The Flower Ornament Scripture

 

A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra

Thomas Cleary

BOOK THIRTY

 

30. The Incalculable

 

 

AT THAT TIME the enlightening being Mind King said to the Buddha, " World Honored One, the buddhas speak of incalculable, measureless, boundless, incomparable, innumerable, unaccountable, unthinkable, immeasurable, unspeakable, untold numbers-what are these?"

The Buddha said, "It is good that you ask the Buddha, the Truly En­ lightened One, in order to have the beings of the world penetrate the meaning of the numbers known to   the Buddha.  Listen   carefully   and think well about this; I   will   explain for you."  Then   the enlightening being Mind King willingly   received   the teaching.  The Buddha  said, "Ten to the tenth power times ten to the tenth power equals ten to the twentieth power; ten to the twentieth power times ten to the twentieth power equals ten to the fortieth power;  ten   to the fortieth   power times ten to the fortieth power equals ten to the eightieth power;  ten to the eightieth power times ten to the eightieth power  equals ten to the power of 1 60; ten to the power of 1 60 squared equals ten to the power of 320; ten to the power of 320 squared equals ten to the power of 640 ; ten to the power of 640 squared equals ten to the power of 1 ,280; ten to the power of 1 ,280 squared equals ten to the power of 2,560; that squared equals ten to the power of 5, 1 20; that squared equals ten to the power of 10,240; that squared equals ten   to   the power  of 20,480;   that squared is   ten   to the power of 40,960; that squared is ten to the power  of 81 ,920; that squared is ten to the power of 1 63,840; that squared is ten to the power of327,680; that squared is ten to the power of 655 ,360 ; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,31 1 ,720; that squared is ten to the power of2,623 ,540; that squared is ten to the power of 5,247,080;  that squared is ten to the power of 10,494, 1 60; that squared is ten to the power of 20,988 ,320; that squared is ten to the power  of 41 ,976,640; that squared is ten to the power of 83,953,280; that squared is ten to the power of 1 67,906 ,560; that squared is ten to the power of 335,813 ,1 20; that squared is ten to the power of 671 ,626,240; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,343,252,480; that squared is ten to the power of 2,686,504,960;  that squared is ten to the power of 5,373 ,009 ,920;   that squared   is   ten   to   the power  of 10, 746,01 9,840; that squared is ten to the power of 21 ,492,039,680;

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that squared is ten to the power of 42 ,984,079 ,360 ; that squared is ten to the power of 85 ,968 ,1 58 ,720; that squared is ten to the power of 171 ,936,317 ,440 ; that squared is ten to the power of 343 ,872,634,880; that squared is ten to the power of 687,745 ,269,760; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,375 ,490,539,520; that squared is ten to the power  of 2,750 ,981 ,079 ,040; that squared is ten to the power of 5,501 ,962,1 58 ,080 ; that squared is ten to the power of 11 ,003 ,924,3 16,160; that squared is ten to the power of 22,007,848,632,320; that squared is ten to the power  of 44 ,01 5 ,697,264 ,640 ; that squared   is   ten   to   the   power   of 88 ,03 1 ,394 ,529,280; that squared is ten to the power of 1 76,062 ,

789,058,560; that squared is ten to the power of 352 ,125,578, 11 7,120; that squared is ten to the power of 704,25 1,1 56 ,234,240 ; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,408 ,502 ,302 ,468 ,480; that squared is ten to the power of 2,81 7,004,604 ,936 ,960; that squared is ten to the power   of 5,634 ,009 ,209 ,893 ,920;  that squared is ten to the power of 11 ,268,018,

41 9,747,840; that squared is ten to the power of 22,536,036,839 ,495 ,680;

that squared is ten to the power of 45 ,072 ,073 ,678 ,991 ,360 ; that squared is ten to the power of 90, 1 44,1 47,357,982 ,720; that squared is ten to the power of 1 80,288 ,294,715 ,965,440 ; that squared is ten to the power of 360,576,589,431 ,930,880; that squared is ten to the power of 721, 153,

1 78,863,861 ,760; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,442 ,306 ,357,

