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ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS.
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family; be well prepared and steady on your post, you and the entire host of Bodhisattvas; the Tathagata, the Arhat, &c., is now going to exhibit the sight of the knowledge of the Tathagata, young men of good family, the leadership of the Tathagata, the work of the Tathagata, the sport of the Tathagata, the might of the Tathagata, the energy of the Tathagata.
And on that occasion the Lord pronounced the following stanzas :
33. Be attentive all, young men of good family; I am to utter an infallible word; refrain from disputingo about it, О sages: the science of the Tathagata is beyond reasoning.
34. Be all steady and thoughtful; continue attentive all. To-day you will hear a law as yet unknown, the wonder of the Tathầgatas.
35. Never have any doubt, ye sages, for I shall strengthen you, I am the Leader who speaketh infallible truth, and my knowledge is unlimited.
36. Profound are the laws known to the Sugata, above reasoning and beyond argumentation. These laws I am going to reveal; ye, hear which and how they are.
After uttering these stanzas the Lord addressed the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Maitreya : I announce to thee, Agita, I declare to thee: These Bodhisattvas Mahâsattvas, Agita, so innumerable, incalculable, inconceivable, incomparable, uncountable, whom you never saw before, who just now have issued from
* I.e. magic display of creative power, 1ilâ, synonymous with mây..
• Vivå da, the original reading, though afterwards effaced and replaced by vishâda, despondency.
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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 |