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The Lotus Sūtra 19.12.p9

Nepalese recension (Kern & Nanjio 1908–1912; DSBC input) 19.12.p9

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Sanskrit

19.12.p9

atha khalu bhagavāṃstān viśiṣṭacāritrapramukhān bodhisattvān mahāsattvānāmantrayāmāsa - acintyaprabhāvāḥ kulaputrāstathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ | bahūnyapyahaṃ kulaputrāḥ kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi asya dharmaparyāyasya parīndanārthaṃ nānādharmapramukhairbahūnānuśaṃsān bhāṣeyam | na cāhaṃ guṇānāṃ pāraṃ gaccheyamasya dharmaparyāyasya bhāṣamāṇaḥ | saṃkṣepeṇa kulaputrāḥ sarvabuddhavṛṣabhitā sarvabuddharahasyaṃ sarvabuddhagambhīrasthānaṃ mayā asmin dharmaparyāye deśitam | tasmāttarhi kulaputrā yuṣmābhistathāgatasya parinirvṛtasya satkṛtya ayaṃ dharmaparyāyo dhārayitavyo deśayitavyo likhitavyo vācayitavyaḥ prakāśayitavyo bhāvayitavyaḥ pūjayitavyaḥ | (Vaidya 231) yasmiṃśca kulaputrāḥ pṛthivīpradeśe ayaṃ dharmaparyāyo vācyeta vā prakāśyeta vā deśyeta vā likhyeta vā cintyeta vā bhāṣyeta vā svādhyāyeta vā pustakagato vā tiṣṭhat ārāme vā vihāre vā gṛhe vā vane vā nagare vā vṛkṣamūle vā prāsāde vā layane vā guhāyāṃ vā, tasmin pṛthivīpradeśe tathāgatamudiśya caityaṃ kartavyam | tatkasya hetoḥ? sarvatathāgatānāṃ hi sa pṛthivīpradeśo bodhimaṇḍo veditavyaḥ | tasmiṃśca pṛthivīpradeśe sarvatathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhā iti veditavyam | tasmiṃśca pṛthivīpradeśe sarvatathāgatairdharmacakraṃ pravartitam, tasmiṃścapṛthivīpradeśe sarvatathāgatāḥ parinirvṛtā iti veditavyam ||

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