727,723 ,520; that squared is ten to the power of 2,884,612,715,455 ,

447,040; that squared is ten to the power of 5,769 ,225 ,430 ,91 0,894 ,080 ;

that squared is ten to the power of 11 ,538 ,450,861 ,821 ,788 ,1 60; that

squared is ten to the power of 23 ,076,901 ,773 ,643 ,576,320; that squared

is ten to the power of 46 ,153,803 ,447,287,1 52 ,640; that squared is ten

to the power of 92 ,307,606 ,894,574,305 ,280 ; that squared is ten to the

power of 184,61 5,21 3 ,789,148,61 0,560; that squared is ten to the power of 369,230,427,578,297 ,221, 1 20; that squared is ten to the power of 738 ,460,895 ,156 ,594,442 ,240; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,476 ,

921 ,790,313,1 88,884,480; that squared is ten to the power of 2,953, 843 ,580,626,377,768,960; that squared is ten to the power of 5,907 , 687, 161 ,252,755,537,920; that squared is ten to the power of 11 ,815 ,

374,322 ,505,51 1 ,065 ,840 ; that squared is ten to the power of 23 ,630,

748 ,645 ,01 1 ,022,131 ,680; that squared is ten to the power of 42,261, 497,290,022,044,263,360; that squared is ten to the power of 94 ,522,994, 580 ,044,088 ,526 ,720; that squared is ten to the power of 189,045 ,989,

1 60,088 ,1 77,053 ,520; that squared is ten to the power of 378,091 ,978 ,

320,1 76 ,354,1 07,040; that squared is ten to the power of 756, 1 83,956,

640,352 ,708 ,21 4,080 ; that squared is ten to the power of 1 ,51 2,367,

913,280,705,41 6,428 ,160; that squared is ten to the power of 3,024,

735 ,826,561 ,410,832 ,856 ,220; that squared is ten to the power of 6,049 ,

71 ,653 ,122,821 ,665 , 712 ,640; that squared is  ten  to the power of 12,

98,943 ,306 ,245 ,643 ,331 ,425 ,280 ; that squared is ten to the power of

24 ,1 97,886,612,49 1 ,286,462 ,850,560; that squared is ten to the power

 

 

of 48,395,773,224,982,672 ,925 ,701,1 20; that squared is ten to the power

of 96 ,79 1 ,546,449,965,145,83 1 ,402 ,340; that squared is ten to the power

of 1 93 ,583 ,092 ,899,930,291 ,662,804,480 ;  that  squared  is  ten  to  the

power of 387, 1 66, 185 ,799 ,860,583 ,325 ,608 ,960 ; that squared is ten to

the power of 774,332,371 ,599,721 ,166,651 ,21 7,920; that squared is ten

to the power of 1 ,548,664, 743, 1 99,442,333,302,635,840; that squared

is  ten  to  the power of 3,097,329,486,398 ,884,666,605 ,271 ,680;  that

squared is ten to the power of 6, 1 94,658 ,972, 797,769,333 ,21 0, 543,360;

that squared is ten to the power of 1 2 ,389,317 ,945 ,595 ,538 ,666 ,421,

086, 720; that squared is ten to the power of 24 ,778 ,635 ,891 ,191 ,077 ,

332 ,842 , 1 73,440; that squared is ten to the power of 49,557 ,271 ,782 ,

382, 1 54,665 ,686,346,880; that squared is ten of the power of 99, 1 1 4,

543 ,564,764,309,331 ,372 ,693 ,760; that squared is ten to the power of

1 98,229,087, 1 29,528,61 8 ,662, 745 ,387,520; that  squared  is  ten  to  the

power of 396 ,458 ,1 74,259 ,057 ,237 ,325 ,490,775 ,040 ; that squared is ten

to the power of 792,916 ,348,518,1 14,474,650 ,981 ,550 ,080; that squared

is ten to the power of 1 ,585 ,832 ,697,036 ,228,949,301 ,963,1 00,160; that

squared is ten to the power of 3, 171,665 ,394,072,457,898,603,926,200,

320; that squared is ten to the power of 6,343,330,788, 1 44,91 5,797,

207,852,400,640; that squared is ten to the power of 12 ,686,661 ,576,

289,831 ,594,415 ,704,801 ,280; that squared is ten to the power of 25 ,

373 ,323 ,1 52, 579,663,1 88 ,831 ,409 ,602 ,560;  that  squared  is  ten  to  the

power of 50,746 ,646 ,305 ,159,326 ,377,662,81 9,205,120; that squared is

ten to the power of 101 ,493 ,292,610 ,318 ,652 ,755 ,325 ,638 ,410 ,240; that squared is an incalculable; an incalculable to the fourth power is a measureless; a measureless to the fourth power is a boundless; a bound­ less to the fourth power is an incomparable;  an incomparable  to the fourth power   is   an   innumerable;   an   innumerable   to   the   fourth   power is an unaccountable; an unaccountable to the fourth power is an un­ thinkable; an unthinkable to the fourth power is an immeasurable; an immeasurable to the fourth power is an unspeakable;  an unspeakable to the fourth power is an untold, which is unspeakably unspeakable; an untold multiplied by itself is a square untold."

