大寶積經

The heavenly prince Power-Born spoke a verse of praise:

“If the karmic causes and conditions

And their resulting retributions are examined,

Their essential nature is entirely empty;

The Buddha proclaims this like a lion.”

The heavenly prince Power of Conformity spoke a verse of praise:

“If, through karmic causes and conditions,

The various retributions increase,

The Honored One among Two-Footed Beings clearly knows them;

Therefore, the Buddha is unsurpassed.”

The heavenly prince Power of Conforming Practice spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating that dhatu of Dharma,

Performing those deeds,

One will again obtain those fruits;

The Buddha-eye sees and clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Arising Power spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating that dhatu of Dharma,

One develops such a nature;

The Buddha knows all sentient beings

As clearly as one sees the five fingers.”

The heavenly prince Power of Practice spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating that dhatu of Dharma,

One also encounters companions of that kind

And associates with them in that manner;

The Supreme Person clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Empowering Power spoke a verse of praise:

“The Dharma realm proclaimed through empowerment

Is wholly known by the Guiding Teacher;

Whomever one associates with,

The World-Honored One sees them all.”

The heavenly prince Definitive Dhatu spoke a verse of praise:

“That dhatu, that crucial occasion,

That companion, and that correspondence—

The Buddha knows them all with certainty,

And therefore can dispel doubts.”

The heavenly prince Dhatu of Right Concentration spoke a verse of praise:

“That dhatu and that continuity,

According to what they rely upon in the world,

What alone is done and what alone is attained—

The Supreme One clearly knows them all.”

The heavenly prince Training in the Precepts spoke a verse of praise:

“Amid all those dhatus,

The Guiding Teacher clearly knows through wisdom;

The essential nature of that wisdom is empty—

Only one of supreme wisdom can declare this.”

The heavenly prince Vehicle of the Precepts spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating that dhatu of Dharma

According to the circumstances of the world,

The Buddha knows it all just as it truly is;

Therefore, he is called the Incomparable Embodiment.”

The heavenly prince Conformity with the Precepts spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating that dhatu of Dharma,

Whatever merit is attained,

Together with its causes and retributions,

The Buddha knows without remainder.”

The heavenly prince Dwelling Together in the Dhatu spoke a verse of praise:

“Whatever Dharma realm is cultivated,

Whatever path one thereby approaches,

The Buddha knows without remainder;

Therefore, the wise revere him.”

The heavenly prince Practice of Wisdom spoke a verse of praise:

“According to the Dharma realm one cultivates

And the path one thereby approaches,

The Buddha knows the conduct of sentient beings;

Therefore, he is called the One Wise in Training.”

The heavenly prince Fearless Practice spoke a verse of praise:

“Those in right concentration, those in wrong concentration,

And sentient beings whose destiny is undetermined—

Within these three groups,

The Buddha knows each with certainty.”

The heavenly prince Vehicle of Practice spoke a verse of praise:

“Sentient beings established in right concentration

Are capable of reaching nirvana;

The Buddha is the radiant sun,

Illuminating the world with unobstructed wisdom.”

The heavenly prince Practice of Liberation spoke a verse of praise:

“If there are sentient beings

Who abide among those of undetermined destiny

And fall into the evil paths,

The Buddha nevertheless teaches them nirvana.”

The heavenly prince Assembly of Powers spoke a verse of praise:

“That Buddha is merely a provisional name;

The powers and wisdom are likewise so,

As are the four fearlessnesses and all the rest—

They exist only as words that are heard.”

The heavenly prince Seeing Reality spoke a verse of praise:

“There is no Buddha and no Buddha-Dharma,

Nor is there any separate aggregate of wisdom;

Revealing the meaning of ultimate truth,

The Tathagata knows it just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Abiding in Power spoke a verse of praise:

“Abiding in the power of the Buddha-Dharma,

They thereby attain fearlessness;

Masterfully acting as they wish,

All such beings are children of the Buddha.”

The heavenly prince Fearlessness in the Dharma spoke a verse of praise:

“Conventional truth and ultimate truth—

These two truths are revealed;

Yet within that ultimate truth,

Words and speech cannot be apprehended.”

The heavenly prince Venerable Wisdom spoke a verse of praise:

“The verbal expressions of Dharma all differ,

And the characteristics of dharmas also vary;

Those verbal expressions are without characteristics,

And the Buddha knows those characteristics of dharmas.”

The heavenly prince Practice of Diligence spoke a verse of praise:

“Those in unsuitable states and of undetermined destiny,

Those who may turn toward other paths,

And those destined for error in every circumstance—

The Muni clearly knows them all.”

The heavenly prince Power of Faith spoke a verse of praise:

“Cultivating within that dhatu,

They give rise to minds of faith and delight,

Seeing what is defiled by craving as pure;

The Muni clearly knows them all.”

The heavenly prince Impure Vehicle spoke a verse of praise:

“Through unreal and deluded discrimination,

They increase the dhatu of sensual desire;

Believing in it, they follow that path—

The Muni knows this just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Practice of the Vehicle of Loving-Kindness spoke a verse of praise:

“Through unreal and deluded discrimination,

They increase the dhatu of anger;

Believing in it, they follow that road—

The Muni knows this just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Vehicle of the Path of Causes and Conditions spoke a verse of praise:

“Through unreal and deluded discrimination,

They increase the dhatu of delusion;

Believing in it, they follow that road—

The Muni knows this just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Vehicle of Equanimity spoke a verse of praise:

“Some people, fearing that they will not survive,

Increase their jealousy;

Believing in it, they cultivate and follow it—

The Muni knows this just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Associating with Spiritual Mentors spoke a verse of praise:

“Drawing near good friends or bad friends,

They in turn increase pure faith

Or instead increase evil karma;

The Muni knows this just as it truly is.”

The heavenly prince Steadfast Consciousness spoke a verse of praise:

“Cycling through the world,

They cultivate according to their understanding

And conformingly place their faith therein;

The Buddha clearly knows without remainder.”

The heavenly prince Steadfast Practice spoke a verse of praise:

“Cycling through birth and death,

They cultivate practices such as these

And conformingly place their faith therein;

The Buddha clearly knows without remainder.”

The heavenly prince Faculty of Faith spoke a verse of praise:

“If there are sentient beings

Who cultivate according to their dhatu,

The Buddha clearly knows them all;

Thus should unobstructed wisdom be understood.”

The heavenly prince Practice of the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“The Buddha clearly knows all faculties,

The skillful means through which they arise,

Their conditions and their spheres,

And how they enter and come into being.”

