大方廣佛華嚴經

7. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE NAMES OF THE TATHAGATA

(Chinese Edition, First Part, Fascicle 12)

At that time, the Blessed One was in the land of Magadha, at the site of enlightenment, having just attained perfect awakening. In the Hall of Universal Radiance, he sat upon a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses. His wondrous realization was entirely perfect; he had utterly transcended the two modes of conduct, attained the signless Dharma, abided in the dwelling place of all Buddhas, realized the equality of Buddhahood, reached the unobstructed state, acted without impediment, stood within the inconceivable, and universally beheld the three times.

He was assembled with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. All were destined to attain Buddhahood in one more life and had gathered together from other directions. They were all skilled in contemplating the realm of sentient beings, the Dharma-realm, the realms of worlds, the realm of nirvana, the fruits and retributions of every kind of karma, the successive activities of the mind, all meanings expressed in the teachings of the mundane and supramundane, the conditioned and the unconditioned, and the past, present, and future. They skillfully contemplated all such dharmas.

The bodhisattvas thought: “If the Blessed One compassionately remembers us, may he accord with our aspirations and reveal these matters:

Buddha-lands, the abodes of Buddhas, the adornments of Buddha-lands, the Dharma-nature of Buddhas, the purity of Buddha-lands, the Buddhas’ teaching of Dharma, the essential nature of Buddha-lands, the awe-inspiring virtue of Buddhas, the accomplishment of Buddha-lands, and the Buddhas’ great enlightenment.

“Just as the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, throughout the worlds of the ten directions, in order to bring all bodhisattvas to accomplishment, to ensure that the lineage of the Tathagatas is never severed, to rescue and protect all sentient beings, to cause sentient beings to abandon every affliction, to clarify all practices, to expound all dharmas, to eliminate every defilement, to utterly sever every net of doubt, to cast away all craving, and to destroy every object of attachment, expound the bodhisattvas’ ten abodes, ten practices, ten dedications, ten treasuries, ten grounds, ten vows, ten samadhis, ten superknowledges, and ten crownings.

They also expound the Tathagata’s ground, the Tathagata’s domain, the Tathagata’s spiritual power, the Tathagata’s fearlessness, the Tathagata’s samadhis, the Tathagata’s supernormal powers, the Tathagata’s mastery, the Tathagata’s unobstructed freedom, the Tathagata’s eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, the Tathagata’s eloquence, the Tathagata’s wisdom, and the Tathagata’s supreme excellence.

“May the Blessed One also expound these matters for us!”

The Blessed One then knew the thoughts of the bodhisattvas and, according to their various kinds, manifested spiritual powers for them.

After the Buddha manifested his spiritual powers, to the east, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Golden Color, whose Buddha was named Unmoving Wisdom. In that world was a bodhisattva named Manjushri, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the east, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the south, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Wondrous Color, whose Buddha was named Unobstructed Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Awakening, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the south, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the west, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Lotus Color, whose Buddha was named Wisdom That Dispels Darkness. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Wealth, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the west, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the north, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Champaka Flower Color, whose Buddha was named Wisdom of Majestic Deportment. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Sunlight and Jewels, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the north, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the northeast, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Utpala Flower Color, whose Buddha was named Luminous Wisdom Banner. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Merit, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the northeast, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the southeast, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Golden Color, whose Buddha was named Ultimate Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Vision, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the southeast, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the southwest, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Jewel Color, whose Buddha was named Supreme Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Diligence, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the southwest, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

To the northwest, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Vajra Color, whose Buddha was named Masterful Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Dharma, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses to the northwest, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

Below, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Crystal Color, whose Buddha was named Brahma Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Wisdom, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses below, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

Above, beyond worlds as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands, was a world named Equal Color, whose Buddha was named Contemplative Wisdom. There was a bodhisattva named Foremost in Virtue, who came together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes in ten Buddha-lands. They paid homage to the Buddha, manifested a lion throne in the treasury of lotuses above, and sat upon it in full lotus posture.

At that time, the great bodhisattva Manjushri, sustained by the Buddha’s awe-inspiring power, contemplated the entire assembly of bodhisattvas and said: “These bodhisattvas are exceedingly rare.”

Disciples of the Buddha! The lands of the Buddhas are inconceivable. The abodes of the Buddhas, the adornments of Buddha-lands, the Dharma-nature of Buddhas, the purity of Buddha-lands, the Buddhas’ teaching of Dharma, the appearance of Buddhas, the accomplishment of Buddha-lands, and the unsurpassed enlightenment of Buddhas are all inconceivable.