Then the Buddha spoke these verses to the enlightening being Mind King:

 

Untold unspeakables Fill all unspeakables; In unspeakable eons

Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.

 

lf untold buddha-lands are reduced to atoms, In one atom arc untold lands,

And as in one, So in each .

 

 

The atoms to which these buddha-lands are reduced in an instant are unspeakable,

And so are the atoms of continuous reduction moment to moment

Going on for untold eons;

These atoms contain lands unspeakably many,

And the atoms in these lands are even harder to tell of.

Counting this way for unspeakable eons, Using unspeakable numbers,

Counting eons by these atoms,

One atom standing for ten  myriad unspeakable  numbers of eons, If you praise a single Universally Good for that many eons,

It would still be impossible to exhaust the amount of virtue of Universal Good.

On a point the size of the tip of a single fine hair Are unspeakably many Universally Goods;

The same is true of all points All throughout the cosmos.

The lands on a point the size of a hairtip Are measureless, unspeakable;

So are the lands on every single point Throughout the whole of space.

The lands on those points

Have innumerable different kinds of abode; There are untold lands of different kinds, Untold lands of the same kind.

On untold points of hairtip size Are untold pure lands,

Their various arrays unspeakable, Their various wonders unspeakable: On each point in them

Are recited untold buddha-names, There being to each and every name Untold numbers of buddhas.

On the body of each buddha Appear unspeakably many pores; In each of these pores

They manifest unspeakably many forms.

The unspeakably many pores

Each radiate unspeakably many beams of light;

 

 

In each of those beams of light Appear unspeakably many lotuses; In each of those lotuses

Are unspeakably many petals; In each of those petals

Appear unspeakably many forms; In those untold forms

Also appear untold petals;

In the petals are untold light rays, In the light rays untold forms;

In each of those untold forms Appear untold lights;

In the lights appear untold moons,

And the moons also manifest untold moons; In each of those untold moons

Appear untold beams of light; In each of those light beams Also appear untold suns;

In each of those untold suns Are manifest untold forms;

And in each of those forms again Are manifest untold  rays of light; In each of those rays of light Appear untold lion thrones,

Each with untold ornaments, Each with untold lights,

With untold beautiful forms in the lights, With untold pure lights in the forms;

In each of those pure lights

Also appear various subtle lights; These lights also radiate various lights, Untold, unspeakably many.

In each of these various lights

Appear wondrous jewels like mountains; The jewels appearing in each light

Are unspeakably many, untold.

 

One of those mountainlike jewels Manifests untold lands;

All of the mountainlike jewels Manifest lands like this.

 

Reducing one land to atoms,

The forms  in each atom are  untold;

All of the lands atomized, each atom's forms Are unspeakably many, untold.

 

 

These various forms in atoms All produce untold lights;

In each light appear untold buddhas. Untold are each buddha's discourses,

In each discourse are untold sublime verses;

Untold are those who gain understanding on hearing them. Untold understandings in each mental instant

Reveal unspeakably many truths.

 

They reveal all future buddhas, Externally expounding their teachings,

Each buddha's teachings unspeakably many, With untold purities of all sorts.

 

Uttering unspeakably many subtle voices, Turning   untold   cycles   of true   teaching, In each cycle of teaching

Expounding  unspeakably many   scriptures, In each scripture

Defining unspeakably  many doctrines, In each of those doctrines

Explaining unspeakably many principles, With each of those principles

Taming untold sentient beings.

 

Then again, on a single point Buddhas may dwell for untold eons, And as on one point, so on all points, For the same number of eons,

The nonobstruction of their minds unspeakable, Emanating unspeakably many buddhas,

Each emanation buddha

Also manifesting untold emanations.