The heavenly prince Vehicle of the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“The body is oppressed by suffering

Because of attachment and craving;

In extinguishing all such craving,

The Buddha’s wisdom alone is supreme.”

The heavenly prince Understanding the Objects of the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“He teaches sentient beings of inferior faculties

To distance themselves from craving for form;

He teaches those of keen faculties to contemplate—

Such is the teaching of the Buddha.”

The heavenly prince Supreme Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“Those of inferior faculties dwell in solitude

And can extinguish sensual desires;

They rightly contemplate craving—

The Honored One among Two-Footed Beings clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Definitive Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“When attachment arises toward sensual desire,

The Buddha contemplates that nothing can be apprehended;

Both knowing and not knowing are extinguished—

Therefore, these are called supreme faculties.”

The heavenly prince Faculty of Non-Separation spoke a verse of praise:

“Distancing oneself from anger

Is to abandon its antidote to hatred;

This is the practice of those with inferior faculties—

The Buddha knows the inclinations of sentient beings.”

The heavenly prince Faculty of Faith spoke a verse of praise:

“Practicing loving-kindness dispels anger

And can awaken wisdom in sentient beings;

They are able to extinguish anger—

The World-Honored One clearly knows them all.”

The heavenly prince Seeking the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“Without anger and free from evil faults,

One practices loving-kindness, whose nature is quiescent;

Purity and impurity cannot be apprehended—

Therefore, he is called the Teacher of Gods and Humans.”

The heavenly prince Practice Conforming to the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“Those who practice erroneous discrimination

Teach others erroneous conduct;

Deeply deluded and devoid of skillful means,

They are seen by the Buddha and thus attain liberation.”

The heavenly prince Arising Wisdom spoke a verse of praise:

“Craving, anger, delusion, and the afflictions

Cause attachment to phenomena;

By reversing them, wisdom is attained—

The Unsurpassed One clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Wisdom Free from Craving spoke a verse of praise:

“Craving, anger, and delusion,

Together with bright and dark objective phenomena—

Their nature cannot be apprehended;

The Honored One among Two-Footed Beings clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Upholding Majestic Virtue spoke a verse of praise:

“The wisdom attained by sentient beings,

Whether greater or lesser,

Accordingly makes them vessels of wisdom;

The virtuous Tathagata clearly knows this.”

The heavenly prince Seeking the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“Using wisdom to know wisdom,

One distances oneself from all afflictions;

The Teacher of Gods and Humans clearly knows this;

Therefore, I bow my head in homage.”

The heavenly prince Faculty of Single-Minded Joy spoke a verse of praise:

“Lands and seasons,

The contemplation of dharmas and skillful means,

The defilement and purity of the afflictions—

The Buddha knows that they are all empty.”

The heavenly prince Banner of Wisdom spoke a verse of praise:

“The faculties, desires, and faith of sentient beings

Differ as superior, middling, and inferior;

Bondage, liberation, and wisdom—

He sees them all as devoid of awareness and cognition.”

The heavenly prince Banner of the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“The various faculties—superior, middling, and inferior—

Afflictions, wisdom, and feeling,

Those who are tamed and those who are untamed—

The Buddha declares that all are without characteristics.”

The heavenly prince Cultivating the Faculties spoke a verse of praise:

“Meditative concentration, liberation, and afflictions,

Right absorption and samadhi,

And the arising purity of sentient beings—

The Tathagata clearly knows them all.”

The heavenly prince Swift Power spoke a verse of praise:

“Because meditative quiescence is attained,

The intrinsic nature of all dharmas

Can be clearly known in its entirety

Thus he is called the Omniscient One."

Heavenly Son Opening the Six praised in verse:

"If dharmas and their intrinsic nature

Could be expressed within this Dharma,

And true absorption attained according to reality,

Then one would not cling to the three realms."

Heavenly Son Delighting in Sustenance praised in verse:

"Afflictions and false discrimination

Give rise to four kinds;

Knowing that from which karma arises,

He is therefore called the Incomparable One."

Heavenly Son Knowing the Powers praised in verse:

"Knowing the purifying Dharma

That counteracts all afflictions,

And being able to expound karma,

He is therefore called the Incomparable Buddha."

Heavenly Son Born of Power praised in verse:

"Arising within meditative absorption and liberation,

Samadhi and right absorption,

Affliction and purity alike

The Buddha declares to be unreal."

Heavenly Son Arising from Power praised in verse:

"Pure meditative absorption and liberation,

Samadhi and right absorption,

Arise from heedfulness;

The Buddha clearly knows this."

Heavenly Son Increasing in Power praised in verse:

"Herein the Great Hero

Gains complete mastery of meditative absorption,

Knowing how to enter equanimity without obstruction,

Like wind blowing through empty space."

Heavenly Son Knowing the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Throughout countless koṭis of kalpas,

While dwelling within the various realms,

He was never stained by faults;

Thus he is called the Supreme Man."

Heavenly Son Abiding in the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Before countless koṭis of Buddhas,

He formerly practiced making offerings;

Because he sought the unsurpassed Way,

I therefore take refuge in him."

Heavenly Son Seeing the Past Limit praised in verse:

"In past ages he formerly

Made many kinds of offerings to Buddhas;

Every kind of eloquence

The World-Honored One has fully attained."

Heavenly Son Skillful in the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Formerly, while coursing through the world,

He studied and practiced in accordance with the Dharma;

Having seen immeasurable Buddhas,

He therefore deeply comprehends the Dharma."

Heavenly Son Studying the Past Limit praised in verse:

"In the presence of the Buddhas, Kings of Dharma,

The Great Hero formerly cultivated practice;

Having studied beside the Buddhas,

He is therefore revered as the All-Knowing One."

Heavenly Son Fully Endowed with Former Skillful Means praised in verse:

"Throughout immeasurable koṭis of kalpas,

He practiced before boundless Buddhas,

Cultivating supreme diligence

For the sake of seeking Buddha-wisdom."

Heavenly Son Resolute in Former Skillful Means praised in verse:

"The definitiveness of all dharmas

He contemplated for many koṭis of kalpas;

All dharmas have no entry,

And are spoken of only as the conjunction of conditions."

Heavenly Son Reflecting on the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Throughout immeasurable koṭis of kalpas,

The Guide formerly cultivated practice;

Knowing what is possible and what is impossible,

He now manifests as the Knower of the World."

Heavenly Son Discerning the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Abiding in knowledge of what is possible and impossible,

He contemplates the causes of karma,

Moral discipline, faculties, meditative absorption, and liberation;

The Buddha clearly knows them all."

