The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK SEVEN 7. Names of the Buddha AT THAT TIME the World Honored One had just attained true awaken ing in a forest sanctuary in the country of Magadha. Sitting on a lotus bank lion throne in the hall of universal light, he ful filled ineffable enlightenment, forever cutting off mundane ideas of transmigration and extinction; arriving at truth without form, he dwelt in the abode of buddhahood, attained the equanimity of the enlightened, reached the state of immutability, in the realm where there arc no barriers; unhin dered in action, he established the inconceivable, perceiving all in the past, present, and future . He was together with as many enlightening beings as atoms i...
Comments
Post a Comment