 

The reality bodies of those buddhas are unspeakably many, The emanated bodies of those buddhas are unspeakably many, Their adornments are unspeakably measureless.

They travel infinitely through the ten directions, Coursing through untold lands,

Observing untold sentient beings, Purifying untold sentient beings, Taming untold sentient beings.

 

Their embellishments are unspeakable, Their masteries are unspeakable,

Their mystic transformations are unspeakable,

 

 

Their spiritual powers are unspeakable, Their spheres are unspeakable,

Their empowerments are unspeakable, The worlds they live in are unspeakable,

Their pure characteristics of reality are unspeakable.

 

They deliver untold discourses, In each and every discourse Expounding untold doctrines, In each and every doctrine Explaining untold principles, Each and every principle Containing untold definitions, Each and every definition

Conquering untold beings.

 

Unspeakable homogeneous principles, unspeakable homogeneous minds,

Unspeakable heterogeneous principles, unspeakable heterogeneous minds,

Unspeakable heterogeneous faculties, Unspeakable heterogeneous languages-

In every mental moment, wherever they go, They tame unspeakable numbers of beings.

 

Their occult projections are unspeakable, Their miraculous displays arc unspeakable; The times and ages therein are unspeakable, The differentiations therein are unspeakable.

 

Enlightening beings can explain them in particular, While mathematicians cannot comprehend  them; The great and small lands on a point,

Polluted, pure, gross, and subtle, All of them unspeakably many,

Enlightening beings comprehend  and can distinguish.

 

Reducing a land to atoms,

Those atoms are measureless, untold; Boundless lands, as many as these atoms, Are gathered on a single hairtip.

 

These lands, unspeakable,

Are together on a hairtip without crowding; Without causing  the hairtip   to   expand, Those lands all gather there.

 

The lands therein

Retain their original form, without   mixup; Just as one land does not disorder the others, The same is true of all lands.

 

The realms in space, without bound, All are arrayed on a hairtip;

These lands on a hairtip

Enlightening beings can tell of in an instant.

 

Into a minute pore

Untold lands enter in succession; The pore can admit those  lands, But those lands cannot fill the pore.

 

The number  of eons  of their  entry  is   unspeakable, The number of eons of their admission is unspeakable; The durations of their procession, array, and   abiding Are all unspeakable eons.

 

Thus having taken in and settled these lands, Enlightening beings' spheres are unspeakable; Their devices during entry are unspeakable, Their deeds after entry are unspeakable.

 

The clear comprehensions of their cognitive faculties are unspeakable,

Their journeys in all directions are unspeakable, Their vigorous endeavors are unspeakable,

Their autonomous mystic transfigurations are unspeakable.

 

Their   meditations   are   unspeakable. Their   great   vows are  unspeakable, Their spheres of action are unspeakable, All their attainments are unspeakable.

 

The purities of their physical actions  are unspeakable, The purities of their verbal actions are unspeakable, The purities of their mental actions are unspeakable, The purities of their resolutions are unspeakable.

 

The purities of their subtle knowledge are unspeakable, The purities of their sublime wisdom are unspeakable, Their perceptions of reality are unspeakable,

Their cessations of doubts are unspeakable.

 

Their escapes from birth and death are unspeakable, Their ascents to the absolute state are unspeakable, Their deep concentrations are unspeakable,

Their total comprehensions are unspeakable.

 

All sentient beings are unspeakable, All buddha-lands are unspeakable,

Knowledge of sentient beings' forms is unspeakable, Knowledge of their dispositions is unspeakable, Knowledge of their deeds and the results is unspeakable, Knowledge  of their intellects   is   unspeakable, Knowledge of their embodiments is unspeakable, Knowledge of their types is unspeakable,

Knowledge of their species is unspeakable, Knowledge of their birthplaces is unspeakable, Knowledge of when they are born is unspeakable, Knowledge of their having been born is unspeakable, Knowledge of their understandings is unspeakable, Knowledge of their tendencies is unspeakable, Knowledge of their languages is unspeakable, Knowledge of their works is unspeakable,

 

Enlightening beings with great compassion Benefit all worldly beings,

Manifesting untold bodies everywhere, Entering untold buddha-lands,

Seeing untold enlightening beings, Developing untold knowledges, Seeking untold teachings,

Broadcasting untold lessons of buddhas.