Heavenly Son Contemplating the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Through contemplation in the past,

He increased the power of wisdom;

The greatly valiant possessor of the Ten Powers

Contemplates the world with wisdom."

Heavenly Son Realm of the Past Limit praised in verse:

"Through the Great Hero's former cultivation,

He knows all sentient beings,

Their pure and impure conduct,

And therefore can train sentient beings."

Heavenly Son Contemplating Conduct in the Past Limit praised in verse:

"First he contemplates sentient beings

And their conduct in the past,

Their faith, inclinations, and moral discipline,

And only then trains sentient beings."

Heavenly Son Power of Faith praised in verse:

"I now have faith in the Tathagata,

Who throughout inconceivable kalpas

Contemplated his former conduct,

His mind entirely free of attachment."

Heavenly Son Wisdom of Faith praised in verse:

"Even if, throughout countless koṭis of kalpas,

One pondered the Buddha's former practices,

No one would be able

To fathom the Tathagata's merit."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Contemplating the Future Limit praised in verse:

"With the Buddha-eye the Tathagata

Contemplates sentient beings in the ten directions,

Their birth, aging, and death,

And the many kinds of karma corresponding to them."

Heavenly Son Studying the Future Limit praised in verse:

"Whatever causes and karma

Tend toward the Buddha Way,

The Muni knows them all;

Thus he is called the Omniscient One."

Heavenly Son Cognizing Birth and Death praised in verse:

"If sentient beings, through moral discipline,

Become permeated and create various karmas,

The beings and their accumulated karma

The Buddha clearly knows, without delusion."

Heavenly Son Wisdom of Birth and Death praised in verse:

"Drawing near to such companions,

Creating such karma,

And tending toward such a path—

The Muni clearly knows them all."

Heavenly Son Skillful in What Is Cultivated praised in verse:

"Knowing what is to be cultivated

In accordance with the karma performed,

When such karma has been performed,

The Tathagata clearly knows it all."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Matters praised in verse:

"Relying upon such circumstances,

They create such various karmas;

The Buddha knows them all—

All are within the Buddha's sphere."

Heavenly Son Knowing Matters praised in verse:

"According to the matters to which they cling,

Their actions come to be;

Because the Buddha clearly knows all faculties,

He therefore clearly knows that karma."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Wisdom praised in verse:

"Whether wisdom or objective phenomena,

The Buddha knows them to be false conceptualizations;

Whatever the manner of their attachment,

The Buddha also knows it without remainder."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Cultivation and Action praised in verse:

"According to their attachments, beings create karma,

Because of their afflictions;

The Buddha clearly knows it all,

And therefore receives the world's homage."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Destinies praised in verse:

"According to their destinies, beings create karma;

According to their karma, they receive its fruit;

Whatever object conditions their karmic action,

The Buddha-eye clearly knows it all."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Objects of Cognition praised in verse:

"He knows their objects of cognition

And how karma ripens according to conditions;

When beings receive recompense in the various destinies,

The Buddha knows it all without error."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Habitual Tendencies praised in verse:

"He knows the habitual tendencies of evil karma,

And likewise those of wholesome karma;

He knows their conduct in the past

And how sentient beings enter the various destinies."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Karma praised in verse:

"He knows the three kinds of karma—

Future, present, and past—

By which sentient beings dwell within the destinies,

Wherein ordinary beings are deluded."

Heavenly Son Skillful in Recompense praised in verse:

"Some act little yet receive great recompense;

Some act greatly yet receive little recompense;

He also knows the many, the few, and all such distinctions,

Amid which followers of other paths are deluded."

Heavenly Son Studying Karma praised in verse:

"He knows karma whose wholesome recompense is received in this life,

And also knows karma recompensed in the next birth,

As well as karma recompensed in later lives;

The Buddha-eye clearly knows them all."

Heavenly Son Knowing Karma Recompensed in the Present Life praised in verse:

"Some perform karma in the present life

And receive its recompense in the present;

The Buddha knows this with perfect clarity,

But ordinary beings cannot understand it."

Heavenly Son Knowing Recompense in the Next Birth praised in verse:

"Some perform karma in the present

And receive its recompense in the next life;

The Buddha knows this with perfect clarity,

But ordinary beings cannot understand it."

Heavenly Son Knowing Later Recompense praised in verse:

"Some karma is recompensed

Only after many koṭis of kalpas,

Or even much farther in the future;

The Tathagata clearly knows it all."

Heavenly Son Knowing Unripened Karma praised in verse:

"Some karma has been performed and is to be experienced,

Yet its karmic conditions have not ripened;

Its resultant recompense has not yet been received—

The Tathagata clearly knows it all."

Heavenly Son Contemplating Karma Not Yet Ripened praised in verse:

"The Tathagata skillfully contemplates karma,

And when karma comes into correspondence

And arises among sentient beings,

He can skillfully explain it all."

Heavenly Son Skillfully Knowing the Ripening of Karma praised in verse:

"When that karma has ripened

And its recompense will be received in the future,

The Buddha knows it all according to reality,

And also knows that such cognition is empty."

Heavenly Son Resolute in the Ripening of Karma praised in verse:

"The Omniscient One thoroughly understands

Light karma and heavy karma;

Knowing the desires of sentient beings,

He is therefore the World-Honored One."

Heavenly Son Knowing the Weight of Karma praised in verse:

"Sentient beings enter the evil destinies,

Appearing thus according to their karma;

Whether that karma is light or heavy,

The Wise One clearly knows it all."

Heavenly Son Knowing the Conduct of Sentient Beings praised in verse:

"Seeing the conduct of sentient beings

And their light and heavy karmas,

The Valiant One knows them in accord with reality,

But followers of other paths cannot know them."

Heavenly Son Contemplating the Conduct of Sentient Beings praised in verse:

"Contemplating the conduct of sentient beings,

He expounds karmic recompense,

As when a measure of salt is cast

Into all the waters of the Ganges River."

Heavenly Son Studying Karma praised in verse:

"Whether one experiences karma through cultivation,

The Buddha teaches karma in its ultimate sense;

He also teaches the recompense of those in training and beyond training—

Thus has the Supreme Seer proclaimed."

Heavenly Son Delighting in Buddha-Wisdom praised in verse:

"That which the Buddha-eye sees and knows

The foolish and the wise within the three realms

Receive their retribution according to their karma.

I bow before the Buddha’s wisdom.”

The deva son Expounder of the Exhaustion of Karma spoke these verses of praise:

“The destinations where beings undergo birth and death—

The World-Honored One, the great Guide,

Knows them all clearly, without exception.

Therefore, I bow before his fearless wisdom.”

