大方廣佛華嚴經

Sons of the Buddha! The great bodhisattva further dedicates the roots of goodness arising from the cultivation of the gift of Dharma in this way:

May all Buddha-lands be entirely pure and adorned with ineffably ineffable splendid ornaments. May each Buddha-land be as vast as the Dharma-realm, wholly good, unobstructed, pure, and luminous, with Buddhas manifesting therein the attainment of unsurpassed perfect enlightenment. Within the pure realm of one Buddha-land, all Buddha-lands can be revealed. As it is with one Buddha-land, so it is with all Buddha-lands.

Each land is adorned with measureless, boundless, pure jeweled ornaments, such as:

Countless pure jeweled seats spread with precious cloths; countless jeweled canopies hung with jeweled nets; countless jeweled parasols whose many precious gems shine through one another; countless jeweled clouds raining all manner of gems; countless lovely, immaculate jeweled flowers; countless pure balustrades and railings made of pearls and jewels; countless jeweled bells continually sounding the Buddha’s subtle, wondrous voice throughout the Dharma-realm; countless jeweled lotus blossoms opening in beautiful colors and radiating precious light; countless jeweled trees arranged in rows everywhere, their flowers and fruits all formed of measureless wondrous jewels; countless jeweled palaces containing the roots of goodness of bodhisattvas;

countless spacious and magnificent jeweled towers extending far and near; countless jeweled fences beautifully adorned with precious gems; countless jeweled gateways hung with lovely jeweled necklaces; countless jeweled windows, pure and adorned with inconceivable gems; countless jeweled tala ornaments shaped like half-moons and formed from many kinds of gems.

All such things are adorned and purified with inconceivably beautiful jewels. They all arise from the roots of goodness of the Tathagata and are replete with countless treasuries of jeweled adornments.

There are also countless jeweled rivers flowing with all pure and wholesome Dharmas; countless jeweled seas filled with the waters of Dharma; countless white lotuses constantly emitting the pure sound of the wondrous Dharma; countless jeweled Mount Sumerus, lofty and pure sovereign mountains of wisdom; countless wondrous eight-faceted jewels strung on jeweled cords, exceedingly pure and magnificent; countless jewels of pure light constantly emitting the unobstructed radiance of great wisdom throughout the Dharma-realm; countless jeweled bells striking one another and producing subtle, wondrous sounds; countless pure jewels filled with bodhisattva-jewels; countless brightly colored jeweled streamers hanging everywhere; countless lovely jeweled banners adorned with jeweled half-moons;

countless jeweled pennants from which measureless jeweled pennants rain everywhere; countless jeweled terraces suspended in space and adorned with surpassing beauty; countless fine jeweled carpets, soft and cool; countless jeweled circlets displaying the bodhisattvas’ eye of omniscience; countless jeweled necklaces, each adorned by hundreds of thousands of supremely wondrous bodhisattvas; countless exquisite jeweled palaces surpassing all others; countless jeweled ornaments made of vajra mani gems; countless kinds of jeweled adornments constantly revealing beautiful, pure colors; countless pure jewels of extraordinary shapes, shining with penetrating brilliance; countless jeweled mountains surrounding the lands as pure, unobstructed walls; countless jeweled fragrances perfuming all worlds;

countless jeweled transformations, each transformation pervading the Dharma-realm; and countless jeweled lights, each revealing all lights.

There are also countless jeweled radiances whose pure light of wisdom clearly illuminates all dharmas. There are countless jeweled lights associated with beings, each light pervading the Dharma-realm. There are countless jeweled places, each furnished with every kind of jewel; countless jeweled treasuries revealing all treasuries of the precious true Dharma; countless jeweled banners, the marks of the Tathagata’s banners rising above all others; countless jeweled worthies, images of worthiness in whom great wisdom is pure and complete; countless jeweled gardens in which arise the samadhi, joy, and bliss of bodhisattvas; countless jeweled sounds, the Tathagata’s wondrous voice teaching throughout the world; countless jeweled forms, each emitting measureless lights of wondrous Dharma;

countless jeweled marks, each surpassing all other marks; countless jeweled modes of deportment, the sight of which causes the joy and bliss of bodhisattvas to arise; countless jeweled collections, the sight of which causes collections of the jewels of wisdom to arise; countless jeweled abodes, the sight of which causes well-established jeweled minds to arise; countless jeweled garments, the wearing of which gives rise to the incomparable samadhis of bodhisattvas; precious kasayas for beings, the donning of which enables those who have just awakened the aspiration for enlightenment to attain the dharani gateway of excellent vision; countless jeweled practices, the sight of which enables one to know that all jewels are the definitely pure fruits of karma;

countless jewels of unobstructed knowledge and vision, the sight of which brings purity to every Dharma-eye; countless treasuries of jeweled light, the sight of which brings accomplishment of the treasury of great wisdom; countless jeweled seats upon which Buddhas sit and turn the wondrous Dharma-wheel; and countless jeweled lamps continually emitting the pure light of wisdom.

There are also countless jeweled tala trees arranged in straight and orderly rows, encircled by jeweled cords and adorned with purity. These trees have countless round and upright jeweled trunks; countless luxuriant, ornamented jeweled branches; countless birds flying among them and perching therein, continually singing harmonious, wondrous notes that proclaim the true Dharma; countless jeweled leaves emitting great lights of wisdom that shine everywhere; countless jeweled flowers upon which countless bodhisattvas sit cross-legged and travel throughout the Dharma-realm; and countless jeweled fruits, the sight of which enables one to attain the irreversible fruit of the wisdom of all modes.

There are also countless jeweled villages, the sight of which causes one to abandon delight in worldly practices; countless jeweled cities filled with beings who are sovereign and unobstructed; countless jeweled royal palaces inhabited by kings whose bodies possess the strength of Narayana, who wear the armor of the true Dharma, and whose minds never retreat; countless jeweled dwellings, entry into which removes all attachment to houses; countless jeweled garments, the wearing of which enables one clearly to understand the Dharma of nonattachment; countless jeweled palaces filled with bodhisattvas who have left the household life; countless precious jeweled valuables, the sight of which gives rise to measureless joy;

countless jeweled wheels emitting inconceivable lights of wisdom and turning the irreversible Dharma-wheel; countless jeweled bhadra trees enclosed by nets of indra gems and adorned with purity; countless jeweled grounds inlaid and adorned with inconceivable jewels; countless waves of jeweled vapor whose clear voices pervade the Dharma-realm; countless jeweled drums whose gentle, wondrous sounds never cease; countless jeweled beings able to uphold the unsurpassed jewel of Dharma; countless jeweled bodies endowed with measureless wondrous jewels of merit; countless jeweled mouths continually uttering every precious sound of the wondrous Dharma; countless jeweled minds endowed with pure intentions and the jewels of great wisdom and vows;

countless jeweled recollections that put an end to delusion and are ultimately firm in the jewel of omniscience; countless jeweled illuminations that retain all the precious Dharmas of the Buddhas; countless jeweled wisdoms that decisively comprehend the Dharma-treasuries of all Buddhas; countless jeweled knowledges that perfect the jewel of omniscience; countless jeweled eyes that contemplate the jewels of the Ten Powers without obstruction; countless jeweled ears that hear throughout the Dharma-realm the pure, unobstructed sounds of roots of goodness; countless jeweled noses that continually smell pure fragrances accordant with the Way; countless jeweled tongues able to speak measureless forms of Dharma-language;

countless jeweled bodies traveling unobstructed throughout the ten directions; countless jeweled minds diligently cultivating the practices and vows of Samantabhadra; countless jeweled voices whose pure, wondrous sounds pervade the lands of the ten directions; countless jeweled bodily karmas in which wisdom leads every deed; countless jeweled verbal karmas continually speaking of the cultivation of unobstructed jeweled wisdom; and countless jeweled mental karmas that ultimately perfect vast, unobstructed jeweled wisdom.

Sons of the Buddha! In every one of those Buddha-lands, in every direction, every place, and every pore, there are measureless, boundless, ineffable numbers of great bodhisattvas, all of whom have accomplished pure wisdom. So it is everywhere throughout the Dharma-realm and to the utmost reaches of the realm of space.