 

They manifest untold various bodies, Traveling to untold lands,

Showing untold spiritual powers, Pervading untold regions,

Emanating untold bodies in each place, Approaching untold buddhas,

Making  untold  offerings Of untold infinite varieties, Untold pure clear jewels,

Untold beautiful lotus blossoms, Untold garlands of the finest scent,

Offering them to untold enlightened ones, Their pure faith untold,

Supreme resolution untold,

 

Powerful aspiration untold, Honoring untold buddhas.

 

They practice untold generosity. Their minds in the untold past Giving to all who seek, untold, Giving all , untold times.

 

The purities of their self-control are untold; The purities of their  minds  are untold; They eulogize untold buddhas,

Delight in untold truths.

 

They  accomplish untold   forbearances, Their  acceptance of nonorigination untold; They embody untold tranquillities, Dwelling in untold states of peace.

 

They   exude    untold    energy, Their past determinations untold,

Their irreversible aspiration untold, Their immutable wills untold.

 

Their treasuries of all concentrations are untold; They examine untold phenomena and principles, Stilled in untold concentrations,

Mastering untold meditations.

 

Their attainments of wisdom  are untold, Their freedoms in concentration are untold, Their comprehensions of things are  untold, Their clear visions of buddhas are untold.

 

They cultivate measureless, untold practices, Undertake untold far-reaching vows;

Their  profound spheres   are  untold, Their pure means of teaching are untold.

 

The power of enlightening beings'   ways is   unspeakable, The stations of enlightening beings' ways are unspeakable, Their right recollection is unspeakable,

Their realms of principle and fact are unspeakable.

 

They cultivate unspeakably many means of enlightenment, They study unspeakably many profound sciences;

 

Their immeasurable wisdom is unspeakable, Their ultimate wisdom is unspeakable.

 

Their  knowledge of things  is unspeakable, Their pure cycles of teaching are unspeakable, Their great clouds of teachings are unspeakable, Their great rain of teaching is unspeakable.

 

Their spiritual powers are unspeakably many, Their techniques are unspeakably many,

Their knowledge of empty quiescence is unspeakable, The continuity of mental instants is unspeakable.

 

Their measureless   practices   are unspeakable, Their constancy instant to instant is unspeakable; The oceans of buddha-lands are untold,

They can go to them all, unspeakably .

 

The differences in the lands are untold, Their various   purities   are   untold, Their different adornments are untold, Their boundless forms are untold.

 

Their   various   arrays   are   untold, Their various refinements are untold;

Pure buddha-lands are unspeakably many, Polluted buddha-lands are unspeakably many.

 

Knowing sentient beings is unspeakable, Knowing their natures is unspeakable,

Knowing their deeds and rewards is unspeakable, Knowing their mentalities is unspeakable.

 

Knowing beings' characters is unspeakable,

Knowing their understandings and inclinations is unspeakable; Their defilement and purity are unspeakable,

Observing and civilizing them are unspeakable.

 

Transforming powers are unspeakable; Manifesting various bodies, untold, Cultivating untold energy,

Enlightening beings liberate untold sentient beings.

 

They manifest untold mystic transfigurations, Emanate untold great beams of light,

 

With  untold  various forms,

And purify untold sentient beings.

 

Each of their pores, untold, Radiate webs of light, untold,

The webs of light manifesting untold hues, Illumining untold buddha-lands.

 

Their courage and fearlessness are untold, Their technical skills are untold,

Taming untold sentient beings, Emancipating them from birth and death .

 

Their pure deeds are untold, Their pure words are untold,

Their boundless thoughts are untold, Their sublime practices are untold.

 

They develop untold jewels of knowledge, And enter untold realms of reality.

Enlightening beings' mnemonic powers are unutterable, They are able to learn inexplicably.

 

The voices of the wise are untold,

The purity of their voices is unspeakable; Their accurate awareness of reality is untold, Their awakening of sentient beings is untold.

 

They embody untold dignified bearing; Their pure actions are untold.

They achieve untold expertise And educate untold worldlings.

 

The offspring of buddhas are unspeakably many And so are their pure, excellent acts.

They eulogize untold buddhas,

Their praises inexhaustible, beyond telling.

 

The guides of the world are unspeakably many; So are their expositions and descriptions.

Those enlightening beings are unspeakably many, Their pure virtues untold.

 

Their    spheres    are    unutterable, They can remain there indefinitely,

 

Their knowledge therein untold;

They live through all ages, which none can ever tell.

 

They are gladdened by untold buddhas,

Their wisdom and equanimity are beyond speech; They penetrate untold truths,

With untold freedom from obstruction amid phenomena.

Past, present, and future being like space, unspeakable, Their knowledge of all times is untold;

Their comprehension of past, present, and future unutterable, They dwell in knowledge beyond speech.

Their superlative actions are untold, Their measureless vows are untold, Their pure great vows are untold,

They accomplish ineffable enlightenment.

The enlightenment of the buddhas is inexpressible; They develop untold knowledge,

Discern untold principles, Know all laws,

Beautify untold buddha-lands, And cultivate untold powers.

 

They cultivate practice for an unutterably long  time, And are ineffably enlightened in a single instant.

The buddhas' freedoms are unspeakable,

Their extensive explanations  of truth cannot be recounted.

Their various spiritual powers are inexplicable, They appear in untold worlds;

Their cycles of pure teaching   are ineffable, Their courageous ability to teach unspeakable, Their various expositions unutterable,

Their compassion for the world cannot be told.

Through all eons, unspeakably many, They praise untold merits and virtues; While unspeakable eons may end,

Those untold virtues cannot be exhausted.

Untold enlightened ones With untold tongues

Praise the untold virtues of buddhas, Impossible to exhaust in untold eons.

 

The living beings in the ten directions All attain   enlightenment   at   once; Therein one buddha can manifest to all Untold embodiments,

Each of these untold bodies Manifesting untold heads, Each of these untold heads Manifesting untold tongues, Each of the untold tongues Manifesting untold voices, Each of the untold voices Remaining for untold eons.

 

As is one, so are all buddhas; As one body, so all bodies; As one head, so all heads;

As one tongue, so all tongues; As one voice, so all voices,

Ever praising the enlightened for untold eons; The untold eons may end,

But praise of enlightened virtues cannot be exhausted.

 

In a single atom there can be Untold lotus worlds;

In each lotus world

Are untold Chief of Goodness Buddhas, Pervading the entire cosmos

And every atom therein.

 

Worlds, becoming, subsisting, and decaying, Are measureless,   unspeakable  in number; The point of a single atom is boundless, Containing measureless lands therein.

 

The differentiations of the ten directions are unutterable, The arrays of the oceans of worlds cannot be all told o f; In each land are buddhas

With life spans of unspeakable eons.

 

Those buddhas' deeds cannot be recounted, Their   profound   teachings   are   unutterable, Their great   spiritual   powers   are ineffable, Their unimpeded knowledge is inexpressible.

 

They enter into a point,

The events at that p oint untold;

 

They achieve the ten powers, unspeakable, And awaken to ineffable enlightenment.

 

Entering untold realms of pure principle,

They gain untold treasuries of deep knowledge: Various numerical measurements, untold,

They comprehend, all, as they are; Various physical measurements, untold, They completely master;

Various concentrations, untold, They can pass eons in, each one.

 

In the presence of untold buddhas,

The purifications they practice are untold; They attain unutterable mental freedoms

And journey in all directions, beyond the power of speech.

 

The manifestations of their spiritual powers are untold, Their spheres of action are boundless, ineffable;

They go to untold lands

And understand untold buddhas.

 

Their vigor and courage are unspeakable,

Their   knowledge   and   comprehension    unutterable. They do not act on rules, nor do they not act on them, Their penetration of realms of objects is infinite.

 

For unreckonable vast eons

They travel constantly through the ten directions, infinitely. Their knowledge of enlightening means is infinite,

Their knowledge  of truth is infinite,

Their knowledge of spiritual powers is infinite, Their miracles in each mental instant are infinite.

 

They comprehend infinitely  each  one Of the   infinite   buddhas'  teachings; They can realize enlightenment at once

Or can  enter realization at various times.

 

The buddha-lands on a hairtip  are infinite, The buddha-lands in an atom are infinite; They can go to all these buddha-lands And see the infinite buddhas.

 

They realize one truth infinitely,

And enter the infinite line of buddhas.

 

The buddhas' lands are infinite-

They can travel to all and attain enlightenment.

 

The lands, beings, and buddhas

Have infinite distinctions in individuality;

As such, past, present, and future worlds are boundless: Enlightening beings can see them all.