Chapter
1 1 | Mahâsattva Maitreya this thought: O how great a wonder does
2 1 | the prince royal: What, O Mañgusrî, is the cause,
3 1 | This is the end of trouble, O monks.~10. And to those
4 1 | enlightenment.~12. From this place, O Mañgughosha, I see and hear
5 1 | Tathâgatas.~20. Here and there, O Mañgusrî, I behold beings
6 1 | sky.~43. Further, I see, O Mañgughosha, many Bodhisattvas
7 1 | shot forth by the Gina.~49. O how powerful is the Leader
8 1 | Explain me the matter, O Mañgusvara! the sons of
9 1 | expectation gaze on thee, O hero, and on me; gladden (
10 1 | doubts; grant a revelation, O son of Sugata!~52. Why is
11 1 | now emitted such a light? O how great is the power of
12 1 | power of the Leader of men! O how extensive and holy is
13 1 | Kandrasûryapradîpa, after whom, O Agita, there were twenty
14 1 | twenty thousand Tathâgatas, O Agita, from the first to
15 1 | the Buddha-fields do now, O Agita.~[At that juncture,
16 1 | demons, saying: To-day, O monks, this very night,
17 1 | thus to the whole assembly: O monks, this Bodhisattva
18 1 | nature of the law; now, O monks, it is the time of
19 1 | kings said: 'Be not afraid, O monks; after my Nirvâna
20 2 | said to the Lord: What, O Lord, is the cause, what
21 2 | classes of the audience, O Lord, are overcome with
22 2 | the supreme Sage; still, O highest of men! even in
23 2 | Let thy voice be heard, O thou whose voice resounds
24 2 | matter, for in this assembly, O Lord, there are many hundreds,
25 2 | stanza:~32. Speak clearly, O most eminent of Ginas! in
26 2 | matter. In this assembly, O Lord, there are many hundreds
27 2 | stanzas:~34. Explain the law, O thou most high of men! I,
28 2 | appear in the world. This, O Sâriputra, is the sole object,
29 2 | Buddha-knowledge~61. If, O son of Sâri, I spoke to
30 2 | come to that conviction, O son of Sâri, I instantly
31 3 | I am astonished, amazed, O Lord! I am in ecstasy to
32 3 | Tathâgata-knowledge. And whenever, O Lord, for my daily recreation
33 3 | vehicle.' Instantly, however, O Lord, I felt that it was
34 3 | perfect enlightenment, then, O Lord, we should have become
35 3 | ori the law, therefore, O Lord, I used to pass day
36 3 | self-reproach. (But) to-day, O Lord, I have reached complete
37 3 | complete extinction; to-day, O Lord, I have become calm;
38 3 | have become calm; to-day, O Lord, I am wholly come to
39 3 | wholly come to rest; to-day, O Lord, I have reached Arhatship;
40 3 | reached Arhatship; to-day, O Lord, I am the Lord's eldest
41 3 | My burning has left me, O Lord, now that I have heard
42 3 | other thought but this:~4. 'O how am I deluded by vain
43 3 | have likewise been lost. O how have I gone astray at
44 3 | properties have failed me. O how am I deluded!'~7. And
45 3 | knowledge!'~8. Days and nights, O Lord, I passed always thinking
46 3 | 9. In such reflections, O Chief of Ginas, I constantly
47 3 | Mahâsattva Dhritiparipûrna, O monks, shall immediately
48 3 | fate of that Lord. Rejoice, O son of Sâri, for it is thou
49 3 | was put in motion by thee, O thou that art unrivalled
50 3 | in the world, at Benares, O great hero! (that wheel
51 3 | time, is it turned here, O Lord. Today, O Master, thou
52 3 | turned here, O Lord. Today, O Master, thou hast preached
53 3 | receive with gratitude, O great hero, the mysterious
54 3 | Lord: My doubt is gone, O Lord, my uncertainty is
55 3 | self-controlled (disciples), O Lord, who have been placed
56 3 | My preaching of the law, O monks, comes to this, that
57 3 | these two thousand monks, O Lord, thy disciples, both
58 3 | heard before. Therefore, O Lord, please speak to these
59 3 | classes of the audience, O Lord, may be relieved from
60 3 | That is not sufficient, O Lord, to qualify the man
61 3 | recovering their very body, O Lord, they have received
62 3 | those toys. If that man, O Lord, had given no single
63 3 | device. Even in this case, O Lord, the man would not
64 4 | Nirvâna; we make no efforts, O Lord, for supreme perfect
65 4 | preaching of the law, yet, O Lord, as we have so long
66 4 | articulations, begin to ache. Hence, O Lord, we are unable, in
67 4 | out of the triple world, O Lord, we imagined having
68 4 | decrepit from old age. Hence, O Lord, though we have exhorted
69 4 | of longing. And just now, O Lord, we are hearing from
70 4 | and deem it a great gain, O Lord, that to-day, on a
71 4 | acquired a magnificent jewel, O Lord, an incomparable jewel.
