberate,

  Including all in the triple world.

  They know the various differences of sentient beings

  Are discriminations of mental imagery and action:

  This they observe with complete clarity,

  Without destroying the nature of things.

  The wise comprehend all Buddha teachings

  And dedicate such practices,

  Taking pity on all living beings,

  Causing them to contemplate rightly the truth.

  “What is great enlightening beings’ unattached, unbound, liberated dedication? Here they honor and respect all roots of goodness: that is to say, they honor and respect emancipation from birth and death, embodiment of all roots of goodness, seeking all roots of goodness, repentance of past acts, moral support of roots of goodness, expression of respect for Buddhas, making prostrations before tombs and shrines, and exhorting Buddhas to expound the teaching—they honor and respect such various roots of goodness, recognizing and approving them all.

  “When great enlightening beings honor, respect, recognize and approve these roots of goodness, they are extremely delighted, and affirm their faith, attaining peace and stability themselves and also enabling others to attain peace and stability. They diligently cultivate roots of goodness without attachment, freely building them up, developing supreme determination, abiding in the realm of the enlightened, their power growing, able to see and know all. They dedicate the roots of goodness in this way: with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the deeds of Universal Good; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to purify the speech of Universal Good; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to perfect the mental action of Universal Good; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to arouse the vast energy of Universal Good; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to fulfill the methods of concentration formulae of unobstructed expression of Universal Good, their voices pervading the ten directions; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to fulfill the method of concentration formulae for perception of all Buddhas of Universal Good, always seeing all Buddhas of the ten directions; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to achieve and understand the method of concentration formulae of all sounds, the same as all sounds, expounding infinite principles; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish Universal Good’s method of concentration formulae abiding through all ages, cultivating enlightening practice everywhere in the ten directions; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the power of freedom of Universal Good, in the body of one being showing the cultivation of the practices of all enlightening beings, eternally throughout the future, ever unceasing, and as in the body of one being, so also in the bodies of all beings; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to achieve the power of freedom of Universal Good to enter into the enlightenment sites of all congregations, appearing before all Buddhas, and cultivating the practices of enlightening beings; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the power of freedom of buddhahood of Universal Good, and appear to spend endless eons on various methods, causing all sentient beings to attain entry into enlightenment, appearing bodily before all Buddhas; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to attain the power of freedom of Universal Good, and moment to moment enable untold beings to abide in the knowledge of the ten powers, without weariness of mind; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the power of freedom of Universal Good, in the bodies of all sentient beings manifesting all Buddhas’ autonomous spiritual powers, causing all sentient beings to live by the practice of Universal Good; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to develop the power of freedom of Universal Good, in the speech of one being producing the speech of all beings, causing each and every being to dwell in the stage of universal knowledge; with unattached, unbound, liberated minds to attain the power of freedom of Universal Good and contain the bodies of all beings in the body of each individual being, causing all to think they have attained the buddha-body; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to achieve the power of freedom of Universal Good and be able to adorn all worlds of the ten directions with a single flower; with unattached, unbound, liberated minds to accomplish the power of freedom of Universal Good and produce a great voice pervading the cosmos, heard in all buddha-lands, pacifying all beings; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to attain the power of freedom of Universal Good, able to enter, in each passing instant of the endless future, all worlds everywhere, adorning them as they wish by the spiritual power of Buddha; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to achieve the power of freedom of Universal Good and through the ages of the future always be able to enter into all worlds and
