“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of hidden treasury: they know all things are a treasury producing virtuous practices; they know all things are a treasury of right thought; they know all things are a treasury of illumination of mental control; they know all things are a treasury of intellectual powers and exposition; they know all things are a treasury of inexpressible accurate awareness of truth; they know all buddhas’ autonomous spiritual powers are a treasury of observation of revelations; they know all things are a treasury of skillfully developing impartiality; they know all things are a treasury of constant vision of all buddhas; they know all inconceivable eons are a mine of realization that all exist like illusions; they know all buddhas and enlightening beings are treasuries producing joy and pure faith. Based on these, enlightening beings can attain the treasury of truth of supreme knowledge of buddhas, and can tame all sentient beings.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of rules of behavior: they should not slander any enlightening teachings; their faith in the buddhas should be indestructible; they should honor and respect all enlightening beings; they should never give up their friendship with wise people; they should not think of those who seek individual salvation; they should avoid all regression on the Path of enlightening beings; they should not give rise to any malice toward sentient beings; they should cultivate all roots of goodness to perfection; they should be able to conquer all demons; they should fulfill all the ways of transcendence. Based on these, enlightening beings can attain the supreme discipline of great knowledge.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of control: control of life, being able to remain alive for untold eons; control of mind, their intellect being able to enter countless concentrations; control of facilities, being able to array all worlds with infinite embellishments; control of action, being able to experience consequences at any time; control of birth, being able to manifest birth in all worlds; control of understanding, being able to see Buddha filling all worlds; control of will, being able to achieve true awakening in any lands whenever desired; control of spiritual powers, showing all kinds of great mystical displays; control of doctrine, revealing boundless gateways to truth; control of knowledge, in each moment of thought manifesting the ten powers and fearlessnesses of buddhas, attaining true enlightenment. Based on these ten controls, enlightening beings can attain mastery of enlightenment, fulfilling the transcendence, knowledge, and spiritual power of all buddhas.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded functions: unimpeded functions relating to sentient beings, lands, phenomena and principles, bodies, vows, realms, knowledge, spiritual capacities, miracles, and powers. What are their unimpeded functions relating to sentient beings and so on?
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded functions relating to sentient beings: knowing that all sentient beings are void of being; knowing that all sentient beings are only upheld by thought; explaining the truth to all sentient beings in a manner appropriate to the time; magically producing the appearance of all realms of sentient beings; placing all sentient beings inside a pore without crowding; showing all sentient beings other worlds; manifesting the bodies of the celestial beings Indra, Brahma, and the world guardians for all sentient beings; manifesting the calm behavior of buddhas’ disciples and individual illuminates for all sentient beings; manifesting the deeds of enlightening beings for all sentient beings; manifesting the buddhas’ physical embellishments, powers of omniscience, and attainment of enlightenment for all beings.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to lands: making all lands one land; fitting all lands in a pore; knowing that the totality of lands is inexhaustible; filling all lands with one body sitting; showing all lands in one body; shaking all lands without frightening the beings there; arraying one land with the adornments of all lands; pervading all lands with one buddha and one congregation, showing sentient beings; showing all sentient beings the infinite differentiations of the network of lands filling the ten directions—all small lands, middle-sized lands, large lands, broad lands, deep lands, upright lands, inverted lands, sideways lands, straight lands.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to phenomena and principles: they know that all phenomena are in one phenomenon and one phenomenon is in all phenomena, yet they do not contravene the understanding of sentient beings; they elicit all principles from transcendent wisdom, explain them to others, and enlighten them all; they know all things are beyond words, yet they enable all sentient beings to understand them; they know all things are of one characteristic, yet they can expound infinite characteristics of things; they know all truths are beyond explanation, yet they explain boundless ways of access to truth; they can skillfully operate a pregnant symbol representing all truths, accommodating all things in one principle without contradiction, expounding it for untold eons without exhausting it; including all things in the teaching of enlightenment, they enable all sentient beings to gain understanding; they know all things have no boundaries; they know the ultimate nonobstruction of all things, like a network of illusions, with infinite differentiations, explaining this to sentient beings for infinite eons without exhausting it.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to bodies: encompassing the bodies of all sentient beings in one’s own body; merging one’s own body into the bodies of all sentient beings; all buddha-bodies entering one buddha-body; one buddha-body entering all buddha-bodies; encompassing all lands in one’s own body; pervading all things of all times with one body, showing sentient beings; showing boundless bodies in one body entering concentration; in one body showing as many bodies as sentient beings attaining enlightenment; showing the body of one being in the bodies of all beings, showing the bodies of all beings in the body of one being; showing the body of reality in the bodies of all beings, showing the bodies of all beings in the body of reality.