Why is this so?

Disciples of the Buddha! All Buddhas throughout the ten directions know that sentient beings have differing inclinations. Therefore, according to what is appropriate, they teach the Dharma and tame them, extending throughout the Dharma-realm and the realm of space.

Disciples of the Buddha! In the four-continent worlds of this Saha world, the Tathagata manifests many bodies, many names, many colors and forms, many heights and statures, many lifespans, many locations, many faculties, many places of birth, many voices and languages, and many modes of contemplation, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! In this four-continent world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Accomplisher of All Meaning, or Full Moon, or Lion’s Roar, or Shakyamuni, or Foremost Sage, or Vairocana, or One of the Gautama Clan, or Great Shramana, or Supreme One, or Guiding Teacher. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! East of this four-continent world is a world named Virtue of Good Protection. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Vajra, or Masterful One, or Possessor of Wisdom, or Difficult to Overcome, or Cloud King, or Free from Contention, or Able to Be Lord, or Joyful Mind, or Unequaled One, or One Who Ends Discourse. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! South of this four-continent world is a world named Difficult to Endure. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Shakra, or Jewel Renown, or Stainless One, or Speaker of Truth, or Able to Tame, or Perfect Joy, or Great Renown, or Able to Benefit, or Boundless One, or Supreme One. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! West of this four-continent world is a world named Embodied Wisdom. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Water Deva, or Joyfully Beheld, or Supreme King, or True Wisdom, or One Who Reaches the Ultimate, or Joyful One, or Dharma Wisdom, or One Whose Task Is Accomplished, or Well-Abiding One. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! North of this four-continent world is a world named Possessing Lions. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Great Muni, or Ascetic, or World-Honored One, or Supreme Field, or Omniscient One, or Benevolent Mind, or Pure One, or Kelavatna, or Bestower of the Supreme, or One Who Attained through Asceticism. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Northeast of this four-continent world is a world named Wondrous Contemplation. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Tamer of Mara, or Accomplished One, or Quiescent One, or Virtuous Deva, or Free from Craving, or Supreme Wisdom, or Impartial Mind, or Invincible One, or Voice of Wisdom, or Difficult to Appear. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Southeast of this four-continent world is a world named Joy and Delight. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Mass of Blazing Radiance, or All-Knowing One, or Secret One, or Liberated One, or One Abiding in Essential Nature, or One Who Practices in Accordance with Dharma, or King of Pure Eyes, or Great Hero, or Power of Diligence. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Southwest of this four-continent world is a world named Extremely Firm. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Securely Abiding, or King of Wisdom, or Perfect One, or Unmoving One, or Wondrous Eyes, or Crown King, or Masterful Voice, or Bestower of Everything, or Upholder of the Assembly of Sages, or Supreme Sumeru. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Northwest of this four-continent world is a world named Wondrous Ground. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named All-Pervading, or Blazing Radiance, or Mani Crown, or Worthy of Recollection, or Unsurpassed Meaning, or Ever Joyful, or Pure in Nature, or Perfect Radiance, or Beautiful-Armed, or Abiding in the Origin. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Below this four-continent world is a world named Blazing Wisdom. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Gatherer of Roots of Goodness, or Lion Banner, or Keen Wisdom, or Golden Blaze, or Knowledge of All, or Ultimate Voice, or Benefactor, or One Who Reaches the Ultimate, or True Deva, or Universally Supreme. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Above this four-continent world is a world named Sun-Upholding Ground. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Possessor of Wisdom, or Pure Countenance, or Awakening Wisdom, or Foremost One, or Adorned with Practices, or Giver of Joy, or One Whose Intention Is Fulfilled, or Like Fire Struck from Stone, or Upholder of Precepts, or One Path. There are ten thousand such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! This Saha world contains ten billion four-continent worlds. Here the Tathagata has altogether a hundred trillion names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! East of this Saha world is a world named Esoteric Instruction. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Impartial One, or Distinguished One, or Comforter, or Enlightener of Minds, or Wisdom from Hearing, or Speaker of Truth, or One Who Attained Mastery, or Most Exalted Body, or Great Hero, or Unequaled Wisdom. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! South of this Saha world is a world named Abundant and Unrestrained. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Original Nature, or Diligent Mind, or Unsurpassed Honored One, or Great Torch of Wisdom, or Unreliant One, or Treasury of Radiance, or Treasury of Wisdom, or Treasury of Merit, or Deva among Devas, or Great Masterful One. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! West of this Saha world is a world named Stainless. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Fulfilled Intention, or Knower of the Path, or One Abiding in the Origin, or Able to Untie Bonds, or One Who Comprehends Meaning, or Delighting in Discernment, or Supreme Vision, or Tamer of Conduct, or One of Many Ascetic Practices, or Perfect in Power. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! North of this Saha world is a world named Abundant Delight. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Champaka Flower Color, or Treasury of the Sun, or Well-Abiding One, or Manifester of Spiritual Powers, or Transcendent in Nature, or Sun of Wisdom, or Unobstructed One, or Appearing Like the Moon, or Swift Wind, or Pure Body. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Northeast of this Saha world is a world named Embracing. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Forever Free from Suffering, or Universal Liberation, or Free from the World, or Unobstructed Ground, or Great Hidden Treasury, or Wisdom of Liberation, or Treasury of the Past, or Jewel Radiance, or Treasury of Pure Faith, or Unmoving Mind. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Southeast of this Saha world is a world named Beneficent. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Manifester of Radiance, or Exhaustive Wisdom, or Beautiful Voice, or Supreme Faculty, or Adorned Canopy, or Faculty of Diligence, or One Who Reaches the Other Shore of Discernment, or Supreme Samadhi, or Selective in Speech, or Ocean of Wisdom. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Southwest of this Saha world is a world named Scarcity. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Lord of Munis, or Possessor of Many Jewels, or Liberation of the World, or All-Knowing Faculty, or Supreme Eloquence, or Clear Vision, or Mastery of the Faculties, or Great Teacher of Sages, or One Who Opens the Path of Karma, or Vajra Lion. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Northwest of this Saha world is a world named Joy. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Mass of Wondrous Flowers, or Sandalwood Canopy, or Lotus Treasury, or One Who Transcends All Dharmas, or Jewel of Dharma, or One Who Again Brings Forth, or Vast Eyes, or Possessor of Wholesome Dharmas, or One Who Single-Mindedly Recollects the Dharma, or Treasury of Nets. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Below this Saha world is a world named Keyhole. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Kindler of Flames, or Tamer of Poison, or Palace of Shakra, or Place of Impermanence, or Awakened Master of the Origin, or One Who Ends Increase, or Great Swiftness, or Ever Delighting in Giving, or Discerner of the Path, or Banner That Subdues. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! Above this Saha world is a world named Resounding Voice. In that world, the Tathagata is sometimes named Banner of Heroic Courage, or Immeasurable Jewels, or One Who Delights in Great Giving, or Celestial Radiance, or Auspicious Flourishing, or One Who Transcends Domains, or Lord of All, or Irreversible Wheel, or Free from All Evils, or Omniscient One. There are a hundred trillion such names, causing sentient beings to see and know him differently.

