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XI.
APPARITION OF A STÓPA.
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the feet of the Lord Sâkyamuni and Prabhataratna, the Tathagata, went up to the Bodhisattva Pragñakuta and, after making the usual complimentary questions as to his health and welfare, seated himself at some distance. The Bodhisattva Pragñakuta then addressed to Mañgusri, the prince royal, the following question: Mañgusrt, how many beings hast thou educated1 during thy stay in the sea ? Mañgusrt answered: Many, innumerable, incalculable beings have I educated, so innumerable that words cannot express it, nor thought conceive it. Wait a while, young man of good family, thou shalt presently see a token. No sooner had Mañgusri, the prince royal, spoken these words than instantaneously many thousands of lotuses rose from the bosom of the sea up to the sky, and on those lotuses were seated many thousands of Bodhisattvas, who flocked through the air to the Gridhrakūta mountain, where they stayed, appearing as meteors. All of them had been educated by Mañgusri, the prince royal, to supreme, perfect enlightenment2. The Bodhisattvas amongst them who had formerly striven after the great vehicle extolled the virtues of the great vehicle and the six perfect virtues (Paramitas). Such as had been disciples extolled the vehicle of disciples. But all acknowledged the voidness (or vanity) of all laws (or things), as well as the virtues of the great vehicle. Mañgusri, the prince royal, said to the Bodhisattva Pragñakūta : Young man of good family, while I was staying in the bosom of the great ocean I have by all means
Properly, lead, lead out. ? Here Mañgusrî appears in the character of Hermes YuxOTOMTÓS.
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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 |