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to vows: they make the vows of all enlightening beings their own vows; they manifest themselves attaining enlightenment by the power of the vow of attainment of enlightenment of all buddhas; they themselves attain supreme perfect enlightenment in accordance with the sentient beings they are teaching; they never end their great vows, throughout all eons, without bounds; detaching from the body of discriminating consciousness and not clinging to the body of knowledge, they manifest all bodies by free will; they give up their own bodies to fulfill the aspirations of others; they edify all sentient beings without giving up their great vows; they cultivate the deeds of enlightening beings in all ages, yet their great vows never end; they manifest the attainment of true enlightenment in a minute point, pervade all buddha-lands by the power of vowing, and show this to each and every sentient being in untold worlds; they explain a phrase of teaching, throughout all universes, raising great clouds of true teaching, flashing the lightning of liberation, booming the thunder of truth, showering the rain of elixir of immortality, fulfilling all sentient beings by the power of great vows.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded functions relating to realms: they abide in the realm of reality without abandoning the realm of sentient beings; they abide in the realm of buddhas without abandoning the realm of demons; they abide in the realm of nirvana without abandoning the realm of birth and death; they enter the realm of omniscience without putting an end to the realm of the nature of enlightening beings; they abide in the realm of tranquillity and calm without abandoning the realm of distraction; they abide in the spacelike realm where there is no coming or going, no conceptualization, no form, no essence, and no verbalization, yet they do not abandon the realm of all sentient beings, conceptual representations; they dwell in the realm of occult powers and liberation, yet without abandoning the realm of specific locations; they enter the realm of ultimate nonexistence of sentient beings, yet do not give up teaching all sentient be
ings; they dwell in the realm of meditation, liberation, spiritual powers, and higher knowledges, quiet and peaceful, yet they manifest birth in all worlds; they dwell in the realm of realization of true enlightenment adorned by all the deeds of buddhas, yet they manifest the composed, tranquil comportment of the personally liberated and individually illuminated.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to knowledge: inexhaustible analytic powers; retention of all mnemonic concentration formulae; ability to know and explain with certainty the faculties of all sentient beings; instantly knowing, by unhindered knowledge, the actions of the minds of all sentient beings; knowing all sentient beings’ inclinations, propensities, habits, and afflictions, and giving them remedies in accordance with their ailments; in a single moment they are able to enter into the ten powers of buddhas; by unimpeded knowledge they are able to know all ages of past, present, and future and the sentient beings therein; moment to moment they manifest the attainment of enlightenment, showing it to sentient beings endlessly; they know the actions of all sentient beings in the thoughts of one sentient being, understand the language of all sentient beings in the words of one sentient being.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function relating to spiritual capacities: they show the bodies of all worlds in one body; in the audience of one buddha they hear the teachings spoken in the assemblies of all buddhas; in the mind and thoughts of one sentient being they accomplish inexpressible, unsurpassed enlightenment and open the minds of all sentient beings; with one voice they manifest the different sounds of speech of all worlds and enable sentient beings each to attain understanding; in a single moment they show the various differences in results of actions of all ages of the entire past, causing sentient beings all to know and see; they cause all worlds to be fully adorned; they penetrate all pasts, presents, and futures; they emanate the great light of truth and show the enlightenment of all buddhas and the acts and aspirations of sentient beings; they protect all living beings, saints, individual illuminates, enlightening beings, the ten powers of enlightenment they have, and the roots of goodness of enlightening beings. If enlightening beings attain these ten unimpeded functions, they can penetrate all Buddha teachings.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded functions of miraculous abilities: they place untold worlds in one atom; they manifest all buddha-lands, equal to the cosmos, in a single atom; they place the water of all oceans in one pore and travel throughout the universe, without the sentient beings therein being disturbed; they contain untold worlds within their own bodies and manifest all spiritual powers; they tie up innumerable mountain chains with a single hair and carry them through all worlds, without frightening sentient beings; they make untold ages one age and make one age untold ages, showing therein the differences of formation and disintegration, without scaring sentient beings; in all worlds they show various changes and devastations by floods, conflagrations, and gales, without troubling sentient beings; when such disasters arise, they can safeguard the necessities of life of all sentient beings in all worlds, not letting them be damaged or lost; they can hold inconceivably many worlds in one hand and toss them beyond untold worlds, without exciting fear in the sentient beings; they explain how all lands are the same as space, causing sentient beings all to gain understanding.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of unimpeded function of power: unimpeded function of power relating to sentient beings, teaching and taming them without abandoning them; of power relating to lands, manifesting untold adornments and arraying them; of power relating to phenomena, causing all bodies to enter the bodiless; of power relating to eons, cultivating practices unceasingly; of the power of enlightenment, awakening those who are asleep; of the power of action, including all practices of enlightening beings; of the power of buddhas, liberating all sentient beings; teacherless power, spontaneously awakening to all truths; of the power of omniscience, attaining true enlightenment by omniscience; of the power of great compassion, not abandoning sentient beings.