manifest attainment of Buddhahood in the world; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the practice of Universal Good, with one light illumining all worlds in the realm of space; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to achieve the practice of Universal Good, attain immeasurable knowledge, be endowed with all spiritual powers, and explain all kinds of truths; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the practice of Universal Good, and enter the eternal immeasurable spiritual knowledge of the enlightened; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the practice of Universal Good, abide in the realm of the enlightened ones throughout the cosmos, and by the spiritual power of the enlightened cultivate the physical, verbal, and mental actions of the practices of enlightening beings, never flagging; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the practice of Universal Good, and be pure in speech, not deviating from the truth or corrupting the teaching, with inexhaustible eloquence teaching and pacifying all sentient beings so that they may attain the unexcelled enlightenment of all Buddhas; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good, and when entering into a single aspect of the teaching emit immeasurable light illuminating inconceivably many aspects the teaching, abide in the practices of enlightening beings, master of the teaching, arrive at the other shore adorned by Universal Good, and examine and gain understanding of every single object by means of universal knowledge, without universal knowledge being exhausted; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to live by the practice of Universal Good from this life forever onward, never ceasing, attaining omniscience and realizing innumerable truths, to be ultimately free from confusion and delusion in regard to truth; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the work of Universal Good, with mastery of technique, attaining the light of truth and illumining the practices of enlightening beings without obstruction; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and attain knowledge of all means of liberation—that is, innumerable means, inconceivable means, the means of enlightening beings, means of universal knowledge, all enlightening beings’ means of training, means of activating innumerable cycles of teachings, means appropriate to unspeakably many times, means of explaining all kinds of methods, means of the boundless treasury of fearlessness, means of explaining all truths; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to live by the practice of Universal Good, accomplish actions that cause all witnesses to rejoice and not give rise to slander or repudiation and to set their minds on enlightenment with ultimate purity, never regressing; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and attain pure knowledge of the languages of all sentient beings, fully adorned by all verbal expression to respond to all sentient beings and gladden them; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to abide by the practice of Universal Good and establish an extraordinary will, have a pure mind, attain great spiritual powers and vast knowledge and wisdom, and go to all vast worlds and vast lands, and to immense congregations of sentient beings expound unspeakably many far-reaching teachings of the Buddhas, their treasuries full of vast adornments; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to fulfill the practice and vows of dedication of Universal Good and attain the pure body, pure mind, and pure understanding of all Buddhas, embody the virtues of buddhahood, abide in the realm of buddhahood, universally illumining with the seal of knowledge, revealing the pure deeds of enlightening beings, entering into the meanings of all different expressions, demonstrating the tremendous freedom of the Buddhas and enlightening beings, and for the sake of all sentient beings manifest the attainment of true enlightenment; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to diligently cultivate the practical commitments of the faculties of Universal Good and attain clear, sharp faculties, well-tuned faculties, faculties free in all ways, inexhaustible faculties, faculties diligently cultivating all roots of goodness, equanimous faculties of the range of all Buddhas, faculties of great vigor giving all enlightening beings the prediction of nonregression, faculties knowing the realm of indestructibility of all Buddhas, faculties of adamantine flames of the illuminating light of knowledge of all Buddhas, faculties freely distinguishing all capacities, faculties for establishing all sentient beings in universal knowledge, boundlessly vast faculties, totally complete faculties, pure unhindered faculties; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and attain all enlightening beings’ spiritual powers—spiritual powers of boundlessly great strength, spiritual powers of immeasurable independent knowledge, spiritual power to appear in all buddha-fields without physically moving, spiritual power of unhindered, uninterrupted freedom, spiritual power to concentrate all buddha-fields in one place, spiritual power to pervade all buddha-fields with one body, spiritual power of unhindered, liberated roaming, spiritual power of instantaneous freedom without doing anything, spiritual power abiding in essencelessness and nonreliance, and spiritual power to progressively set up untold worlds in a single pore, traveling to all Buddhas’ enlightenment sites throughout the cosmos to teach sentient beings and cause them all to enter the door of great