妙法蓮華經 3.34

3.34

O Bhagavat, teach the Dharma! Put all the devas and people at ease

and benefit them through your compassion!

“They spoke further in verse, saying:

O Hero of the World,

The One Who Has No Equal,

Who is adorned with a hundred merits,

And has attained the highest wisdom!

We entreat you to teach

For the sake of the world,

And bring us and all the other

Sentient beings to the path.

Illuminate and reveal this wisdom

So that we may attain it.

If we can become buddhas,

So can the other sentient beings.

The Bhagavat knows

The deep-seated intentions of sentient beings

And the paths they practice,

As well as the power of their wisdom.

May the Bhagavat, being wholly aware

Of their positive intentions,

Accumulated merits, and past deeds,

Turn the highest wheel of the Dharma.

The Buddha addressed the monks, saying: “When the Buddha Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū attained highest, complete enlightenment, five hundred myriads of koṭis of buddha worlds in each of the ten directions quaked in six ways. The dark places between the worlds, where the rays of the sun and moon had been unable to penetrate, were brightly illuminated. The sentient beings there were able to see each other and said:

How is it possible that sentient beings have suddenly appeared here?

“Moreover, those worlds from the heavenly palaces up to the palaces of the Brahmas, also quaked in six ways. The great ray of light shone everywhere, filling the worlds with a radiance that surpassed the light of the devas.

“At that time the palaces of Brahmas in the five hundred myriads of koṭis of worlds in the east were illuminated twice as brightly as usual. The great Brahmas each thought:

The palaces are illuminated now as never before. What has caused this

phenomenon?

“At that time all of the great Brahmas approached each other to discuss

this matter. In that assembly there was a great Brahma called Sarvasattva-

trātar who spoke to the assembly of Brahmas in verse, saying:

This illumination of our palaces

Has never occurred before!

Let us find out

The reason for this!

This great ray of light

Has illuminated the ten directions.

Has a deva of great merit been born,

Or has a buddha appeared in the world?

“Then the great Brahmas of the hundred myriads of koṭis of worlds went

toward the west with their palaces to enquire about this phenomenon, car-

rying heavenly flowers in their robes. They saw the Tathāgata Mahābhijñā-