法苑珠林 17.64

17.64

Moreover, the Avataṃsaka-sūtra says: Just as the king of garuḍas flies through empty space, abides in empty space, and with pure eyes observes the palaces of the dragon kings in the great ocean; then, exerting vigorous strength with its left and right wings, strikes open the ocean water, parting it in two; and knowing which male or female dragons have reached the end of their lives, seizes them—the Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, the king of garuḍas, is also like this. Abiding in unhindered empty space, with pure eyes he observes all sentient beings in the various palaces of the dharmadhātu, to see if any have wholesome roots that have matured; exerting the vigorous ten powers and the two wings of śamatha and vipaśyanā, he strikes open the ocean water of the great craving of birth and death, extracts them from the ocean of birth and death according to how they should be delivered, eliminates all false thinking and inversions, and establishes them in the Tathāgata's unhindered conduct.