A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.135

v2.c19.s6.t4.135

The Gaṇḍavyūha is quoted fairly frequently in the Śikṣāsamuccaya, whilst the "Avataṃsaka" is not quoted. For instance, there is a long quotation in Gāthās, in praise of the Bodhisattva who is resolved to become a Buddha, in order to show love and pity towards the beings and release them from suffering, to make hell empty, and to point the way to heaven. Another passage (in prose) treats of the cleansing of the city of the mind (citta-nagara) which a Bodhisattva must always bear in mind. In yet another passage we find Gāthās on the rare and blessed good fortune of seeing and hearing a Buddha.[^2)