Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s12.1
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s12.1
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c8.s12.1
A Bodhisattva on completion of the duties of the ninth bhūmi passes to the tenth.³ Now he masters countless samādhis, and as the result, a lotus of infinite splendour and size appears and he is found to be seated on it with an equally resplendent body and established in the samādhi of omniscience (sarvajñajñānaviśeṣābhiṣeka)⁴ surrounded by countless bodhisattvas who are yet in any one of the nine bhūmis and all looking at him. The rays of light issue forth from his body and make all beings happy.⁵ While he is thus seated on the lotus, rays come forth from the Tathāgatas and consecrate him as a Samyaksambuddha possessed of omniscience, and hence this bhūmi is called Abhiṣekabhūmi.