Thus does the great bodhisattva dedicate these roots of goodness, vowing that all Buddha-lands shall be furnished with every kind of wondrous jeweled adornment extensively described above: adornments of incense, flowers, garlands, fragrant ointments, burning incense, powdered incense, garments, parasols, banners, pennants, and mani jewels. Proceeding successively through a hundred times as many adornments, each is extensively described in the same way as the jeweled adornments.

Sons of the Buddha! The great bodhisattva dedicates the roots of goodness accumulated through the gift of Dharma in order to increase all roots of goodness; to adorn and purify all Buddha-lands; to bring all beings to accomplishment; to cause the minds of all beings to become pure and unmoving; to cause all beings to enter the profound Buddha-Dharma; to cause all beings to attain the supreme merit of purity; to cause all beings to attain pure and indestructible merit and blessings; to cause all beings to attain inexhaustible powers of wisdom and bring every kind of being into the Buddha-Dharma; to cause the measureless voices of all beings to become equal and pure; to cause all beings to attain equal and unobstructed eyes of wisdom that pervade the Dharma-realm;

to cause all beings to attain pure recollection and know all worlds throughout past kalpas; to cause all beings to attain vast, unobstructed wisdom that decisively comprehends every Dharma-treasury; to cause all beings to attain the immeasurable practices of great bodhi, pervading the Dharma-realm without obstruction; to cause all beings to attain roots of goodness of a single essence, equal and free from discrimination; to cause all beings to attain bodily, verbal, and mental karma fully adorned with pure merit; to cause all beings to attain practices identical to those of Samantabhadra; to cause all beings to enter all Buddha-lands in purity of a single essence; to cause all beings to contemplate omniscience and fully awaken and enter it;

to cause all beings to leave behind unequal roots of goodness; to cause all beings to attain a profound mind free from differing characteristics and progressively perfect omniscience; to cause all beings to abide in all pure, wholesome Dharmas; to cause all beings ultimately to realize omniscience within a single thought; and to cause all beings to accomplish and perfect the pure path of omniscience.

Sons of the Buddha! Having thus dedicated all roots of goodness universally for all beings, the great bodhisattva further dedicates these roots of goodness in order fully to expound the power of all Dharmas and pure practices; in order to accomplish the majestic power of pure practice and attain ineffably ineffable oceans of Dharma; in order that every ocean of Dharma may be filled with measureless pure lights of wisdom pervading the Dharma-realm; in order to reveal and explain the distinct expressions and meanings of all Dharmas; in order to accomplish boundless, vast samadhis; in order to accord with the eloquence of the Buddhas of the three times; in order to accomplish the sovereign bodies of the Buddhas of the three times;

in order to honor the unobstructed and delightful Dharma of the Buddhas; in order fully to possess the great compassionate mind that rescues and protects all beings and never retreats; in order to accomplish inconceivably differentiated Dharmas, unobstructed knowledge, an undefiled mind, purity of the six faculties, and universal entry into every place of enlightenment; in order continually to turn the equal and irreversible Dharma-wheel throughout all Buddha-lands in the Dharma-realm; in order in every thought to attain inexhaustible fearlessness, wisdom, and eloquence with which to reveal and explain the Dharma;

in order, through delighting in and seeking all that is wholesome, aspiring to cultivate roots of goodness, and continually increasing great wisdom and spiritual powers, to understand all dharmas fully; and in order to draw near and make offerings at every place of enlightenment and expound all Dharmas so that beings may attain joy.

Sons of the Buddha! The great bodhisattva further dedicates these roots of goodness in this way:

They are dedicated to abiding in the measureless abodes of the Dharma-realm. They are dedicated to abiding in the Dharma-realm’s measureless bodily karma, measureless verbal karma, measureless mental karma, the equality of measureless forms, and the equality of measureless feelings, perceptions, formations, and consciousnesses. They are dedicated to abiding in the equality of the Dharma-realm’s measureless skandhas, ayatanas, and dhatus.