The deva son Nothing Attained spoke these verses of praise:

“Karma, birth and death,

And the separate destinations beings reach—

Their retributions are like scenes in a dream;

The Honored One Among Bipeds knows them all.”

The deva son Seeker of Afflictions spoke these verses of praise:

“Desire, anger, and delusion—

The Honored One Among Bipeds knows them all,

Like a thirsty person dreaming of water

And drinking cool, clear water in the dream.”

The deva son Free from Discrimination spoke these verses of praise:

“From discrimination arise

Desire, anger, and delusion,

Like frolicking in a dream.

I take refuge in the Supreme Expounder.”

The deva son Extinguisher of Discrimination spoke these verses of praise:

“If discrimination is extinguished,

The afflictions are said to be exhausted,

Like seeing clouds disperse in a dream—

There the World-Honored One appears.”

The deva son Observer of the Exhaustion of the Outflows spoke these verses of praise:

“Like seeing rain fall in a dream,

The arising of outflows is also thus.

The Great Hero skillfully reveals

The causes and conditions from which outflows arise.”

The deva son Observer of the Ending of Dreams spoke these verses of praise:

“Like seeing rain fall in a dream,

The arising of outflows is also thus.

The Great Hero skillfully reveals

How deluded ordinary beings produce outflows.”

The deva son Knowledge of Suchness and Intrinsic Nature spoke these verses of praise:

“Like a mother dreaming that she bears a child,

And that after birth the child then dies:

Birth brings joy and also brings sorrow;

The Buddha sees the world in just this way.”

The deva son Provisions of Dreams spoke these verses of praise:

“Like dreaming that one’s head is severed,

The exhaustion of outflows is also thus.

He awakened himself and also teaches others;

I bow before the great Guide.”

The deva son Cultivator of Wisdom spoke these verses of praise:

“One who sees the Dharma can clearly understand

That it is like encountering something beloved in a dream:

Separation from it is not real.

So too are the pleasures of the world.”

The deva son Wisdom Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“Hearing the Dharma from the Tathagata,

One does not delight in the Dharma as a self,

As when speaking of a dream within a dream;

Thus does one understand the world.”

The deva son Joyful Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“One who meditates can cause

The devas and humans of the world to rejoice.

He contemplates all the realms of rebirth

As images in a mirror.”

The deva son Resolute Wisdom spoke these verses of praise:

“Hearing the Dharma from the Tathagata

Is like hearing the sound of a konghou harp.

He delivers devas and humans from doubt and regret;

Therefore, I bow before the Dharma King.”

The deva son Joy in Illusion spoke these verses of praise:

“Like an illusionist performing illusions

To bewilder the foolish,

The wise are never deluded,

For they know illusions are unreal.”

The deva son Eliminator of Characteristics spoke these verses of praise:

“I contemplate the entire world

As illusions fashioned within a dream.

Of this I have no doubt,

For I have heard the Buddha’s Dharma.”

The deva son Student of Illusion spoke these verses of praise:

“Like an illusionist creating illusions

Who is not deluded by those illusions,

Because he knows they are false,

So too does the Buddha see the world.”

The deva son Observer of False Conceptions spoke these verses of praise:

“False conceptions give rise to the world;

The great Guide knows them all.

Just as one who diligently recollects the Buddha

Immediately sees the Buddha in a dream.”

The deva son Extinguisher of False Conceptions spoke these verses of praise:

“Objects themselves do not engender desire;

It arises entirely from false conceptions.

Desire falsely arises toward what is unreal;

The World-Honored One knows this as it truly is.”

The deva son Understanding Consciousness spoke these verses of praise:

“Like an echo in a deep valley,

That echo has no reality.

Therefore, he forms no attachment

And contemplates the world in this way.”

The deva son Expounder of Skillful Means spoke these verses of praise:

“That sound has no reality,

Yet within it one listens attentively.

The Buddha proclaims this Dharma

To rescue foolish ordinary beings.”

The deva son Skillful in Practicing as Taught spoke these verses of praise:

“Within the Dharma’s distinct meanings,

Beings falsely apprehend differences.

Those who practice and know the Dharma

Remove their doubts therein.”

The deva son Practice Accordant with Meaning spoke these verses of praise:

“If meanings and dharmas were real,

No one could know them.

They could neither be spoken nor realized—

Thus did the Muni teach.”

The deva son Practice of the Dharma as Provisional Designation spoke these verses of praise:

“If meanings and dharmas were real,

No one could know them.

They could neither be spoken nor realized—

Thus did the Muni teach.”

The deva son Practice of the Dharma as Provisional Designation spoke these verses of praise:

“Afflictions, defilements, outflows, and habitual tendencies

Are all imagined through false discrimination.

Defilement and purity

Are merely provisional names expressed in words.”

The deva son Skillful in Discrimination spoke these verses of praise:

“All are merely names and words:

Afflictions, outflows, and the rest;

Defilement and purity—

Such is the teaching of the Buddha.”

The deva son Wisdom without Reliance spoke these verses of praise:

“Unattached within the three realms,

His mind is like empty space.

Free from evil, he is truly a field of merit;

I bow before the quiescent mind.”

The deva son Not Inferior spoke these verses of praise:

“Neither form nor formlessness,

Neither desire nor nirvana—

The Buddha’s mind rests on nothing;

It is like empty space.”

The deva son Free from Desire spoke these verses of praise:

“Free from attachment to the desire realm,

He is also free from the form and formless realms.

Liberated from craving and delusion,

I bow before the One Who Has Ended Craving.”

The deva son Far Removed from Craving spoke these verses of praise:

“Regarding existence and nonexistence,

The Buddha has forever severed and abandoned both.

Unattached to the three realms,

I bow before the Sovereign One.”

The deva son Obstructor of Craving spoke these verses of praise:

“He blocks and covers the three realms,

Practices the conduct of a great being,

And skillfully liberates sentient beings.

I take refuge in the Savior.”

The deva son Liberated from Thirsting Craving spoke these verses of praise:

“Far removed from all fetters,

He thereafter ended birth and cessation.

Body and mind are both purified;

I bow before the Impartial One.”

The deva son Knower of Intrinsic Nature spoke these verses of praise:

“The Great Hero understands intrinsic nature

And knows that within dharmas there is no thing.

There is neither bondage nor liberation;

I bow before the One Who Sees Reality.”

The deva son Emerged from the Mud spoke these verses of praise:

“Far removed from the mire of sensual craving,

He has also departed from all realms.

Neither grasping nor relinquishing,

I bow before the Unborn One.”

The deva son Casting Away Defilement and Conditions of Thought spoke these verses of praise:

“Casting away defilement and conditions of thought,

Abandoning wrongdoing and distancing himself from craving,

He has relinquished every obstruction.

I take refuge in the great Guide.”

The deva son Abandoner of Desire spoke these verses of praise:

“Casting aside gain and loss,

Resolute in the practice of nonattachment,

He has escaped from Mara’s net.

I bow before the Unattached One.”

The deva son Delighting in Benefit spoke these verses of praise:

“Whether one’s own path or the paths of others,

He is far removed from the torment of affliction.

The Great Hero sees those paths;

I bow before the One of Unobstructed Vision.”

The deva son Attainer of Renown spoke these verses of praise:

“Those who accord with the Buddha’s wisdom,

Contemplating just as it was taught,

Can eliminate their afflictions.

I bow before the Knower of the World.”

The deva son Fearlessness spoke these verses of praise:

“Resolute concerning all karma,

There is no one who can oppose him.

Fearless is the lion’s roar;

So too does the ocean of wisdom roar.”

The deva son Fearless Everywhere spoke these verses of praise:

“Skillfully crossing beyond every realm,

Far removed from all poisoned arrows,

Fearless and never timid,

I bow before the Supremely Victorious One.”

The deva son Beyond All Ridicule spoke these verses of praise:

“Neither devas nor gandharvas,

Nor Mara the King nor Brahma the King,

Can challenge him with questions;

Thus the Buddha is like a lion.”

The deva son Lion’s Gait spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha is fearless regarding the Dharma,

For he clearly understands all dharmas.

Unobstructed, he is therefore unattached;

No one can challenge him with questions.”

The deva son Free from Fear spoke these verses of praise:

“Like a lion in the forest,

Who is never afraid,

Subduing all the beasts

And roaring loudly amid the woods,

So too does the World-Honored One roar,

Terrifying the non-Buddhist teachers.

Among devas, nagas, and gandharvas,

None is seen who can oppose him.”

The deva son Supremely Victorious Everywhere spoke these verses of praise:

“Throughout all the three realms,

There is no one anywhere

Who can rival the Buddha;

Therefore, I take refuge in him.”

The deva son Lion Wisdom spoke these verses of praise:

“His great wisdom knows all things;

Regarding all dharmas, he is fearless.

No one in the world equals him;

I bow before the Fearless One.”

The deva son Born in Accord spoke these verses of praise:

“He knows himself to be perfectly awakened;

In accordance with the Dharma, none can challenge him.

Nowhere in the world is there

Anyone who can challenge him.”

The deva son Treasury Holder spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha utters the lion’s roar

And opens and reveals the treasuries of Dharma.

Hundreds of millions of Brahma devas, hearing him teach,

All arouse the aspiration for bodhi.”

The deva son Accordant with Dignified Conduct spoke these verses of praise:

“Those who follow the Buddha’s dignified conduct

Gain the great benefit of that realization.

Having aroused the aspiration for bodhi,

They will surely become supreme Guides.”

The Deva Prince Conformity with the Dharma of Bliss spoke these verses of praise:

“At that time, the great assembly of beings,

Having heard the Buddha’s Dharma,

Was able to arouse the bodhicitta,

Resolved to become Wondrous Great Beings.”

The Deva Prince Pure Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“Having heard the Buddha’s teaching,

They found nothing in the world its equal;

Countless thousands of millions of beings

Aroused the supreme bodhicitta.”

The Deva Prince Stream of Purity spoke these verses of praise:

“Throughout the long night, the King among Men

Skillfully cultivated the Buddha’s training;

Therefore, the Buddha’s body is pure,

Adorned with the thirty-two marks.”

The Deva Prince Uncontaminated Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“Because the Buddha attained the uncontaminated state,

He utters the lion’s roar;

Having attained the mountain of supreme wisdom,

No one can challenge him with questions.”

The Deva Prince Conformity with Sentient Beings spoke these verses of praise:

“Surveying the three realms, all are empty;

Neither devas, humans, nor asuras

Can say the Buddha’s contaminants are not exhausted;

Therefore, the Buddha possesses the ten powers.”

The Deva Prince Skillful Exhaustion of Contaminants spoke these verses of praise:

“All contaminants whatsoever

The Buddha has exhausted without remainder;

No one can challenge him with questions;

Therefore, the Buddha is my father.”

The Deva Prince Constant Vigor spoke these verses of praise:

“In the world there can be no one

Who can challenge the Dharma King,

Claiming that he still has afflictions;

Therefore, he is the sovereign father.”

The Deva Prince Practice of Quiescence spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha has ended greed and anger,

Delusion and habitual tendencies;

He has also extinguished evil karmic formations.

I bow to the Quiescent One.”

The Deva Prince Practice of Skillful Means spoke these verses of praise:

“Through contemplation with skillful means,

All afflictions are utterly ended;

The Buddha’s wisdom is fully complete,

Therefore, I bow my head to the Buddha.”

The Deva Prince Wisdom of Skillful Means spoke these verses of praise:

“The Guiding Teacher illuminates the world;

His skillful wisdom is inexhaustible.

Thus, he has ended all afflictions

And also ended all habitual tendencies.”

The Deva Prince Cultivation of Quiescence spoke these verses of praise:

“Because he has ended all afflictions,

With no habitual tendencies remaining,

The Buddha, therefore, possesses great wisdom,

Immovable and fearless.”

The Deva Prince Contemplation of the Principle of the Path spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha has ended all afflictions

And eliminated all habitual tendencies;

None in the world can compare

With the radiance of the Buddha.”

The Deva Prince Severing the Fetters spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha has eliminated all habitual tendencies

And has no trace of impurity;

Therefore, the omniscient Buddha

Possesses the most excellent wisdom among devas.”

The Deva Prince Dwelling at the Limit spoke these verses of praise:

“Now, in the Buddha’s final body,

He has ended the causes and conditions of birth;

Because all his contaminants are exhausted,

The Buddha has attained fearlessness.”

The Deva Prince Immeasurable Wisdom spoke these verses of praise:

“The Great Hero has severed the seeds,

Burned away the sprouts of suffering,

And withered the branches and vines of sorrow.

I bow to the One Free from Affliction.”

The Deva Prince Emerging from the Pit and Ravine spoke these verses of praise:

“The World-Honored Omniscient One

Has departed from the pit of ignorance;

The Buddha’s conduct has been purified,

Therefore, the Buddha has attained fearlessness.”

The Deva Prince Crossing Existence spoke these verses of praise:

“Having crossed the ocean of birth and death,

The Guiding Teacher has completed his task;

He has also relinquished the farther shore,

And, having fulfilled his own benefit, attained fearlessness.”

The Deva Prince Entering Nirvana spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha has attained quiescence

And destroyed all afflictions;

Even the slightest habitual tendency

Is entirely absent in the World-Honored One.”

The Deva Prince Banner of Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha has raised the banner of true Dharma

And shattered the banner of arrogance;

The Great Hero has revealed

Immeasurable practices of Dharma.”

The Deva Prince Dharma-Nature spoke these verses of praise:

“The Sage knows the nature of things

And all dharmas through wisdom;

He is the good friend of all beings.

I bow to the Ocean of Supreme Excellence.”

The Deva Prince Abundance of Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“Thirsting with delight for the Buddha’s Dharma,

They thereby attained fearlessness;

The unattached children of the Buddha

Uttered the lion’s roar.”

The Deva Prince Seeking the Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“Because they sought all dharmas,

The children of the Buddha aroused the resolve;

Seeing the Buddha’s fearlessness,

With wisdom they sought bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Thirsting for the Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“Because they thirsted with delight for the Buddha’s Dharma,

Many millions of sentient beings,

Having heard of the Buddha’s fearlessness,

Earnestly advanced in the profound Dharma.”

Dharma-Arisen Vigor spoke these verses of praise:

“Seeing the Buddha teach the supreme Dharma

And establish the true Dharma,

Having bestowed fearlessness,

The children of the Buddha sought bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Upholding the Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“The Dharma spoken by the World-Honored One

Is exceedingly profound and difficult to perceive;

Having heard it, the children of the Buddha

Sought unsurpassed bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Without Stinginess spoke these verses of praise:

“The children of the Buddha begrudge neither

Their bodies, lives, nor possessions;

Hearing the Buddha’s lion’s roar,

They all seek wondrous bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Non-Differentiating Wisdom spoke these verses of praise:

“Having heard the Buddha teach the Dharma,

Their thoughts held no divergence;

In the presence of the fearless Buddha,

They sought the Dharma and observed the precepts.”

The Deva Prince Non-Differentiating Practice spoke these verses of praise:

“Having heard the Dharma King’s roar,

They did not enter divergent paths;

They left the two vehicles far behind

And sought unsurpassed bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Dwelling Nearby spoke these verses of praise:

“Seeing the Buddha utter the lion’s roar,

The children of the Buddha heard it

And became certain to attain supreme bodhi

And realize the body of a Tathagata.”

The Deva Prince Near to Eloquence spoke these verses of praise:

“In the presence of the Buddha, the World-Honored One,

Having heard his eloquence,

They gave rise to great joy

In the Tathagata’s wondrous Dharma.”

The Deva Prince Attainment of Eloquence spoke these verses of praise:

“When the Buddha fearlessly roared

And taught the indestructible Dharma,

Their joyful faith became resolute,

And they would never conceive the thought of turning back.”

The Deva Prince Constant Joy spoke these verses of praise:

“When the One Possessing the Ten Powers roared fearlessly,

All the children of the Buddha

Rejoiced at all times

And followed in pursuit of bodhi.”

The Deva Prince Mind Without Timidity spoke these verses of praise:

“Ever joyful and never timid,

The children of the World-Honored Buddha

Delight in seeking supreme bodhi

Because they have heard the Buddha’s words.”

The Deva Prince Unobstructed Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“Those in the assembly sought the Buddha-mind

And would never turn back;

Their minds rejoiced with wondrous joy

Because they heard the Buddha’s skillful teaching.”

The Deva Prince Skillful Knowledge of Boundless Dharmas spoke these verses of praise:

“Because they cultivate the true Dharma,

Their accumulation of wholesome dharmas does not diminish;

The Guiding Teacher knows what is impossible

And never gives rise to complacency.”

The Deva Prince Skillful Teaching of the Dharma spoke these verses of praise:

“That the practice of evil dharmas

Would not cause decline—

The World-Honored One knows this to be impossible;

Therefore, the Buddha is fearless.”

The Deva Prince Fearlessness in Dharma-Nature spoke these verses of praise:

“By their intrinsic nature, evil dharmas

Will defile wholesome dharmas;

That they would not contaminate the mind,

The Buddha knows to be impossible.”

The Deva Prince Skillful Correspondence spoke these verses of praise:

“Evil dharmas and wholesome dharmas

Are two different kinds that do not accord;

The Buddha has taught this meaning,

Therefore, the Buddha is my Teacher.”

The Deva Prince Skillful Knowledge of the Wholesome and Unwholesome spoke these verses of praise:

“The Great Hero fully knows

That dharmas do not form a mixed accumulation;

Through deluded conceptual discrimination,

One declines in wholesome dharmas.”

The Deva Prince Perfect Fulfillment of Practice According to the Teaching spoke these verses of praise:

“One who actively engages in afflictions

Will never give rise to wholesome dharmas;

Because wholesome dharmas do not arise,

Know with certainty that decline occurs.”

The Deva Prince Delighting in Liberation spoke these verses of praise:

“If a person delights in liberation

Yet cultivates evil dharmas,

The Buddha says that person is obstructed;

Therefore, the Buddha is omniscient.”

The Deva Prince Pure Mind spoke these verses of praise:

“Those whose hearts delight in liberation

Must understand the matter of afflictions;

The Great Hero taught this Dharma,

Therefore, the Buddha is worthy of offerings.”

The Deva Prince Seeing Afflictions spoke these verses of praise:

“Those who move amid afflictions

Yet do not recognize afflictions

Do not understand the true Dharma;

Thus has the Well-Gone One declared.

To say that one can commit evil deeds

Yet not decline in wholesome dharmas—

Such a person is not a vessel for liberation;

Thus spoke the Honored One among Two-Legged Beings.”

The Deva Prince Taming spoke these verses of praise:

“Depart from desire and clamor,

And also from anger, delusion, and all the rest;

As the Dharma has been taught by the Buddha,

So should one cultivate.

Afflictions and wholesome dharmas

The foolish do not clearly understand;

The Buddha is not their teacher;

Thus spoke the Great Sage.”

The Deva Prince Diligently Cultivating Liberation spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha taught the antidotal Dharma

In order to eliminate afflictions;

Relying upon it, all contaminants are exhausted,

And no one can challenge him with questions.”

The Deva Prince Proceeding toward Liberation spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha taught the Dharma in this way

In order to end afflictions;

Cultivating accordingly, all delusions are ended,

And no one can challenge him with questions.”

The Deva Prince Correspondence with Skillful Means spoke these verses of praise:

“The Buddha is the teacher of the Dharma

For the assemblies of shravakas;

By cultivating in accordance with it, they attain realization,

And no one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Inclined toward Liberation spoke this verse of praise:

“The Buddha teaches the Dharma thus

Because he wishes to end afflictions.

Those who practice accordingly extinguish delusions;

No one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Fearless Merit spoke this verse of praise:

“To bring afflictions to an end,

The Buddha taught contemplation of impurity.

Those who practice accordingly extinguish every delusion;

No one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Whose Wholesome Resolve Is Certain to Be Fulfilled spoke this verse of praise:

“A mind of loving-kindness ends anger;

Cultivating loving-kindness extinguishes delusions.

No one can challenge the Buddha;

The Blessed One has attained fearlessness.”

Heavenly Son Pure Eyes spoke this verse of praise:

“The Buddha taught the cultivation of wisdom,

By which ignorance is eliminated.

If wisdom were cultivated yet ignorance not destroyed,

No one could challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Who Extinguishes Discursive Thought and Examination spoke this verse of praise:

“As an antidote to discursive thought and examination,

The Buddha taught the Dharma of immediate contemplation.

Those who practice accordingly end discursive thought and examination;

No one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Who Reveres the Signless spoke this verse of praise:

“To eradicate the notion of a self,

The Buddha taught emptiness, quiescence, and cessation.

Those who practice accordingly extinguish attachment to self;

No one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Pure Body spoke this verse of praise:

“When the profound mind is faithful and pure,

All afflictions come to an end.

Those who practice accordingly extinguish afflictions;

No one can challenge the Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Profound Understanding of Perception spoke this verse of praise:

“Seeking within the afflictions

Their antidotes and attendant factors,

One who fearlessly challenges the Buddha

Can never be found.”

Heavenly Son Understanding Function spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One indicates only names and functions:

This and that, exhausted and inexhaustible.

Those fearless ones who pose challenges

Are themselves merely provisional names.”

Heavenly Son Who Tames Bodily Karma spoke this verse of praise:

“Having skillfully understood through wisdom,

He allows bodily karma to proceed.

The Blessed One knows all things universally;

Therefore he is called the Omniscient One.”

Heavenly Son Body of Wisdom spoke this verse of praise:

“His bodily karma is utterly pure;

In the Great Hero nothing remains.

Before the One who compassionately regards all beings,

I bow—the Father of the World.”

Heavenly Son Who Discerns Bodily Karma spoke this verse of praise:

“Skillfully discerning bodily karma,

He compassionately regards all sentient beings.

Illuminating the world in all his actions,

He is therefore called the Supreme Person.”

Heavenly Son Who Clearly Sees Bodily Karma spoke this verse of praise:

“His bodily karma has been purified;

The Teacher sees it all.

Because he compassionately regards all beings,

He is called the Omniscient One.”

Heavenly Son Who Skillfully Contemplates the Body spoke this verse of praise:

“Through skillful contemplation, purity is attained,

And bodily karma is brought into accord.

Out of compassion for all beings,

The Supreme Person journeys forth.”

Heavenly Son Accomplished in Speech spoke this verse of praise:

“Endowed with virtues sweet as nectar,

Free from false and coarse words,

And surrounded by wisdom,

The Tathagata constantly expounds the Dharma.”

Heavenly Son Timely Speech spoke this verse of praise:

“Spoken at the proper time and consonant with meaning,

Entirely free from what is profitless,

The Buddha’s words are all truthful,

And sentient beings joyfully accept and practice them.”

Heavenly Son Accomplished in Wisdom spoke this verse of praise:

“Compassionate toward beings, he does not distress them;

His truthful words accord with truth and are undefiled.

They do not undermine cause and effect;

Thus has the Buddha always spoken.”

Heavenly Son Without Contradiction spoke this verse of praise:

“Even for the sake of his body and life,

He has never uttered false speech.

Therefore, the Buddha’s virtues

Are unobstructed in the world.”

Heavenly Son Truthful Speech spoke this verse of praise:

“The Buddha cultivated the cause of truthful speech;

Therefore, the world looks up to him.

With utmost sincerity, beings delight in listening

So that they may attain the Buddha-Dharma.”

Heavenly Son Born of Truth spoke this verse of praise:

“Through truthful speech, the Blessed One

Gradually perfected and attained bodhi.

The true nature of all dharmas

The Blessed One clearly knows.”

Heavenly Son True Vigor spoke this verse of praise:

“Regarding all conditioned dharmas,

He sees them according to their true nature.

The Blessed One clearly knows

The true characteristics of all dharmas.”

Heavenly Son Who Discerns Karma spoke this verse of praise:

“In himself and in others,

He knows the karma of body, speech, and mind.

Because this wisdom is pure,

He is called the Peerless Buddha.”

Heavenly Son Who Observes Mental Karma spoke this verse of praise:

“The Dharma King’s mental karma,

And all his contemplations,

Are devoted to compassionately remembering sentient beings;

Therefore I bow to the Compassionate Father.”

Heavenly Son Skilled in Examining Mental Activity spoke this verse of praise:

“Whatever the Blessed One’s mind takes as its object,

That mind is entirely disciplined and compliant.

Because he compassionately remembers sentient beings,

I bow to the One who compassionately regards the world.”

Heavenly Son Skillful Means spoke this verse of praise:

“The objects of sentient beings’ minds

And the activities produced by their mental karma

Give rise to many kinds of wisdom;

The Blessed One clearly knows them all.”

Heavenly Son Understanding and Wisdom spoke this verse of praise:

“Mental karma is the Buddha-ground;

Out of compassionate regard for sentient beings,

His wisdom of skillful means is pure.

The Buddha’s wisdom has no intrinsic nature.”

Heavenly Son Skilled in Knowledge of the Past spoke this verse of praise:

“The Buddha knows past ages

And every karma created by every person.

Discipline, patience, vigor, concentration, and wisdom—

The Buddha clearly knows them all.”

Heavenly Son Who Observes the Past spoke this verse of praise:

“Contemplating his practices in the past,

He knew many hundreds of millions of Buddhas

And the practices he performed in former times

While seeking supreme bodhi.”

Heavenly Son Fully Endowed with Former Practices spoke this verse of praise:

“He remembers and knows his former practices

Throughout hundreds of millions of asamkhyeya kalpas.

The Buddha’s mind is attached to nothing

Among all the practices he formerly performed.”

Heavenly Son Who Observes Former Practices spoke this verse of praise:

“Under asamkhyeyas of hundreds of millions of Buddhas,

The Teacher once studied in every case,

Bringing forth the power of samadhi

And perfecting the many kinds of Buddha-Dharma.”

Heavenly Son Born of Former Practices spoke this verse of praise:

“Immeasurable asamkhyeyas

Of the Teacher’s samadhi gateways

He formerly studied and practiced

In the presence of the Buddhas of the past.”

Heavenly Son Who Observes Former Abodes spoke this verse of praise:

“Within samsara, with its many faults,

There are those worthy and unworthy of offerings.

Having contemplated them, he liberates sentient beings

And delivers those who are blind.”

Heavenly Son Weary of Past Ages spoke this verse of praise:

“They devoured one another,

And once delighted and played together;

They also killed and harmed one another—

The Blessed One clearly knows it all.”

Heavenly Son Who Knows Future Realms spoke this verse of praise:

“In future ages, the Teacher’s

Wisdom will be unobstructed.

The Buddha knows every kind of sentient being

That believes in the recompense of karma.”

Heavenly Son Who Comes from the Primordial Source spoke this verse of praise:

“In the past, the Blessed One’s

Wisdom was unobstructed.

Through wholesome karma and samadhi,

Apart from every class, he knows all classes.”

Heavenly Son Skilled in Knowledge of the Future spoke this verse of praise:

“In future ages, the Buddha’s

Wisdom will be unobstructed.

The deaths and births of sentient beings

And their karmic recompenses he clearly knows.”

Heavenly Son Free from the Dharmas of Existence spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One, King of the Three Realms,

Teaches the supreme doctrine throughout the three times.

The Buddha’s wisdom is always unobstructed,

And he skillfully knows the realms of existence.”

Heavenly Son Functioning Practice spoke this verse of praise:

“The karmic practices of sentient beings

And their experience of resultant recompense—

Such things are merely provisional names;

Thus has the Blessed One taught.”

Heavenly Son Who Observes the Present spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One, King of the present age,

Possesses wisdom wholly unobstructed.

Throughout innumerable Buddha-lands,

The Muni clearly knows all.”

Heavenly Son Present Fearlessness spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One correctly contemplates

The complete equality of the three times.

Ultimately, nothing whatsoever exists,

Yet this deludes the wisdom of ordinary beings.”

Heavenly Son Wisdom That Abides Nowhere spoke this verse of praise:

“The Teacher sees in this way:

The three times abide nowhere.

Because they depend upon the Dharma-nature,

All dharmas are devoid of affairs.”

Heavenly Son Who Teaches the Three Times spoke this verse of praise:

“Past and future,

Arising skandhas must all decay.

They are without actuality and without intrinsic nature;

Thus does the Teacher instruct.”

Heavenly Son Mind without Consciousness spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One teaches nonattachment:

All things are unstable,

Like illusions and shimmering mirages;

Speech is like an echo.”

Heavenly Son Sovereign Enrichment of the Three Times spoke this verse of praise:

“Throughout the three times, the Blessed One

Constantly and diligently increased his wisdom.

He knows all formations to be like illusions,

And his faculties are attached to nothing.”

Heavenly Son Aspiring to Reach the Other Shore spoke this verse of praise:

“On that night, the Great Hero

Realized great bodhi.

The Blessed One’s aspiration and vigor

Have never diminished to this day.”

Heavenly Son Aspiring to Practice Vigor spoke this verse of praise:

“The aspiration possessed by the Lamp of the World

Has never diminished.

The children of the Blessed One

Greatly delight in aspiration and vigor.”

Heavenly Son Who Establishes Aspiration and Action spoke this verse of praise:

“The Blessed One arose from aspiration,

Like a lotus flower in water.

He is not defiled by the world,

Just as a lotus remains unstained in water.”

Heavenly Son Aspiring for Liberation spoke this verse of praise:

"Desire and the Father of the World—

These two are called the Dharma realm;

They are not two, nor do they have two essences;

The World-Honored One sees them all."

The deva son Born of Diligence spoke this verse in praise:

"Through the awesome virtue of diligence,

He attained great bodhi.

Regarding what is Dharma and what is not Dharma,

He never relinquishes diligence."

The deva son Perfect in Mindfulness spoke this verse in praise:

"Wherever the Buddha may be,

All who arouse the aspiration are accorded with.

Regarding wholesome and unwholesome dharmas,

The Buddha's mindfulness never diminishes."

The deva son Collected Mind spoke this verse in praise:

"The Father of the World constantly collects his mind

And knows the karmic actions of sentient beings.

In accordance with what they practice,

He expounds the Dharma for them."

The deva son Revering Prajnaparamita spoke this verse in praise:

"The World-Honored One is an ocean of wisdom

Whose furthest shore cannot be reached.

Even throughout countless hundreds of millions of kalpas,

The Buddha could never fully describe it."

The deva son Training in Liberation spoke this verse in praise:

"The peerless Buddha, the World-Honored One,

Possesses liberation that never diminishes.

Liberation and one who is liberated—

The Buddha searches for them but cannot find them."

The deva son Realizing the Wisdom of Liberation spoke this verse in praise:

"The World-Honored One, the Liberated One,

Has knowledge and vision that encompass liberation.

His understanding of ultimate truth never diminishes,

For he knows that things have no intrinsic nature."

The deva son Contemplating the Body spoke this verse in praise:

"In the presence of Dipankara Buddha,

The Buddha constantly practiced ultimate truth.

His three kinds of karma were free from error;

Therefore, he is called the Tathagata."

The deva son Profound Practice spoke this verse in praise:

"The World-Honored One is free from error,

Unlike other sentient beings.

Knowing the intrinsic nature of all dharmas,

The Buddha is not deluded regarding intrinsic nature."

The deva son Great Wisdom spoke this verse in praise:

"Regarding all modes of knowledge,

The Buddha's thoughts are never confused.

That mindfulness is ever present,

Like oil filling a bowl."

The deva son Mind Free from Distraction spoke this verse in praise:

"Even for the briefest moment,

His thoughts are never distracted.

The Buddha has attained the unique qualities,

Which sentient beings do not know."

The deva son Skillful Understanding and Wisdom spoke this verse in praise:

"If there were provisions to be relinquished,

The Well-Gone One has no such thing.

The unique qualities of the World-Honored One—

Such virtues are inconceivable."

The deva son Surpassing All spoke this verse in praise:

"Within these three realms,

He knows all those dharmas.

None can equal the Buddha;

Therefore, he is called the One Difficult to Subdue."

The deva son Firmly Upholding spoke this verse in praise:

"The Unsurpassed and Steadfast One

Is fearless regarding all dharmas.

Equal to all Buddhas,

He awakens those who are not yet awakened.".