Disciples of the Buddha! In each of the ten directions surrounding this Saha world are hundreds of thousands of billions of worlds—innumerable, immeasurable, boundless, unequaled, incalculable, unnameable, inconceivable, unquantifiable, and ineffable—extending throughout the Dharma-realm and the realm of space. In all of them, the names of the Tathagata differ.

Long ago, when the Tathagata was still a bodhisattva, he brought beings to maturity through many kinds of discourse, many kinds of language, many kinds of sound, many kinds of karma, many kinds of retribution, many kinds of places, many kinds of skillful means, many kinds of faculties, many kinds of faith and understanding, and many kinds of spiritual stages. In the same way, he now causes sentient beings to see and know accordingly and therefore teaches the Dharma for them.

8. CHAPTER EIGHT: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

(Chinese Edition, Second Part, Fascicle 12)

At that time, the great bodhisattva Manjushri addressed the bodhisattvas: “Disciples of the Buddha! In this Saha world, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called transgression, oppression, change, conditioned involvement, accumulation, stabbing, basis of dependence, falsity, site of sores, or the ignorant one.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In this Saha world, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called bondage, destruction, attachment, deluded thought, entering the destinies, determination, net, conceptual proliferation, accompanying activity, or root of inversion.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In this Saha world, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called freedom from contention, freedom from defilement, tranquility, signlessness, nonexistence, absence of intrinsic nature, unobstructedness, cessation, true essence, or abiding in intrinsic nature.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In this Saha world, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called the One Vehicle, proceeding toward tranquility, the guiding path, ultimate nondiscrimination, equality, laying down the burden, going nowhere, accord with the intention of the sages, virtuous sage, or the ten treasuries.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In this Saha world, the Four Noble Truths are expressed by four hundred billion times ten thousand terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! Just as the Noble Truth of Suffering is taught in this Saha world, in the world Esoteric Instruction it is called root of striving and seeking, non-escape, root of bondage, doing what should not be done, pervasive contention, powerless in every analysis, basis of dependence, extreme hardship, restless agitation, or the form of things.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Esoteric Instruction, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called conformity with samsara, defiled attachment, burning, cyclic wandering, root of decay, source of outflows, evil conduct, attachment, source of illness, or fractional division.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Esoteric Instruction, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called ultimate meaning, escape, praise, security, wholesome entry, taming, one portion, blamelessness, freedom from craving, or certainty.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Esoteric Instruction, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called valiant general, highest practice, transcendence, possession of skillful means, impartial eye, freedom from extremes, realization, embracing, supreme eye, or contemplation of direction.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Esoteric Instruction, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Supreme, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called terror, segmented existence, loathsomeness, that which must be attended upon, change, attraction of hostile forces, that which readily deprives, difficult companion, false discrimination, or possession of power.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Supreme, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called decay, root of delusion, great enemy, sharp blade, severance of savor, adversary, what does not belong to oneself, evil guide, increase of darkness, or false wholesome benefit.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Supreme, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called great meaning, benefit, meaning within meaning, immeasurable, that which should be seen, freedom from discrimination, supreme taming, constant equality, fitness to dwell together, or flavorlessness.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Supreme, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called that which can burn away, highest grade, certainty, indestructibility, profound skillful means, escape, freedom from inferiority, comprehension, nature of liberation, or ability to deliver.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Supreme, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Stainless, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called remorse, mutual dependence, continual turning, dwelling and formation, single flavor, what is contrary to Dharma, dwelling place, object of deluded attachment, delusive vision, or innumerability.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Stainless, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called unreal thing, mere words, impurity, ground of birth, grasping, baseness, increase, heavy burden, that which gives birth, or coarse hardness.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Stainless, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called unequaled equality, universal purification, freedom from defilement, supreme faculty, correspondence, independence, extinction of delusion, highest, finality, or breaking the shell.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Stainless, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called solid reality, portion of skillful means, basis of liberation, true original nature, irreproachability, utmost purity, limit of outflows, complete entrustment, bringing to completion, or pure discernment.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Stainless, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Abundant and Unrestrained, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called object of defiled love, root of danger and harm, portion of the ocean of outflows, accumulated heap, root of differentiation, increase, arising and cessation, obstruction, sword-tree, or formation through enumeration.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Abundant and Unrestrained, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called hateful, name, inexhaustible, fractional division, undesirable, that which seizes and bites, coarse object, attachment, implement, or agitation.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Abundant and Unrestrained, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called severance of continuity, disclosure, absence of written characters, nothing to cultivate, nothing to see, nothing to do, tranquil cessation, completely burned away, laying down the heavy burden, or complete elimination.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Abundant and Unrestrained, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called practice of tranquil cessation, practice of escape, diligent cultivation and realization, peaceful passage, immeasurable lifespan, skillful understanding, ultimate path, difficult cultivation, arrival at the other shore, or invincibility.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Abundant and Unrestrained, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Embracing, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called that which plunders, unwholesome companion, manifold terrors, conceptual proliferations, nature of hell, absence of true meaning, burden of craving, deep and heavy root, turning according to the mind, or originally empty.