knowledge; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to enter the door of Universal Good, produce the practices of enlightening beings, and with independent knowledge enter into innumerable buddha-lands in a single instant, contain immeasurable buddha-lands in one body, attain knowledge of how to purify buddha-lands, and always observe boundless buddha-lands with knowledge and wisdom, never developing the mentality of individual salvation; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practices of expedient means of Universal Good, enter the realm of wisdom, be born in the house of the enlightened, abide in the path of enlightening beings, fulfill infinite supreme aspirations, carry out infinite vows without ever ceasing, and know all realms of reality of all times; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the pure teaching of Universal Good, able to contain the innumerable worlds of the cosmos throughout all space in a spot as big as a hairtip, causing all to be clearly seen, with the same applying to every single point throughout the space of the cosmos; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the profound mental techniques of Universal Good, able in a single mental moment to manifest the states of mind of one sentient being over untold eons, and in the same way manifest the states of mind of all sentient beings over untold eons; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to enter the stage of employment of techniques of dedication of Universal Good, able to contain in one body the unspeakably unspeakable numbers of bodies throughout the cosmos, without there being any increase or decrease in the realm of sentient beings, and as of one body, so also of all bodies throughout the cosmos, so all contain all in the same way; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to accomplish the means of the vows of Universal Good, abandon all delusions of thought, mind, and view, and enter the sphere of all Buddhas and always see the pure Buddhas’ reality-body, equal to space, to be adorned with the marks and embellishments of buddhahood, master spiritual powers, and always teach unimpededly and uninterruptedly with a sublime voice, causing all who hear to absorb and retain what they have been taught, and to realize the body of enlightenment has no acquisition; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and abide in the stages of enlighenment, in a single moment entering all worlds—upright worlds, inverted worlds, untold numbers of immense worlds in the ten directions enmeshing all locations—and with the means of distinction of the cosmic net of Indra, distinguish all reality-realms, having various worlds enter one world, having untold infinities of worlds enter one world, having the infinite worlds structured by all realms of phenomena and principles enter one world, having the infinite worlds established in all realms of space enter one world, yet without destroying the features of their structures, causing all to be clearly seen; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate Universal Good’s practical vows of enlightening and be crowned by the Buddha, instantly entering the stage of skill in me
ans, fully developing the treasure of knowledge steadfastly living by enlightening practices, capable of comprehensive knowledge of all perceptions—perceptions of sentient beings, perceptions of phenomena, perceptions of fields, perceptions of locations, perceptions of Buddha, perceptions of worlds, perceptions of action, perceptions of practices, perceptions of realms, perceptions of understandings, perceptions of faculties, perceptions of time, perceptions of continuity, perceptions of afflictions, perceptions of purity, perceptions of maturation, perceptions of seeing Buddha, perceptions of turning the wheel of teaching, perceptions of hearing the teaching and understanding, perceptions of training, perceptions of infinity, perceptions of emancipation, perceptions of various stages, perceptions of innumerable stages, perceptions of knowledge of enlightening beings, perceptions of training of enlightening beings, perceptions of concentrations of enlightening beings, perceptions of enlightening beings emerging from concentration, perceptions of the becoming of enlightening beings, perceptions of disintegration of enlightening beings, perceptions of the demise of enlightening beings, perceptions of the birth of enlightening beings, perceptions of the liberation of enlightening beings, perceptions of the independence of enlightening beings, perceptions of the preservation of enlightening beings, perceptions of the spheres of enlightening beings, perceptions of the formation and decay of ages, perceptions of light, perceptions of darkness, perceptions of day, perceptions of night, perceptions of changes of the fortnight, month, season, and year, perceptions of going, perceptions of coming, perceptions of standing still, perceptions of sitting, perceptions of sleeping, perceptions of waking—able to know all these perceptions in an instant of thought, while at the same time detached from all perceptions, without arbitrary discrimination, cutting through all barriers, without any attachments, the knowledge of all Buddhas filling their minds, all Buddha teachings developing their roots of goodness, having the same one body as all Buddhas, in the keeping of all Buddhas, free from defilement, thoroughly