72 4 | has become clear to us, O Lord; it has become clear
73 4 | has become clear to us, O Sugata.~It is a case, O
74 4 | O Sugata.~It is a case, O Lord, as if a certain man
75 4 | was thinking of that son: O how happy should I be, were
76 4 | and granaries.~Even so, O Lord, do we represent the
77 4 | did. We were oppressed, O Lord, with three difficulties,
78 4 | our fee. We were content, O Lord, with the Nirvâna obtained,
79 4 | of the Tathâgata. And we, O Lord, are not (impatiently)
80 4 | knowledge of the Tathâgata, O Lord, without longing. For
81 4 | spoken, and in this way, O Lord, do we say that we
82 4 | of the Leader.~53. Now, O Lord, are we disciples,
83 4 | Now have we become Arhats, O Lord; and deserving of the
84 5 | words: I am the Tathâgata, O ye gods and men! the Arhat,
85 5 | phenomena. Then he says: O how foolish was I that I
86 6 | following stanzas :~10. O hallowed one (Arhat), great
87 6 | your hand.~15. Quite so, O hero, we were longing as
88 6 | 16. Utter a prediction, O great hero, so benevolent
89 7 | congratulate ourselves, O Lion amongst kings!~12.
90 7 | seek our refuge with thee, O Protector!~When, O monks,
91 7 | thee, O Protector!~When, O monks, those sixteen princes
92 7 | the law: Preach the law, O Lord; preach the law, O
93 7 | O Lord; preach the law, O Sugata, for the weal of
94 7 | stanzas:~15. Preach the law, O thou who art marked with
95 7 | hundred auspicious signs, O Leader, O incomparable great
96 7 | auspicious signs, O Leader, O incomparable great Seer!
97 7 | those great Brahma-angels, O monks, stationed in the
98 7 | with the words): Accept, O Lord, these aerial cars
99 7 | of compassion to us; use, O Sugata, those cars out of
100 7 | to thine heart's content, O Knower of the world!~After
101 7 | all beings! Be favourable, O Lord, to this world! Preach
102 7 | this world! Preach the law, O Lord, to this world, including
103 7 | stanza:~24. Show the law, O Lord; show it, O most high
104 7 | the law, O Lord; show it, O most high of men! Show the
105 7 | fig-tree. Thou hast arisen, O great Hero; we pray to thee,
106 7 | Tathâgata.~And the Lord, O monks, silently intimated
107 7 | world.~32. How wonderful, O Lord, is it that after so
108 7 | forward the exalted wheel, O great ascetic! reveal the
109 7 | and at ease.~And the Lord, O monks, silently intimated
110 7 | Refresh the thirsty creatures, O Lord of the world! Now first
111 7 | fig-tree is thine appearance, O Lord.~41. By thy power these
112 7 | uncommonly illumined now, O Leader. To show us thy favour
113 7 | thy favour accept them, O thou whose look pierces
114 7 | stanzas:~42. Preach the law, O Lord and Leader! move forward
115 7 | What may be the cause, O friends, that our cars are
116 7 | thou art come at last, O Light of the world! thou,
117 7 | gods.~56. By thy power, O mighty Lord, our aerial
118 7 | 57.Out of grace to us, O Leader, make use of them -,
119 7 | the great Brahma-angels, O monks, had celebrated the
120 7 | Tathâgata, &c., the following: O Lord, these many hundred
121 7 | teaching of the law. Deign, O Lord, to teach us also,
122 7 | the Tathâgata. We want, O Lord, to see the knowledge
123 7 | testify to this, for thou, O Lord, who knowest the disposition
124 7 | young men of good family, O monks, shall quickly gain
125 7 | teach them thus: There is, O monks, in this world no
126 7 | world with thy good word, O Lion amongst kings.~66.
127 7 | Move forward the wheel, O thou whose sight is infinite!
