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SADDHARMA-PUNDARÎKA.
may be held, Bhaishagyarâga, to have (but) newly entered the vehicle. If, however, a votary of the vehicle of the disciples is startled, feels anxiety, gets frightened at this Dharmaparyâya, such a person, devoted to the vehicle of the disciples, Bhaishagyaraga, may be deemed a conceited man.
Any Bodhisattva Mahâsattva, Bhaishagyarâga, who after the complete extinction of the Tathagata, in the last times, the last period shall set forth this Dharmaparyaya to the four classes of hearers, should do so, Bhaishagyaraga, after having entered the abode 2 of the Tathagata, after having put on the robe of the Tathagata, and occupied the pulpit of the Tathagata. And what is the abode of the Tathagata, Bhaishagyaraga ? It is the abiding & in charity (or kindness) to all beings; that is the abode of the Tathagata, Bhaishagyarâga, which the young man of good family has to enter. And what is the robe of the Tathagata, Bhaishagyarâga ? It is the apparel of sublime forbearance ; that is the robe of the Tathậgata, Bhaishagyarâga, which the young man of good family has to put on. What is the pulpit of the Tathagata, Bhaishagyaraga ? It is the entering into the voidness (or complete abstraction) of all laws (or things); that is the pulpit, Bhaishagyarâga, on which the young man of good family has to sit in order to set forth this Dharmaparyaya to the four classes of hearers. A Bodhisattva ought to propound this Dharmaparyâya with unshrinking mind, before the face of the congregated Bodhisattvas, the four classes
i The Mahâyâna, apparently.
* Layana, recess, retreat, refuge, cell, lair, stronghold, asylum, abode.
• Vihara, both walk and abode, and further, monastery.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |