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大方廣佛華嚴經

Chinese title:大方廣佛華嚴經

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Full translation (English)

Volume 6: Appearance of the Tathagata

(......)

The Buddha's body fills the cosmos,

Appearing before all beings everywhere-

In all conditions, wherever sensed, reaching everywhere,

Yet always on this seat of enlightenment.

In each of the Buddha's pores

Sit Buddhas as many as atoms in all the lands,

Surrounded by masses of enlightening beings

Expounding the supreme practice of the universally good.

Buddha, sitting at rest on the enlightenment seat,

Displays in one hair oceans of fields;

The same is true of every single hair,

Thus pervading the cosmos.

He sits in each and every land,

Pervading the lands one and all;

Enlightening beings from everywhere gather,

All coming to the enlightening scene.

(......)

The profound knowledge of the Buddha

Enters everywhere in the cosmos:

Able to operate in accord with all times,

It is a clear guide for the world.

The Buddhas have the same reality-body -

It depends on nothing, is without distinction;

It causes beings to see Buddha in physical form

According to their intellects.

Replete with all knowledge,

Buddha knows all things:

In all lands,

Everything is evident.

Buddha's bodies, lights, and physical forms

Are all inconceivable.

Sentient beings who believe

He causes to see them according to potential.

In one Buddha-body

He produces infinite Buddhas,

Thunderous sound pervading all lands

Expounding the teaching, the deep ocean of thusness.

In each hair pore

Are webs of light pervading all quarters,

Intoning the sublime voices of Buddha,

Taming the hard to tame.

From the Buddha's light

Issues deep and wondrous sound

Extolling the Buddha's ocean of virtues

And the practices of enlightening beings.

(......)

Buddha's body is always apparent,

Filling the entire cosmos,

Always intoning far-reaching sound

Shaking all lands in all quarters.

Buddha manifests bodily everywhere,

Entering into all worlds,

Revealing occult spiritual power

According to the inclinations of beings.

Buddha appears before all beings

In accordance with their minds;

What the sentient beings see

Is the Buddha's mystic power.

His radiance has no bounds

And his teaching too is infinite;

Buddha children enter and observe

According to their knowledge.

The Buddha's body has no birth

Yet can appear to be born.

The nature of reality is like space:

Therein do the Buddhas dwell.

No abiding, yet no departing:

Everywhere the Buddha's seen;

His light reaches everywhere,

His fame is heard afar.

No substance, no abode,

And no origin that can be found;

No signs, no form:

What appears is like reflections.

(......)

Translation source: Linh Sơn Pháp Bảo Đại Tạng KinhLicense: Linh Sơn Pháp Bảo Đại Tạng Kinh (Việt dịch) · nguồn: rongmotamhon.net (Liên Phật Hội) · EN moved from RMT English page https://rongmotamhon.net/xem-kinh_none_qsmdmsc_viet5.html; VI source sibling dai-phuong-quang-phat-qsmdmsc

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