128 7 | said to the Gina: 'Expound, O Chief, the superior law;~
129 7 | world, such as thyself art, O supreme of all Ginas, and
130 7 | become such as thyself art, O hero, O clear-sighted one.'~
131 7 | as thyself art, O hero, O clear-sighted one.'~80.
132 8 | following reflection: Wonderful, O Lord; wonderful, O Sugata;
133 8 | Wonderful, O Lord; wonderful, O Sugata; it is an extremely
134 8 | that. What could we do, O Lord, in such a case? None
135 8 | thus: We confess our fault, O Lord, in having continually
136 8 | ignorant of the rules, For, O Lord, whereas we should
137 8 | degree of knowledge.~It is, O Lord, as if some man having
138 8 | gem be his. After a while, O Lord, that man rises from
139 8 | old friend of that man, O Lord, who bound within the
140 8 | money.~In the same manner, O Lord, has the Tathâgata
141 8 | of omniscience, but we, O Lord, did not perceive,
142 8 | nor know it. We fancied, O Lord, that on the stage
143 8 | We live in difficulty, O Lord, because we content
144 8 | enlightenment. Homage be to thee, O Lord of unlimited sight!~
145 8 | 42. In the same manner, O Lord, we were unaware of
146 8 | were living in this world, O Lord, with dull understanding
147 8 | and matchless prediction, O Lord, we are greatly elated
148 9 | Let it be our turn also, O Lord; let it be our turn
149 9 | let it be our turn also, O Sugata. The Lord is our
150 9 | including men, gods, and demons, O Lord, we are particularly
151 9 | stanzas:~17. We are satisfied, O Light of the world, to hear
152 9 | prediction; we are pleased, O Tathâgata, as if sprinkled
153 11| curiosity, said to the Lord: O Lord, what is the cause,
154 11| in the world? Who is it, O Lord, who causes that sound
155 11| Mahâsattva, to the Lord: Show us, O Lord, through thy power
156 11| said to the Lord: Then, O Lord, shall we reverentially
157 11| of the Gina.~36. Speak, O young men of good family,
158 11| the following stanzas:~47. O thou blessed one, who from
159 11| it me upon my question, O thou god amongst men.~48.
160 12| creatures, though we are aware, O Lord, that at that period
161 12| unwillingness. Nevertheless, O Lord, we will at that period
162 12| sacrifice of body and life, O Lord, we will divulge this
163 12| said to the Lord: We also, O Lord, will exert ourselves
164 12| For in this Saha-world, O Lord, the creatures are
165 12| Sarvasattvapriyadarsana, O Gautami, shall give a prediction
166 12| amazement, this stanza:~1. O Lord, thou art the trainer,
167 12| said to the Lord: We also, O Lord, will exert ourselves
168 12| roar before the Lord: We, O Lord, will in future, after
169 12| stanzas:~2. Be at ease, O Lord. After thy complete
170 12| suffer, patiently endure, O Lord, the injuries, threats,
171 12| care for my body or life, O Lord, but as keepers of
172 12| thine entrusted deposit, O Lord.~20. O Chief of the
173 12| entrusted deposit, O Lord.~20. O Chief of the world, we will
174 14| to that law. Therefore, O Lord, deign to grant to
175 14| free from bodily disease, O Perfect One?~2. The creatures,
176 14| 3. Excellent, excellent, O great Hero! we are happy
177 14| thy profound knowledge, O Leader, and that after listening
178 14| never saw before; tell us, O supreme of men!~6. Whence
179 14| each of those Bodhisattvas, O Lord of the world, has an
180 14| of five Ganges. Whence, O Leader, has such an assembly
181 14| side is being perforated, O Seer, by the wise Bodhisattvas,
182 14| the name of this world, O Leader.~29. We have repeatedly
183 14| Tell us their history, O Seer.~31. Hundreds, thousands,
184 14| men.~32. Explain to us, O incomparable, great hero,
185 14| their own Tathâgata: Where, O Lord, do so many Bodhisattvas
186 14| from disputing about it, O sages: the science of the
187 14| asked the Lord: How then, O Lord, has the Tathâgata,
188 14| than forty years since, O Lord? How then has the Lord,
189 14| Bodhisattvas, so innumerable, O Lord, so countless, having
190 14| perfect enlightenment. But, O Lord, how can we have faith
191 14| believe, not trust it. Hence, O Lord, they will design acts
192 14| ruin of the law. Therefore, O Lord, deign to explain us
193 14| That is a short time ago, O Lord of the world.~45. And
194 14| be difficult to believe, O Lord of the world, that
195 14| 50. In the same manner, O Lord, we are unable to conceive
196 14| on this head. Grant us, O Lord, a truthful account