They are dedicated to abiding in the equality of the Dharma-realm’s measureless internal and external dharmas. They are dedicated to abiding in the Dharma-realm’s equality of measureless arousals, equality of profound minds, equality of skillful means, equality of faith and understanding, equality of faculties and powers, equality of beginning, middle, and end, equality of karma and retribution, equality of defilement and purity, equality of beings, equality of Buddha-lands, equality of the true Dharma, equality of the world’s illumination, equality of the Buddhas, equality of bodhisattvas, equality of bodhisattvas’ practices and vows, equality of bodhisattvas’ emancipation, equality of bodhisattvas’ teaching and discipline, and the nondual equality of the Dharma-realm.

They are dedicated, and so forth, to abiding in the equality of the Tathagata’s measureless places of enlightenment throughout the Dharma-realm.

Sons of the Buddha! When the great bodhisattva dedicates merit in this way, he abides in the equality of the Dharma-realm’s measureless pure bodies, equality of pure speech, equality of pure minds, equality of pure bodhisattva practices and vows, and equality of pure places of enlightenment.

Abiding in the measureless equality of the Dharma-realm, this great bodhisattva extensively expounds for all bodhisattvas pure wisdom concerning all dharmas. Abiding in the measureless equality of the Dharma-realm, he can enter all worlds within the body that extends throughout the Dharma-realm. Abiding in the measureless equality of the Dharma-realm, all dharmas are luminous, pure, and fearless to him. With a single voice he can end the doubts and delusions of all beings, accord with their faculties and dispositions, cause them all to rejoice, and establish them in the Dharma of liberation, unsurpassed wisdom of all modes, the Ten Powers, the four fearlessnesses, sovereign spiritual powers, and vast merit.

Sons of the Buddha! This is the great bodhisattva’s tenth dedication: the Measureless Dedication Equal to the Dharma-Realm.

When this great bodhisattva dedicates all roots of goodness in this way, he fully accomplishes measureless, boundless practices and vows of Samantabhadra. He can adorn and purify all Buddha-lands throughout the Dharma-realm and the realm of space and cause all beings to attain the same. He fully accomplishes boundless wisdom that comprehends all dharmas, sees all Buddhas appear in the world in every thought, and in every thought beholds the measureless, boundless sovereign powers of all Buddhas, namely:

The sovereign power of vastness; the sovereign power of nonattachment; the sovereign power of nonobstruction; the sovereign power of inconceivability; the sovereign power to purify all beings; the sovereign power to establish all worlds; the sovereign power to manifest ineffable forms of speech; the sovereign power to appear in accordance with the proper time; the sovereign power to abide irreversibly in the wisdom of spiritual penetrations; the sovereign power to expound the entirety of the boundless Dharma-realm without omission; the sovereign power to produce the boundless eye of wisdom of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra; the sovereign power to hear and retain measureless Buddha-Dharmas with unobstructed auditory consciousness;

the sovereign power to manifest a single body seated cross-legged throughout the measureless Dharma-realms of the ten directions without constricting any being; and the sovereign power universally to enter the measureless dharmas of the three times with perfect wisdom.

He further attains measureless purities, namely:

The purity of all beings; the purity of all Buddha-lands; the purity of all dharmas; the purity of wisdom that knows every place universally; the purity of boundless wisdom pervading the realm of space; the purity of wisdom that comprehends all distinctions of speech and responds universally to beings through many kinds of voices; the purity of emitting measureless lights that completely illuminate all boundless worlds; the purity of the power of wisdom that produces all bodhisattva practices of the three times; the purity of the power of wisdom that, in a single thought, universally enters the places of enlightenment of all Buddhas of the three times; and the purity of entering all boundless worlds and causing all beings to perform everything that should be done.

All these things are fully possessed, completely accomplished, thoroughly cultivated, made equal, brought directly before him, seen and known, awakened to and entered, fully contemplated, and purified to the other shore.

At that time, through the Buddha’s spiritual power, six kinds of quaking occurred throughout worlds in the ten directions numbering as many as the dust motes in a million Buddha-lands, namely:

Quaking, universal quaking, and equal universal quaking; rising, universal rising, and equal universal rising; surging, universal surging, and equal universal surging; shaking, universal shaking, and equal universal shaking; roaring, universal roaring, and equal universal roaring; striking, universal striking, and equal universal striking.