“These are called the ten unimpeded functions of enlightening beings; for those who attain them, being on the verge of attaining supreme perfect enlightenment or not attaining it is up to them and makes no difference—though they attain enlightenment, they still do not stop carrying out the deeds of enlightening beings. Why? Because great enlightening beings vow to enter infinite doors of unimpeded function and manifest them skillfully, as is appropriate.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of versatility: they make the body of sentient beings the body of lands, without destroying the body of sentient beings; they make the body of lands the body of sentient beings, without destroying the body of lands; in the body of Buddha they show the body of disciples and self-illumined ones, without diminishing the body of Buddha; in the body of disciples and selfillumined ones they show the body of Buddha, without augmenting the body of disciples and self-illumined ones; in the body of practices of enlightening beings they show the body of attainment of enlightenment, without cutting off the body of practices of enlightening beings; in the body of attainment of enlightenment they manifest cultivation of the body of practices of enlightening beings, without diminishing the body of attainment of enlightenment; they show the body of birth and death in the realm of nirvana, without clinging to birth and death; they show nirvana in the realm of birth and death, yet without finally entering nirvana; they enter into concentration, yet manifest all ordinary action, without relinquishing the correct reception of concentration; in the presence of one buddha they hear and absorb the teaching, not moving physically yet by the power of concentration appearing physically in the audiences of untold buddhas, neither dividing their bodies nor rising from concentration, continuously hearing and absorbing the teachings, in this way moment to moment producing untold concentration-bodies in each concentration-body, going on this way, so that the ages of time may be exhausted but the concentration-bodies of enlightening beings are inexhaustible. Based on these ten kinds of versatility, enlightening beings can attain the versatility of great knowledge of buddhas.
“Great enlightening beings have ten spheres: showing infinite ways of access to the realm of reality so that sentient beings can enter; showing the infinite wonderful arrays of all worlds, so that sentient beings can enter; traveling by projection to the realms of all sentient beings to enlighten them all by appropriate means; producing embodiments of enlightening beings from the body of Buddha, producing embodiment of Buddha from the body of an enlightening being; manifesting the world in the realm of space, manifesting the realm of space in the world; manifesting the realm of nirvana in the realm of birth and death, manifesting the realm of birth and death in the realm of nirvana; producing verbalizations of all Buddha teachings in the language of one sentient being; showing all bodies as one body, one body as all different bodies; filling all universes with one body; in one instant causing all sentient beings to rouse the will for enlightenment, each manifesting infinite bodies attaining enlightenment. These are the ten spheres of enlightening beings; if they abide in them, they will attain the supreme sphere of great knowledge of buddhas.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of power: the power of the profound mind, not getting mixed up in worldly feelings; the power of the overmastering profound mind, not giving up the ways of enlightenment; the power of means, consummating whatever they do; the power of knowledge, comprehending the activities of all minds; the power of vows, fulfilling all aspirations; the power of practice, continuing forever; the power of vehicles of liberation, able to produce all vehicles of liberation without abandoning the great universal vehicle; the power of miraculous transformations, showing all pure worlds and all buddhas appearing in the worlds in each pore; the power of enlightenment, inspiring all sentient beings to seek enlightenment and become buddhas, without end; the power of turning the wheel of the teaching, explaining one expression of truth in accord with the faculties, temperamen
ts, and inclinations of all sentient beings. Based on these ten powers, enlightening beings can attain the buddhas’ ten powers of omniscience.
“Great enlightening beings have ten kinds of fearlessness. They can remember all verbal explanations, and think that even if infinite people should come from all over and ask them about a hundred thousand great principles, they would see nothing difficult to answer about those questions. Because of this their minds become fearless and they ultimately reach the Other Shore of great fearlessness, able to answer any question and resolve doubts, without any timidity. This is enlightening beings’ first fearlessness.
“Great enlightening beings attain the unimpeded intellectual powers bestowed by Buddha and arrive at the furthest reaches of revelation of the secrets intimated by all speech and writing. They think that even if infinite people should come from the ten directions and ask them about infinite doctrines, they would not see anything difficult to answer about those questions. Because of this their minds become fearless and they ultimately reach the Other Shore of great fearlessness. They are able to answer any question and resolve doubts, without any timidity. This is enlightening beings’ second fearlessness.
“Great enlightening beings know all things are empty and are without self or anything pertaining to self, without creation or creator, without knower, without life, without soul, without personality, detached from mind, body, sense, and sense experience—they forever leave all views and their minds are like space. They reflect that they do not see sentient beings in any way harmful to them, in terms of physical, verbal, or mental action, because they do not see anything as having any essence at all. Therefore their minds become fearless and they ultimately reach the Other Shore of great fearlessness. They are firm, stable, and brave, impossible to discourage or break down. This is enlightening beings’ third fearlessness.
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