觀音義疏 1.6

1.6

Furthermore, the Daji jing explains "Akṣayamati": "In the eastern quarter, beyond worlds of dust motes numbering ten sands of the Ganges, there is a land named Unblinking, where the Buddha is titled Samantabhadra. It consists solely of bodhisattvas, with no names of the two vehicles. They cultivate only mindfulness-of-the-Buddha samādhi, which is non-extinguishing, non-arising, and non-emerging, with mental practice equal like space; this is mindfulness of the Buddha. When one sees the Buddha, one immediately possesses the six pāramitās and attains the receptive tolerance of the non-arising of dharmas, which means: not grasping form is dāna; eliminating the marks of form is śīla; contemplating the exhaustion of form is kṣānti; contemplating the quiescence of form is vīrya; not engaging in form is dhyāna; not playfully proliferating form is prajñā. Śāriputra asked: 'Who gave you this appellation, naming you Akṣayamati?' He answered: 'The causes, conditions, fruits, and retributions of all dharmas are inexhaustible; all dharmas cannot be exhausted. The initial arousal of the aspiration for unexcelled awakening cannot be exhausted, like empty space which cannot be exhausted; how could arousing the aspiration for awakening for the sake of all-knowledge ever be exhausted? The buddhas' precepts, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowledge and vision of liberation, the ten powers, fearlessnesses, and so forth are inexhaustible; because the mind is aroused on the basis of such as these, it cannot be exhausted. The nature of sentient beings is inexhaustible, transforming sentient beings is inexhaustible, and knowing that the nature of all dharmas is inexhaustible, it is therefore inexhaustible: this is called the bodhisattva's arousal of aspiration being inexhaustible. Furthermore, the dāna-pāramitā is inexhaustible, up to skillful means being inexhaustible—in all, there are eighty inexhaustibles. These eighty inexhaustibles can all contain and receive all buddhadharmas. From this he obtained his name, being named Akṣayamati.'" Furthermore, the Jingming jing says: "What is meant by exhaustible? It means not exhausting the conditioned. What is meant by inexhaustible? It means not abiding in the unconditioned." The Huayan jing has ten inexhaustible dharma gates. Sūtras such as these all rely on conventional designations to distinguish the causes, conditions, fruits, and retributions of all dharmas, in order to clarify the meaning of inexhaustible.