pure, cultivating all Buddha teachings as appropriate, reaching the other shore; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good for the sake of all sentient beings and produce the jewel of great knowledge, knowing infinite minds in each individual mind, seeing clearly their various fixations, notions, various natures, doings, functions, features, thoughts, and awareness; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to perfect the jewel of knowledge of the great vows of Universal Good, knowing infinite places in one place, and likewise in all places; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the stage of knowledge of practice of Universal Good, and in one action be able to know all actions, clearly seeing the various conditions making up those actions, and as of one action, so of all actions; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate and learn Universal Good’s knowledge of all things, knowing infinite things in one thing, knowing one thing in all things, these things each different, without obstruction, without opposition or attachment; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to live by the practice of enlightening beings and acquire the unobstructed ear faculty of Universal Good, in the sound of one utterance knowing the boundless differentiations in countless utterances, without clinging, and as of one utterance, so of all utterances; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the knowledge of Universal Good, initiate the practice of Universal Good, and abide in the state of Universal Good, in each individual principle expounding countless principles, those principles far-reaching, variously different, teaching, transforming, saving, in accord with inconceivable expedient means, at all times, in accord with the inclinations, understandings, and faculties of sentient beings, in accord with the time expounding the teaching for them with the voice of Buddha, with one marvelous voice gladdening innumerable sentient beings in the congregations at unspeakably many sites of enlightenment, so the innumerable enlightening beings with all Buddhas fill the cosmos, making extraordinary determinations, producing great insights, ultimately knowing all practices abiding in the state of Universal Good, according to the principles explained able to enter moment to moment into the space of a single instant and develop and increase a store of infinite great knowledge forever and ever—to teach this way, to cultivate in all fields great practices equal to space, fully perfecting them; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the methods of operation of the faculties of Universal Good, becoming masters of great action, in each and every faculty able to know innumerable faculties, innumerable mental inclinations, and the sublime practice born of the realm of inconceivability; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to live by the heart of great dedication practice by Universal Good and attain the most subtle knowledge of form, the most subtle knowledge of bodies, the most subtle knowledge of lands, the most subtle knowledge of ages, the most subtle knowledge of worlds, the most subtle knowledge of places, the most subtle knowledge of times, the most subtle knowledge of numbers, the most subtle knowledge of consequences of actions, and the most subtle knowledge of purity, able to know all such subtleties instantly, without fear, confusion, distraction, cloudiness, or depression of mind, being single-minded, skilled in quiet concentration and discernment, the mind well stabilized; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to abide in the knowledge of enlightening beings and cultivate the practice of Universal Good tirelessly, able to know the details of the tendencies of sentient beings, the details of the deaths of sentient beings, the details of the births of sentient beings, the details of the subsistence of sentient beings, the details of the locations of sentient beings, the details of the types of sentient beings, the details of the realms of sentient beings, the details of the acts of sentient beings, the details of the grasping of sentient beings, the details of sentient beings’ clinging to objects, able to know all such details instantly; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to establish profound determination, cultivate the practice of Universal Good, and be able to know the details of efforts of all enlightening beings for the sake of living creatures from their first inspiration—the details of cultivation of enlightening beings’ practices, the details of enlightening beings’ abodes, the details of enlightening beings’ spiritual powers, the details of enlightening beings’ travels to innumerable buddha-lands, the details of enlightening beings’ pure eyes, the details of enlightening beings’ development of transcendent mentality, the details of enlightening beings’ visits to congregations at enlightenment sites of all Buddhas, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of methods of concentration spells, the details of enlightening beings’ expositions of the treasury of all skills of analysis and elucidation of the stage of infinite fearlessness, the details of the characteristics of innumerable concentrations of enlightening beings, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of concentration on vision of all