“All buddhas have ten kinds of immeasurable inconceivable buddha-concentrations. What are they? All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly reach all places to expound the sublime Teaching for sentient beings everywhere. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly reach all places to teach all sentient beings ultimate selflessness. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly enter the past, present, and future in all places. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly enter the immense buddha-lands in the ten directions, pervading all places. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly manifest innumerable various buddha-bodies in all places. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly in all places manifest body, speech, and mind in accord with the various understandings of sentient beings. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly, in all places, explain the ultimate reality of all things, beyond desire. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly, in all places, expound the inherent nature of interdependent origination of everything. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly, in all places, manifest immeasurable worldly and transcendental great adornments, causing sentient beings always to get to see Buddha. All buddhas, while always in correct concentration, instantly, in all places, enable sentient beings to master all enlightened teachings, attain infinite liberation, and ultimately reach unsurpassed transcendence.
“Buddhas have ten kinds of unimpeded liberation. What are they? All buddhas can cause the emergence in the world of untold buddhas in a single atom. All buddhas can cause untold buddhas actively teaching to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause untold sentient beings being taught and guided to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause untold buddha-lands to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause untold enlightening beings receiving predictions of buddhahood to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause all buddhas of past, future, and present to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause all past, present, and future miracles to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause all sentient beings of past, present, and future to appear in a single atom. All buddhas can cause all past, present, and future buddha-works to appear in a single atom.”
BOOK THIRTY-FOUR
The Ocean of Physical Marks of the Ten Bodies of Buddha
THEN THE GREAT ENLIGHTENING BEING Universally Good said to the enlightening beings, “I now will tell you about the ocean of marks of the Buddha. On top of the Buddha’s head there are thirty-two marks of great people, adorned with jewels. Among them is a mark of greatness called light illumining all regions, radiating immeasurable webs of great beams of light. It is adorned by all exquisite jewels, covered with jewel hair, soft, dense, and fine, each hair radiating jewel lights filling all the boundless worlds, manifesting embodiments of Buddha in all, complete with all the marks of buddhahood. This is the first.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of light of the Buddha-eye. It is variously arrayed with the finest gems, producing a golden light like the light emanating from the curl of hair between Buddha’s eyebrows. That light illuminates all worlds. This is the second.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds filling the cosmos. It is arrayed with discs of the finest jewels and radiates the light of the lamp of virtue and knowledge of the enlightened, illumining the oceans of worlds in all universes, making all buddhas and enlightening beings visible. This is the third.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds manifesting universal illumination, variously adorned with gold and jewels. Those exquisite jewels all radiate light, illuminating inconceivable numbers of buddha-lands, with all the buddhas appearing therein. This is the fourth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called radiating clusters of jewel lights, with pure arrays of diamonds and flowers of lapis lazuli, their light shining on all worlds in the ten directions, therein manifesting all kinds of mystical projections extolling the past practices, wisdom, and virtues of the enlightened. This is the fifth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called manifestation of clusters of great powers of Buddha pervading the cosmos, crowned by crystals of flames of jewels in the configurations of mystical projections of enlightening beings, ringed with wheels of light of flames of jewels containing the power of the Buddha enlightening all, those lights illuminating the worlds of the ten directions, making manifest therein all buddhas sitting on the site of enlightenment, clouds of all knowledge filling infinite worlds throughout space. This is the sixth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called multitudes of universal lamps of the enlightened, adorned by a sea of jewels of great power that can shake all lands in the cosmos, emanating pure light filling the cosmos, showing therein the oceans of virtues of the enlightening beings of the ten directions and the oceans of standards of knowledge of the buddhas of past, present, and future. This is the seventh.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called immense cloud reflecting all buddhas, adorned with sapphires, wish-fulfilling jewels, and pearls, always radiating light of enlightening beings’ flaming lamps, illumining all worlds in the ten directions, therein revealing all buddhas’ ocean of physical forms, ocean of vocal sounds, and ocean of pure powers. This is the eighth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light spheres, adorned by flowers of all kinds of jewels, with great webs of flames unfolding from all the jewels and filling all worlds in the ten directions, where all sentient beings see the Buddha sitting before them, praising the qualities of the reality-body of buddhas and enlightening beings, introducing them into the pure realm of the enlightened. This is the ninth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of light illumining the treasury of practices of all enlightening beings, adorned by exquisite flowers made of all kinds of jewels, the lights of the jewels illumining innumerable worlds, the blaze of the jewels covering all lands, reaching all universes in the ten directions without impediment, causing the voice of Buddha to vibrate, telling the ocean of truths. This is the tenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of radiant light shining, adorned with lapis lazuli, sapphires, and diamonds, the colors of the jewel clusters clear, illuminating all oceans of worlds, producing wondrous sounds filling the cosmos, all emanating from the ocean of great virtues of knowledge of the Buddha. This is the eleventh.