大方廣佛華嚴經願行觀門骨目 2.49
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(Fascicle 66) Next, he arrived at Siṃhapota city, where the elder Ratnacūḍa had attained the bodhisattva vimokṣa-gate of the Inestimable Treasure Treasury of Merit. Next, he went to Vetramūla country, to Universal Gate (Samantamukha) city, where the elder Samantacakṣus cured all diseases, and after the diseases were healed, fully provided them with all four requisites, expounding the Dharma as appropriate, fulfilling all practices; he had attained the Dharma-gate of Joy in Universally Seeing All Buddhas. Next, he arrived at Tāladhvaja city, where King Anivartana (Anapekṣa) governed the country according to the Dharma, with ten thousand ministers managing affairs together with the king, and one hundred thousand fierce soldiers correcting the people in various ways. He said to Sudhana: "The living beings of this land commit murder, theft, up to wrong views; other expedient means cannot cause them to generate aversion and produce the aspiration upon seeing [punishments]." He had attained the vimokṣa-gate of Like an Illusion. Next, he went to Prabhāsvara city, where King Mahāprabha gathered in living beings at the crossroads with all necessities of life; he had attained the samādhi vimokṣa-gate of Great Compassion in Accordance with the World. Next, he arrived at the royal capital Sthirā, where there was the upāsikā Acalā, who gathered in living beings with all golden light within her hall and dwelling; she had attained the bodhisattva vimokṣa-gate of the Treasury of Wisdom Hard to Overcome.
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