Buddhas, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of extremely deep concentration, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of concentration on great adornments, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of concentration in great autonomous spiritual powers, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of concentration on preservation of great practices throughout the future, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of production of innumerable different concentrations, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of concentration on being born in the presence of all Buddhas and diligent practice of service of the Buddhas, never leaving them, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of cultivation of all profound, vast, unobstructed states of concentration, the details of enlightening beings’ unobscured knowledge of concentration of the stage of consummation of universal knowledge, the stage of knowledge and practice of preservation, the stage of great spiritual powers, and the stage of certitude of meaning, able to know all such details completely; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and know the details of all enlightening beings’ knowledge of structures, the details of enlightening beings’ stages, the details of enlightening bei
ngs’ innumerable activities, the details of enlightening beings’ production of dedication, the details of enlightening beings’ attainment of the treasuries of all Buddhas, the details of enlightening beings’ analytic knowledge, the details of enlightening beings’ spiritual capabilities and will power, the subtleties of enlightening beings’ explanations of concentration, the details of enlightening beings’ versatile skill in means, the details of the gestures of enlightening beings, the details of enlightening beings’ life on the threshold of buddhahood, the details of enlightening beings’ birth in Tushita heaven, the details of enlightening beings’ sojourn in the celestial palace, the details of enlightening beings’ purification of a buddha-land, the details of enlightening beings’ observation of the human world, the details of enlightening beings radiating great light, the details of the excellence of families of enlightening beings, the details of the congregations at the enlightenment sites of enlightening beings, the details of enlightening beings’ birth throughout all worlds, the details of enlightening beings’ manifestation of the end of a life of all bodies in one body, the details of enlightening beings entering their mothers’ wombs, the details of enlightening beings’ life in their mothers’ wombs, the details of enlightening beings’ free manifestation of the congregations at the sites of enlightenment in all realms while yet in their mothers’ wombs, the details of enlightening beings’ manifestation of the spiritual powers of all Buddhas while in their mothers’ wombs, the details of enlightening beings’ manifestation of birth, the details of the knowledge of enlightening beings walking seven steps like a lion, the details of enlightening beings’ knowledge of skill in means, expediently appearing to abide in a royal palace, the details of enlightening beings leaving home and cultivating practices for self-mastery, the details of enlightening beings sitting under trees of enlightenment at sites of enlightenment, the details of enlightening beings conquering armies of demons and attaining unexcelled complete perfect enlightenment, the details of the realized ones sitting on the seat of enlightenment and emanating great light illumining the worlds of the ten directions, the details of the enlightened ones showing innumerable mystical transfigurations, the details of the enlightened ones’ lion roar and great extinction, the details of the enlightened ones taming all sentient beings without hindrance, the details of the enlightened ones’ inconceivable autonomous powers like the adamantine mind of enlightenment, the details of the enlightened ones minding all worlds, the details of the enlightened ones doing buddha work in all worlds forever and ever without ceasing, the details of the enlightened ones’ unobstructed spiritual powers pervading the cosmos, the details of the enlightened ones appearing in all worlds throughout space to fulfill buddhahood and tame sentient beings, the details of the enlightened ones manifesting innumerable buddha-bodies in one buddha-body, the details of the enlightened ones’ knowledge of the freedom to be at the site of enlightenment in the past, future, and present, completely knowing all such minute details with consummate clarity, able to manifest appearance in all worlds, moment to moment increasing in knowledge, perfecting non-regressive skill in liberative means, cultivating enlightening practice without ceasing, fulfilling the stage of dedication of Universal Good, attaining the virtues of all Buddhas, never tiring of or giving up what enlightening beings practice, producing the enlightening beings’ state of presence, with innumerable means of enlightenment, all pure, wishing to pacify all sentient beings, cultivating the deeds of enlightening beings and accomplishing the enlightening beings’ stage of great power, attaining the aspiration of the enlightening mind, reaching the gate of dedication of Diamond Banner, producing the treasury of qualities of the realm of truth, always in the care of