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of true awakening, adorned with flowers of mixed jewels, the jewel flowers all emitting light beams in all of which there are buddhas sitting on the site of enlightenment, filling boundless worlds, causing the worlds to be purified, putting an end to all deluded thoughts. This is the twelfth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of radiance of light, adorned by crystallizations of the sovereign faculty of mind from the oceanic treasury of jewel flames, radiating great beams of light in which appear countless enlightening beings and the deeds they carry out, the body of knowledge, the body of realities, and the ocean of physical forms of all buddhas, filling the cosmos. This is the thirteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of adornments shining in all directions, arrayed with diamond flowers and lapis lazuli, radiating great beams of light in which there are great jewel lotus blossom thrones, fully adorned, covering the cosmos, spontaneously expounding the practices of enlightening beings, the sound pervading the ocean of all universes. This is the fourteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called manifestation of the clusters of practices of the ocean of concentration of buddhas, instantly revealing the infinite adornments of Buddha, adorning the inconceivable oceans of worlds in all universes. This is the fifteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of universal illumination of the ocean of mystic projections, adorned by mountainous lotus blossoms of exquisite jewels, the light of the jewels born from the vows of the Bu
ddha, manifesting mystical projections without end. This is the sixteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of liberations of all buddhas, adorned by pure fine jewels, emanating great lights, adorning all buddhas’ lion thrones, showing images of forms of all buddhas, as well as the infinite Buddha teachings and the ocean of buddha-lands. This is the seventeenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of illumination of independent means, adorned by lapis lazuli flowers, gold lotus blossoms, crystal lamps, and multitudes of flames of sublime teachings, emanating pure light from dense clouds of jewel flames of all buddhas, filling the cosmos, showing therein all the fine items of adornment. This is the eighteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of awareness of the lineage of buddhas, adorned by infinite jewel lights with a thousand spheres, thoroughly pure within and without, born of roots of goodness of the past, those lights illuminating the worlds of the ten directions, kindling the sun of knowledge, spreading the ocean of truths. This is the nineteenth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of manifestation of all buddhas’ freedom of form, adorned by necklaces of all jewels and lapis lazuli flowers, unfolding great jewel flames, filling the cosmos, manifesting therein the measureless buddhas of past, future, and present, as many as atoms in all buddha-lands, bold and fearless as majestic lions, replete with all the marks and knowledge of buddhahood. This is the twentieth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud illuminating the entire cosmos, adorned by the purity of the precious characteristics of the enlightened, radiating great lights illuminating the cosmos, revealing the sublime treasury of knowledge of all the infinite buddhas and enlightening beings. This is the twenty-first.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cluster of features of Vairocana Buddha, adorned by flowers of the finest jewels as well as pure moons of jewels, all radiating countless trillions of crystal lights, filling all space and the cosmos, therein manifesting countless buddha-lands with buddhas sitting in them. This is the twenty-second.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light revealing all buddhas, adorned with beautiful lamps of myriad jewels, emitting pure light illumining all worlds in the ten directions, showing all the buddhas teaching. This is the twenty-third.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of manifestation of all adornments, embellished by all kinds of jewel flames, radiating pure light filling the cosmos, in every successive instant constantly manifesting all the untold, unspeakable numbers of buddhas and enlightening beings sitting at sites of enlightenment. This is the twenty-fourth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud producing the sounds of all universes, adorned with oceans of jewels and finest sandalwood, emitting great webs of flames filling the cosmos, producing therein subtle sounds pointing out the ocean of all actions of sentient beings. This is the twenty-fifth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud reflecting the spheres of mystical projections of all buddhas, adorned by the pure eyes of the enlightened, illuminating all worlds with light, in which appear all the adornments of the buddhas of past, future, and present, and producing sublime sounds expounding the inconceivably vast ocean of truth. This is the twenty-sixth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light illumining the ocean of buddhas, that light illuminating all worlds in the cosmos without obstruction, with a buddha sitting in each. This is the twenty-seventh.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cluster of jewel lamps, emitting the far-reaching light of the enlightened, illuminating all universes in the ten directions, showing therein all buddhas, enlightening beings, and the ocean of inconceivable numbers of various beings. This is the twenty-eighth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of nondifferentiation of the realm of reality, radiating the light of great knowledge of the enlightened, illuminating all the buddha-lands of the ten directions, all the enlightening beings, the congregations at the sites of enlightenment, and the infinite ocean of teachings, manifesting therein all kinds of miraculous powers, and also emitting sublime voices explaining the undertakings of Universally Good enlightening beings according to the inclinations of sentient beings, causing them to dedicate themselves to Universal Good. This is the twenty-ninth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of radiant illumination abiding in the oceans of all worlds, emanating jewel lights filling all universes in space, revealing therein immaculate sites of enlightenment as well as the physical forms of buddhas and enlightening beings, causing those who see to attain objectless vision. This is the thirtieth.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of flames of pure light of all jewels, emitting the pure light of the exquisite jewels of the infinite buddhas and enlightening beings, illuminating all universes in the ten directions, revealing all the oceans of enlightening beings therein, all imbued with the spiritual power of the enlightened, forever traveling through the network of all lands in space. This is the thirty-first.
“Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of illumination of the arrays of all universes; it is right in the middle, at the crest of a gradual rise, adorned with a pure gold cosmic net, emanating clouds of pure light filling the cosmos, instant after instant constantly showing the buddhas, enlightening beings, and congregations at the sites of enlightenment in all worlds. This is the thirty-second.
“The top of Buddha’s head is embellished with these thirty-two marks of great people. Between the Buddha’s eyebrows is a mark of great people called cloud of light permeating the cosmos, adorned with jewel flowers, emanating great beams of light containing the hues of all jewels, clear and pure as the light of the sun and moon, that light illumining the lands of the ten directions, revealing the bodies of all buddhas therein, and also emitting sublime sounds expressing the ocean of truths. This is the thirty-third mark.
“Buddha’s eyes have a mark of greatness called cloud of independent universal vision, adorned by many beautiful jewels, their crystalline light pure and clear, seeing all without any obstruction. This is the thirty-fourth.
“Buddha’s nose has a mark of greatness called cloud of knowledge of all spiritual powers, adorned by pure jewels, covered with lights the colors of all jewels, wherein appear infinite phantom buddhas sitting on jewel lotus blossoms, going to all worlds, expounding to all enlightening beings and all sentient beings the inconceivable ocean of all aspects of buddhahood. This is the thirty-fifth.
“Buddha’s tongue has a mark of greatness called cloud manifesting reflected images of sound, adorned by beautiful jewels of all colors, produced by the roots of goodness of former times; his tongue’s length and breadth covers all oceans of worlds; whenever the Buddha smiles, he emits lights of all jewels that illumine all the universes in the ten directions, causing all minds to become clear and cool; all the buddhas of past, future, and present appear clearly in the lights, all uttering far-reaching, subtle sounds pervading all lands and remaining for infinite eons. This is the thirty-sixth.
“The buddha’s tongue has another mark of greatness called cloud of reality realms. It is perfectly flat, adorned with jewels, radiating exquisite jewel lights complete with colors and characteristics like the lights emanating from the hair between the Buddha’s eyebrows. Those lights illumine all buddha-lands, showing them to be only made of atoms, having no intrinsic essence. In the lights there also appear countless buddhas, all uttering subtle messages explaining all truths. This is the thirty-seventh.
“The tip of Buddha’s tongue has a mark of greatness called cloud of light illuminating the cosmos, adorned with wish-fulfilling jewels, always spontaneously producing golden flames wherein appear reflections of the ocean of all buddhas. It also causes subtle sounds to resonate, filling all the boundless worlds, each sound containing all sounds, and explaining the sublime truth, to the joy of the hearers, who appreciate for
measureless eons without forgetting. This is the thirty-eighth.
“The tip of Buddha’s tongue has another mark of greatness, called cloud lighting up the cosmos, adorned with diamonds, emanating subtle lights of myriad colors, filling infinite lands of the ten directions throughout the cosmos, all pure, all containing infinite buddhas and enlightening beings, such uttering all kinds of sublime messages, received in person by all enlightening beings. This is the thirty-ninth.
“The Buddha’s gums have a mark of greatness called cloud showing the inconceivable realm of reality, adorned with sapphires and lapis lazuli, emanating clouds of pure light from flames of fragrant lamps, filling the cosmos, showing all kinds of means of mystic powers, expounding the profound, inconceivable truth everywhere in all oceans of worlds. This is the fortieth.
“The Buddha’s lower right teeth have a mark of greatness called cluster of teeth of Buddha, adorned with jewels set in gammadion patterns, radiating great beams of light illuminating the cosmos, with all buddha-bodies appearing therein, circulating throughout the ten directions, enlightening sentient beings. This is the forty-first.
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