Through the Buddha’s spiritual power, and because the Dharma is naturally so, there rained from the heavens many kinds of celestial flowers, celestial garlands, powdered incense and various celestial fragrances, celestial garments, celestial precious valuables, celestial ornaments, celestial mani jewels, celestial aloeswood incense, celestial sandalwood incense, celestial superior parasols, various celestial banners and pennants, and countless celestial forms.

There arose measureless celestial sounds of Dharma, inconceivable celestial voices praising the Buddha, and countless celestial voices of joy proclaiming together, “Excellent!” Measureless, countless devas reverently bowed in homage. Countless sons of devas constantly recollected the Buddha and sought the Buddha’s measureless merit, never turning their minds away. Countless sons of devas played music and sang praises in offering to the Tathagata.

Countless devas emitted great lights illuminating all Buddha-lands and revealing measureless, countless realms of the Buddhas and transformation bodies of the Tathagata surpassing the heavens.

Just as this Dharma was taught in the Tusita Palace of this world, so too was it taught throughout the ten directions in the Tusita palaces of all worlds.

Then, through the Buddha’s spiritual power, beyond worlds in each of the ten directions numbering as many as the dust motes in a million Buddha-lands, bodhisattvas numbering as many as the dust motes in a million Buddha-lands came together and proclaimed in unison: “Excellent! Excellent! Son of the Buddha, you are able to teach this Dharma of great dedication. We all bear the same name, Vajra Banner, and have come here from the world Vajra Light, from the presence of the Buddha Vajra Banner. Through the Buddha’s spiritual power, this Dharma is also taught in those worlds. The assembly, the great teaching, its words, expressions, and meanings are all exactly the same, without increase or decrease.

“We have come here through the Buddha’s majestic spiritual power to bear witness for you.

“As testimony is given here, so too do bodhisattvas appear and bear witness in all Tusita palaces throughout the worlds of the ten directions.”

Through the Buddha’s spiritual power, Bodhisattva Vajra Banner contemplated all the assemblies throughout the Dharma-realm of the ten directions. His mind of great loving-kindness and compassion expanded ever further. He entered the merits of all Buddhas, accomplished the sovereign body of a Buddha, and contemplated the inclinations of all beings and the roots of goodness they had planted, knowing them all completely. In accordance with the Dharma-body, the bodhisattva manifested for them a pure body of wondrous form and immediately spoke these verses:

The bodhisattva is a great Dharma-guide,
Revealing the profound Dharma so hard to gain;
He guides measureless beings throughout the ten directions
And trains them to abide within the true Dharma.

The bodhisattva has drunk the ocean of Buddha-Dharma;
Dharma-clouds rain throughout the lands of the ten directions.
The Dharma-sun appears within the world,
Proclaiming wondrous Dharma for the benefit of every kind of being.
He is forever a rarely encountered master of the gift of Dharma,
Clearly knowing the skillful means for entering Dharma.
Pure Dharma-light illuminates the mind;
He teaches Dharma in the world, ever fearless.

Skillfully cultivating Buddha-Dharma, his mind is sovereign;
He can awaken to and enter every Dharma-gateway.
He accomplishes the exceedingly wondrous, profound ocean of Dharma
And beats the Dharma-drum universally for all beings.

He proclaims the rare and most profound Dharma
And uses Dharma to nourish and increase every merit.
His mind is filled with the pure joy of Dharma,
And he reveals the treasury of Buddha-Dharma to the world.

He receives consecration from the Buddha, King of Dharma,
And accomplishes the wisdom-treasury body of Dharma-nature.
He fully understands the true characteristics of all dharmas
And abides in every wholesome Dharma.

The bodhisattva practices the great gift of Dharma,
Which all Tathagatas rejoice in and praise.
They approve the bodhisattva’s deeds;
Through this he becomes a Honored One among humans.

The bodhisattva accomplishes the wondrous Dharma-body,
Truly born through transformation from the Dharma of the Buddhas.
To benefit beings, he becomes a Dharma-lamp,
Expounding measureless, supremely excellent Dharmas.

In accordance with his cultivation of the wondrous gift of Dharma,
He also constantly contemplates those roots of goodness.
Performing every wholesome deed for the sake of beings,
He dedicates them all with wisdom.

The Buddha-lands of the ten directions are measureless in number,
Each fully endowed with measureless great adornments.
All such inconceivable adornments
Are used to adorn every single land.

Accomplishing vast powers of spiritual penetration,
He reaches every land throughout the ten directions.
Leaving not a single being behind,
He causes them all to cultivate the bodhisattva path.

The bodhisattva fully possesses sovereign powers
And goes wherever he should go to learn.
Manifesting every great spiritual penetration,
He reaches measureless lands throughout the ten directions.

Within the space of a single thought, the bodhisattva
Universally beholds countless Buddhas among beings;
And within a single pore
He gathers all dharmas and sees them clearly.

Many kinds of fragrant incense and supremely wondrous flowers,
Jewels, garments, pennants, and parasols
Are spread throughout and fill the Dharma-realm,
As he resolves to make offerings to all Buddhas.

Throughout all the kalpas of the world,
He makes offerings to and praises the Tathagatas.
The number of the world’s kalpas may be exhausted,
But the bodhisattva’s offerings to the Buddhas never cease.

Throughout all worlds and all kalpas,
He cultivates meritorious practices during those kalpas,
Reverently making offerings to a single Tathagata
Without weariness or satisfaction throughout every kalpa.

As he makes offerings to one Buddha for measureless kalpas,
So too does he make offerings to every Buddha.
He makes no discrimination concerning the number of kalpas,
And never wearies of the work of offering.

The jeweled flowers are complete in fragrance and color,
Pure, magnificent, and exceedingly wondrous.
Nothing in any world can equal them;
With these flowers he makes offerings to the World-Honored Ones.

Wondrous fragrant ointments, supremely excellent,
Never before existing in any world—
With these he makes offerings to the Teacher of Devas and Humans
Throughout measureless kalpas numerous as dust motes.

Powdered incense, burning incense, supremely wondrous flowers,
Precious garments and ornaments—
With these he makes offerings to the Tathagatas,
Joyfully serving them without weariness or satisfaction.

While the bodhisattva makes offerings to the Buddhas,
Through the Buddhas’ spiritual power they pervade everywhere.
He beholds measureless Buddhas throughout the ten directions
And abides in the practices of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra.

These are the bodhisattvas of the ten directions
Who together diligently cultivate the practice of dedication.
The Buddhas, the Tathagatas, have taught me
That this practice of dedication is unsurpassed.

The bodhisattva dedicates the practice of generosity
And also firmly upholds every precept.
He cultivates diligently without fear or retreat,
Gentle and patient, his mind unmoving.

He gathers the mind in meditation, constantly focused upon one object;
With wisdom he understands that objects accord with samadhi.
He penetrates the past, future, and present,
While the world cannot fathom his limits.

The bodhisattva’s bodily, mental, and verbal karma—
His thoughts, words, and deeds—are all pure.
None of his cultivation is deficient;
It is completely identical to that of Samantabhadra.

Like the Dharma-realm, it is free from discrimination;
Conceptual proliferation and defiled attachment are wholly exhausted.
Like nirvana, it is without obstruction;
His mind is always thus, apart from attachment.

The wise possess this Dharma of dedication,
Which the Buddhas, the Tathagatas, have revealed.
They dedicate every root of goodness,
And thereby can accomplish the bodhisattva path.

Sons of the Buddha who skillfully learn this dedication
Perfect measureless practices and vows.
They encompass the Dharma-realm without remainder
And thereby accomplish the Buddha’s powers of wisdom.

Those who wish to accomplish the Buddha’s teaching
And the vast, supreme practices of bodhisattvas
Should skillfully abide in this dedication;
Samantabhadra is the name of such a son of the Buddha.

All beings may still be counted,
And the thoughts of the three times may also be known;
But the limits of the merit in these practices
Of Samantabhadra, the Buddha’s son, cannot be measured.