the Buddhas, entering the doors of the profound principles of enlightening beings, expounding all true meanings, flawlessly skilled in teaching, carrying out great vows, never abandoning sentient beings, thoroughly knowing the mine of conceivable and inconceivable realms, demonstrating the production of thought in the realm of inconceivability, detaching from verbal expression, abiding in knowledge, doing as all enlightening beings do, with the power of spiritual freedom demonstrating the path of attainment of Buddhahood forever and ever without cease, by spiritual power and the power of vows able to show all worlds, sentient beings, and ages, defined by illusory ideas and speech; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and attain knowledge of the minute details of the realms of all sentient beings—knowledge of the details of distinctions of realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the verbal expression of realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the attachments in realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the different species in the realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of similar species in the realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the innumerable tendencies in the realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the inconceivably many artifices of various conceptions in the realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the immeasurable pollution in the realms of sentient beings, knowledge of the details of the immeasurable purity in the realms of sentient beings—able to instantly know such minute details as these of all realms of sentient beings, knowing them as they truly are, widely expounding the truth for sentient beings, showing them various kinds of pure teachings and practices to enable them to cultivate the vast knowledge and wisdom of enlightening beings, emanating countless bodies, gladdening to all who see, illumining enlightening beings’ minds with the sun of knowledge, causing their understanding to open up and their wisdom to be freed; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practices of Universal Good in all worlds for the sake of all beings, attaining detailed knowledge of all worlds in the cosmos of space—detailed knowledge of small worlds, detailed knowledge of large worlds, detailed knowledge of polluted worlds, detailed knowledge of pure worlds, detailed knowledge of incomparable worlds, detailed knowledge of various worlds, detailed knowledge of broad worlds, detailed knowledge of narrow worlds, detailed knowledge of worlds with unobstructed adornments, detailed knowledge of Buddhas’ appearance throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of explanation of truth throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of bodily manifestation throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of emanation of great light throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of manifestation of the Buddhas’ autonomous spiritual powers throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of entry into the congregations at enlightenment sites of buddha-fields in all worlds, detailed knowledge of demonstration of all tones with one voice throughout all worlds, detailed knowledge of making all buddha-fields in the cosmos into one buddha-field, detailed knowledge of making one buddha-field into all buddha-fields in the cosmos, detailed knowledge of awareness that all worlds are like dreams, detailed knowledge of awareness that all worlds are like reflections, detailed knowledge of awareness that all worlds are like illusions—knowing all this thoroughly, producing the path of all enlightening beings, enter the knowledge and spiritual powers practiced by Universal Good, fulfill the meditation of Universal Good, cultivate enlightening practices unceasingly, attain the free mystic metamorphoses of all Buddhas, acquire unobstructed bodies, abide in nonreliant knowledge, be without grasping or attachment to anything, being nonacquisitive in all mental actions, developing detachment in all situations, thinking of enlightening practice as purification, having no thought of grasping or clinging to universal knowledge, adorning themselves with concentrations, their knowledge in accord with all realms of reality; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to enter the door of practices of Universal Good and attain detailed knowledge of innumerable realms of reality, detailed knowledge of explanations of all realms of reality, detailed knowledge of entry into vast realms of reality, detailed knowledge of distinction of inconceivably many realms of reality, detailed knowledge of distinction of all realms of reality, detailed knowledge of one thought pervading all realms of reality, detailed knowledge of entry into all realms of re
