大通方廣懺悔滅罪莊嚴成佛經 1.1

1.1

Thus have I heard. At one time the Buddha was in the great city of Rājagṛha, together with an assembly of eighty thousand great monks and thirty-six thousand bodhisattvas, [all] bound to one last rebirth (ekajātipratibaddha), free from all hindrances and veils, sovereign in awe-inspiring virtue, openly expounding the Tathāgata's expedient and esoteric intention, purifying Buddha-lands, extensively performing the Buddha's work, having accomplished it entirely, and established by the awe-inspiring virtue of all Buddhas. To protect the treasury of the Dharma, they uphold the Mahāyāna, are able to roar the lion's roar, and strike the great Dharma thunder. Their fame is heard throughout the ten directions; their virtue is high and great like Mount Sumeru; their wisdom is deep and vast like the great sea. They subdue all māras, gather in all tīrthikas, causing them to be purified. Endowed with all powers and unobstructed liberation, they abide securely and unmoving. With mindfulness, concentration, and dhāraṇī, delight in preaching and eloquence, the four immeasurables and the six perfections, and immeasurable expedients, there are no principles of the Dharma they do not possess. Accompanying sentient beings, they turn the non-retrogressing wheel; they demonstrate the knowledge of existence and non-existence, and are adept at understanding the characteristics of dharmas. They presently enter samādhi; what is seen by their five eyes knows the faculties of sentient beings. Their awe-inspiring virtue is immeasurable, overshadowing the great assemblies. With dhyāna-concentration and wisdom they cultivate their minds; their bodies are adorned with marks and signs, foremost among all marks. Their minds are like empty space; they have abandoned all worldly physical beauty. Realizing the nature of all dharmas, with unobstructed wisdom, they well know the destinies to which sentient beings come and go. Possessing all samādhis, they approach the unequaled; having long planted roots of goodness, they have attained the Buddha's sovereign wisdom. Endowed with the ten powers, the four fearlessnesses, and the eighteen unshared dharmas, they master the gates to good destinies and close off all evil paths. They view sentient beings equally, as if viewing an only child; yet they are born into the five destinies, manifesting their bodies. Desiring to deliver sentient beings, they act as great physician kings; abiding in saṃsāra, they skillfully treat all illnesses, administering medicine according to the disease and having them take it, bringing them to be forever free from birth and death. Any who hear them are without exception liberated. Endowed with such immeasurable merits, they have formerly made offerings to past immeasurable Buddhas; they clearly see the buddhadhātu and know that the Tathāgata is eternal; they constantly teach that sentient beings all possess the buddhadhātu.