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XXIV.
THE ALL-SIDED ONE.
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With such a faculty of transformation, young man of good family, the Bodhisattva Mahâsattva Avalokitesvara is moving in this Saha-world.
And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas:
1. Kitradhvaga asked Akshayamati the following question : For what reason, son of Gina, is Avalokitesvara (so) called 1 ?
2. And Akshayamati, that ocean of profound insight, after considering how the matter stood?, spoke to Kitradhvaga : Listen to the conduct of Avalokitesvara.
3. Hear from my indication how for numerous, inconceivable Æons he has accomplished his vote under many thousand kotis of Buddhas.
4. Hearing, seeing, regularly and constantly thinkings will infallibly destroy all suffering, (mundane) existence, and grief of living beings here on earth.
5. If one be thrown into a pit of fire, by a wicked enemy with the object of killing him, he has but to think of Avalokitesvara, and the fire shall be quenched as if sprinkled with water.
6. If one happens to fall into the dreadful ocean, the abode of Nagas, marine monsters, and demons, he has but to think of Avalokitesvara, and he shall never sink down in the king of waters *.
It will be observed that this poetical version here entirely differs from the preceding prose introduction. As to the name of Kitradhvaga, I have not met with it elsewhere.
* Tâdrisatâ vilokiya.
• Of whom or what? is not expressed. From the sequel one might be tempted to infer that Avalokitesvara, or the exposition of his power, is the object of hearing, &c. , Smarato (for smaratu), Avalokitesvaram galarâge na kadâki sîdati.
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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 |