ality, detailed knowledge of awareness that all realms of reality are ungraspable, detailed knowledge of observation of all realms of reality without obstruction, detailed knowledge of awareness that all realms of reality have no birth, detailed knowledge of manifestation of miracles in all realms of reality, with vast knowledge knowing such minute details of all realms of reality as they truly are, mastering the truth, demonstrating the practice of Universal Good, causing all sentient beings to be fully satisfied, not abandoning principle yet not clinging to doctrine, producing impartial, unobstructed knowledge, aware of the basis of nonobstruction, not dwelling on anything at all, not destroying the nature of things as it really is, pure and spacelike, while producing verbal explanation adapted to the world, opening up the true meaning, pointing out the silent, null essence, not relying or dwelling on any object, without vain discrimination, clearly seeing the universal structure of the realm of reality, comprehending that all worlds and all things are equal and nondual, divorcing all attachments; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practices of Universal Good and develop detailed knowledge of all eons—detailed knowledge of making unspeakably many eons one moment, detailed knowledge of making one moment unspeakably many eons, detailed knowledge of fitting incalculable eons into one eon, detailed knowledge of one eon entering incalculable eons, detailed knowledge of long eons entering short eons, detailed knowledge of short eons entering long eons, detailed knowledge of entry into eons with Buddhas and eons without Buddhas, detailed knowledge of the number of all eons, detailed knowledge of how all eons are not eons, detailed knowledge of seeing all eons past, present, and future in a single moment—instantaneously knowing all such minute details of all eons as they truly are by means of enlightened knowledge, attaining to the mind mastering the completely fulfilled practices of enlightening beings, the mind entering the practice of Universal Good, the mind free from all inane speculation and erroneous conceptualization, the mind tirelessly making great vows, the mind perceiving the network of innumerable worlds filled with Buddhas, the mind able to learn and remember the roots of goodness of the Buddhas and the practices of the enlightening beings, the mind which, having heard, never forgets the great practices for comforting all sentient beings, the mind which can manifest the appearance of Buddha in the world in all ages, the mind which unceasingly practices unshakability and imperturbability in all worlds forever and ever, the mind which in all worlds fills the bodies of enlightening beings with the behavior of the enlightened; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good, accomplish nonregression, and attain extremely detailed knowledge of principles and phenomena—detailed knowledge of the principles and phenomena of mysticism, detailed knowledge of far-reaching principles and extensive phenomena, detailed knowledge of various principles and phenomena, detailed knowledge of principles and phenomena of adornment, detailed knowledge of the immeasurability of all principles and phenomena, detailed knowledge of all principles entering one principle, all phenomena entering one phenomena, all principles entering one phenomenon, all phenomena entering one principle, detailed knowledge of one principle entering all principles, one phenomenon entering all phenomena, one principle entering all phenomena, one phenomenon entering all principles, detailed knowledge of all principles and phenomena entering what is not principle or phenomenon, detailed knowledge of defining all principles and phenomena where there are none, without contradiction, detailed knowledge penetrating the techniques of all Buddha-teachings—knowing as they truly are all such things as defined by all speech in all worlds, with extremely detailed and subtle knowledge equal to all of them, that knowledge unobstructed, attaining the mind which enters the boundless realm of reality, abiding steadfastly with a profound mind in each sphere of reality, perfecting unobstructed practice, filling all faculties with universal knowledge, entering the knowledge of buddhahood, properly mindful of expedient means, accomplishing the great qualities of Buddhas, filling the entire cosmos, realizing all the bodies of the enlightened, manifesting all the physical actions of enlightening beings, expounding the teaching in the terms of expression of all worlds, attaining the mental activity of knowledge spiritually empowered by all Buddhas, producing omniscient knowledge skillfully distinguishing all things; with unattached, unbound, liberated mind to cultivate the practice of Universal Good and produce detailed knowledge of all kinds—that is, detailed knowledge of all lands and fields, detailed knowledge of all sentient beings, detailed knowledge of the fruits of all practices, detailed knowledge of the minds of all sentient beings, detailed knowledge of the proper timing of all expositions of the teaching, detailed knowledge of all realms of reality, detailed knowledge of all past, present, and future worlds throughout space, detailed knowledge of all manners of verbal expression, detailed knowledge of all worldly activities, detailed knowledge of all transmundane activities, and detailed knowledge of the paths of all Buddhas, the paths of all enlightening beings, and the paths of all sentient beings—cultivating enlightening practices, living by the path of Universal Good, knowing all expressions and meanings truly, bearing knowledge that all are like reflections, like dreams, like illusions, like echoes, like phantoms, like space, bearing knowledge of nullity, bearing knowledge of all realms of reality, bearing independent knowledge, bearing knowledge of all principles of Buddhahood.

 

‹ Prev