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大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 1.29

The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra 1.29

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1.29

Tomorrow you will gain birth in the Great Vehicle.’ [The ācārya] having instructed them in this manner, they may in

dreams while asleep See monks’ dwellings, groves all imposingly lovely, Halls of outstanding appearance, bright and spacious [multistory]

houses, Banners, parasols, maṇi-gems, jeweled swords, flowers pleasing

to the mind, Women in fresh white garments, upright and of beautiful complexion, Close relatives or good friends, men of divine physique, Herds of cows with abundant milk, sutra scrolls clean and unsoiled, Omniscient ones (i.e., buddhas), pratyekabuddhas, and multitudes

of the Buddha’s śrāvakas, High-minded bodhisattvas, the actual bestowal of results, The crossing of oceans, rivers or lakes, as well as the hearing of

pleasant voices In midair saying, ‘How auspicious!’ or ‘You will be given the fruit

of your mind’s desire!’ Favorable signs such as these should be carefully differentiated, And those that differ from these should be known not to be good

dreams. Those [disciples] well-established in the precepts arise on the morrow,

and after they have told the teacher [the content of their dreams], The teacher expounds the Dharma with these phrases so as to exhort

the practitioners: ‘This path of the most excellent vow, the Mahayana of the great

mind— You now seek after it and will attain [the state of] Tathāgatas, Great dragons of spontaneous knowledge revered by the world like

stupas; It completely transcends existence and nonexistence and is unsullied,

like empty space.

The profundity of the dharmas is difficult to comprehend, not

contained by anything,

And removed from all false conceptions, for frivolous arguments

are originally nonexistent.

Its activities wondrous, without compare, and always based on the

two truths,

This vehicle is most excellent, and [henceforth] you will dwell in

this path.’”

Then the vajradhara Aprapañcavihārin said to the Buddha, “World-hon-

ored One, I beg you to explain the precept of knowledge unobstructed through-

out the three ages, for if a bodhisattva abides in it, it causes buddhas and

bodhisattvas all to rejoice.”

When he had finished speaking thus, the Buddha addressed the vajra-

dhara Aprapañcavihārin and the others, saying, “Son of the Buddha, listen

attentively! When a person of [good] family abides in this precept, he unites

his body, speech, and mind, making them one, and does not create any dhar-

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