197 15| Lord: Expound this matter, O Lord; expound it, O Sugata;
198 15| matter, O Lord; expound it, O Sugata; we will believe
199 15| They are incalculable, O Lord, those worlds, countless,
200 15| disciples and Pratyekabuddhas, O Lord, with their Ârya-knowledge,
201 15| determine them. For us also, O Lord, who are Bodhisattvas
202 15| comprehension; so innumerable, O Lord, are those worlds.~
203 15| no doubt concerning it, O sages, and leave off all
204 16| prodigious, splendid phenomenon, O Leader, is being displayed
205 17| Maitreya said to the Lord: O Lord, one who, after hearing
206 17| young lady, how much merit, O Lord, will be produced by
207 20| and said unto him: We, O Lord, will, after the complete
208 20| this sublime Dharmaparyâya, O Lord, in order to keep,
209 20| unto the Lord: We also, O Lord, will promulgate this
210 20| invisible body in the sky, O Lord, we will send forth
211 21| Lord and said: How great, O Lord, is the pious merit
212 21| young ladies of good family, O Lord, who keep this Dharmaparyâya
213 21| words of charms and spells, O Lord, have been pronounced
214 21| said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will, for the benefit
215 21| These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced
216 21| said unto the Lord: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic
217 21| svâhâ .With these spells, O Lord, I shall guard those
218 21| him as follows: I also, O Lord, will pronounce talismanic
219 21| These talismanic words, O Lord, have been pronounced
220 21| said unto him: We also, O Lord, will afford guard,
221 21| unto the Lord: We also, O Lord, will afford protection
222 22| Lord as follows: Wherefore, O Lord, does the Bodhisattva
223 22| following stanza :~1. This, O exalted king, is the walk
224 22| the following stanza:~2. O thou whose face is so spotless
225 22| anciently paid thee homage, O Sugata, I now come again
226 22| come again to behold thee, O Lord.~Having pronounced
227 23| Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarâgasankusumitâbhigña: O Lord, I would resort to
228 23| what cause and by whom, O Lord, have been produced
229 23| mass of roots of goodness, O Lord, has that young man
230 23| And what meditation is it, O Lord, that the Bodhisattva
231 23| also learn that meditation, O Lord, and practise that
232 23| to stay long; We also, O Lord, are desirous of seeing
233 23| Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarâgasankusumitâbhigña, the Tathâgata, &c.: O Lord, I have in the Saha-world
234 24| and said: For what reason, O Lord, is the Bodhisattva
235 24| said to the Lord: Great, O Lord, great, O Sugata, is
236 24| Lord: Great, O Lord, great, O Sugata, is the pious merit
237 24| Akshayamati said to the Lord: How, O Lord, is it that the Bodhisattva
238 24| a decoration of piety, O Lord, to the Bodhisattva
239 24| following stanzas:]~20. O thou whose eyes are clear,
240 24| lustre in the world.~22. O thou who rejoicest in kindness
241 24| gamut of tones.~25. Think, O think with tranquil mood
242 24| equal in the triple world. O supreme of men, let us soon
243 24| of not a few good roots, O Lord, who are to hear this
244 25| That Lord is our Master, O noble king; we are his pupils.
245 25| two stanzas:~1. Allow us, O mother, to go forth from
246 25| Tathagata, &c.: My two sons, O Lord, are my masters, since
247 25| acted as true friends to me, O Lord, those two young princes
248 25| Tathâgata, &c.: It is wonderful, O Lord, how valuable the Tathâgata'
249 25| are. From henceforward, O Lord, we will no more be
250 25| so many good qualities, O Lord, I do not wish to go
251 26| Lord: I have come hither, O Lord, from the field of
252 26| Incessantly and constantly, O Lord, will I protect such
253 26| shall take a walk, then, O Lord, will I mount a white
254 26| poison. I will, besides, O Lord, give those preachers
255 26| write and keep this Sûtra, O Lord, are to partake of
256 26| roots under many Buddhas, O Lord, and whose heads are
257 26| write and keep this Sûtra, O Lord, will afford me pleasure.
258 26| shall write this Sûtra, O Lord, and comprehend it,
259 26| the True Law. I myself, O Lord, will superintend this
260 27| following words: We shall do, O Lord, what the Tathâgata
261 27| perfectly quiet. We shall do, O Lord, what the Tathâgata
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