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Embracing, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called craving and attachment, evil accomplishment, extreme evil, swiftness, that which readily grasps, perception, possession of fruit, ineffability, ungraspability, or cyclic wandering.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Embracing, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called non-retrogression, freedom from speech, formlessness, delightfulness, firmness, sublime excellence, freedom from delusion, total cessation, remoteness from evil, or escape.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Embracing, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called freedom from words, freedom from contention, teaching and guidance, wholesome dedication, great skillfulness, differentiated skillful means, like space, practice of tranquility, supreme wisdom, or ability to comprehend meaning.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Embracing, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Beneficent, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called heavy burden, instability, like a thief, aging and death, formed by craving, cyclic wandering, weariness, evil characteristic, growth, or sharp blade.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Beneficent, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called decay, turbidity, loss, powerlessness, ruin, subtle might, disharmony, action, grasping, or desire.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Beneficent, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called release from prison, truth, freedom from calamity, protective shelter, freedom from evil, conformity, fundamental root, abandoning causes, the unconditioned, or absence of continuity.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Beneficent, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called attainment of non-possession, seal of all, treasury of samadhi, attainment of radiance, Dharma of non-retrogression, ability to exhaust existence, broad road, ability to tame, possession of security, or root of non-cyclic wandering.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Beneficent, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Scarcity, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called perilous delight in desire, place of bondage, wrong conduct, accordance with sensation, mindless person, root of craving, flow of the Ganges, constant destruction, nature of smoke and fire, or manifold sorrow and affliction.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Scarcity, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called vast ground, that which leads onward, remote wisdom, flowing calamity, terror, heedlessness, attraction toward destinations, place of attachment, householder, or successive bondage.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Scarcity, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called fullness, deathlessness, non-self, intrinsic nature, exhaustion of discrimination, peaceful abiding, absence of limit, severance of cyclic turning, extinction of the sphere of activity, or nonduality.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Scarcity, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called great radiance, ocean of exposition, discernment of meaning, harmonization of dharmas, freedom from grasping and attachment, severance of continuity, broad road, impartial cause, pure skillful means, or supreme vision.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Scarcity, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such names, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Joy, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called cyclic wandering, production, loss of benefit, defiled attachment, heavy burden, differentiation, inner danger, aggregation, evil dwelling, or nature of suffering and affliction.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Joy, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called ground, skillful means, untimeliness, unreal dharma, bottomlessness, grasping, departure from the realm, dharma of affliction, inferior view, or heap of defilement.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Joy, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called destruction of dependence, heedfulness, truth, equality, wholesome purity, freedom from illness, freedom from crookedness, signlessness, mastery, or non-arising.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Joy, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called entrance into the supreme realm, severance of accumulation, transcendence of classes, vast nature, exhaustion of discrimination, path of spiritual power, manifold skillful means, practice of right mindfulness, path of constant tranquility, or embrace of liberation.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Joy, the Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such names, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Keyhole, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called characteristic of decay, like discarded vessels, formed by possession of self, bodies in the various destinies, momentary cyclic wandering, gates of manifold evils, nature of suffering, fit to be discarded, flavorlessness, or coming and going.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Keyhole, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called formations, poisonous excrement, conjunction, branch of sensation, mind of self, mixed poison, false reputation, imposing status, burning affliction, or fright.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Keyhole, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called non-accumulation, unfindability, wondrous medicine, indestructibility, non-attachment, immeasurability, vastness, factor of awakening, freedom from defilement, or unobstructedness.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Keyhole, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called peaceful practice, freedom from desire, ultimate truth, entrance into meaning, ultimate nature, pure manifestation, gathering the mind, attainment of liberation, rescue, or supreme practice.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Keyhole, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such names, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Resounding Voice, the Noble Truth of Suffering is called trace of fault, worldliness, basis of dependence, arrogance, nature of defiled attachment, swift current, inability to find joy, concealment, rapid cessation, or difficult to tame.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Resounding Voice, the Noble Truth of the Origination of Suffering is called that which must be subdued, mental destination, that which binds, arising in accordance with recollection, reaching the final limit, mutual conjunction, discrimination, gateway, drifting agitation, or hidden covering.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Resounding Voice, the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering is called place of no dependence, ungraspability, turning back, freedom from contention, smallness, greatness, wholesome purity, inexhaustibility, vastness, or pricelessness.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Resounding Voice, the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is called contemplation, ability to crush enemies, seal of clear knowledge, ability to enter the nature, difficult to oppose, limitless meaning, ability to enter wisdom, harmonious path, constant immovability, or distinguished meaning.

“Disciples of the Buddha! In the world Resounding Voice, the Four Noble Truths have four hundred billion times ten thousand such terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.

“Disciples of the Buddha! Just as the Four Noble Truths are expressed in this Saha world by four hundred billion times ten thousand names, so too, throughout all the immeasurable, boundless, and ineffable worlds of the ten directions, extending throughout the Dharma-realm and the realm of space, the Four Noble Truths are expressed in each world by four hundred billion times ten thousand terms, in accordance with the minds of sentient beings, so that they may be tamed.”