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淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中.下 2.39

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2.39

The pure lands of the Buddha-realms manifest from the mind, (inconceivable)
Various adornments arise within the mind. (inconceivable, Vimalakīrti)
With his toe he pressed the earth, [revealing] the three-thousandfold world; (inconceivable)
In the sea of open-space nature he sits upon the flower terrace. (inconceivable)
In the square-zhang room within the city of Vaiśālī, (inconceivable)
There was a householder named Vimalakīrti. (Vimalakīrti)
Feigning illness, he manifested his person as suffering disease; (inconceivable)
The king of the state and the prince all came to visit. (inconceivable)
Immeasurable hosts of śrāvakas and bodhisattvas (inconceivable)
He wished to send to inquire after the illness, yet they were not equal to the task. (Vimalakīrti)
Only Mañjuśrī dared to enter and inquire: (inconceivable)
"Householder, what is the cause of your illness?" (inconceivable)
He replied: "Illness arises from ignorance and attachment; (inconceivable)
My illness is neither existent nor non-existent." (Vimalakīrti)
He broadly explained that the body is an impermanent phenomenon, (inconceivable)
Aggregates, realms, and sense fields combine to make the body. (inconceivable)
A bodhisattva accommodates the great ocean on the tip of a single hair; (inconceivable)
Within a mustard seed he contains Mount Sumeru. (Vimalakīrti)
With his hand he hurls the worlds beyond other realms; (inconceivable)
In the room, the heavenly maiden realized the unborn. (inconceivable)

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