The Flower Ornament Scripture
A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Thomas Cleary
BOOK
THIRTY-ONE
31. Life Span
THEN THE ENLIGHTENING BEING Mind King, in the
congregation, said to all
the enlightening beings,
"Offspring of Buddha, one
eon in this world Endurance,
the field of Shakyamuni
Buddha, is a day and a night in the world Bliss,
the fi eld of Amitabha
Buddha; one eon in the world of
Bliss is a day and night in the world
Vestment Banner, the field of the Buddha
Adamant; one eon in the world
Vestment Banner is a day and night
in the world Wheel
of Speech Which Does Not Roll
Back, the field
of the Buddha Lotus
Blos soms of Sublime Light Blooming;
one eon in the world Wheel of Speech Which Does Not
Roll Back is a day and night
in the world Free from Defilement, the
field of the Buddha
Banner of Truth; an eon in the world Free from Defilement
is a day
and night in
the world Good Lamp, the field
of the Buddha Lion;
an eon in
the world Good Lamp is a day and night in the world Subtle Light, the field of the Buddha Treasury
of Light; an eon in the
world Subtle Light is
a day and
night in the
world Hard to
Surpass, the field of the Buddha Blooming
Lotus of Light of Truth;
an eon in
the world Hard to Surpass is a
day and night in the world Adorning
Wisdom, the field
of the Buddha
Light of All Spiritual
Powers; an eon in the world
Adorning Wisdom is a
day and night
in the world Mirror
Light, the field
of the Buddha
Moon Knowledge: this succession
goes on past a million
zillion worlds; an
eon in the last of these worlds is a day and
a night in
the world Supreme Lotus, the field
of the Buddha
Supreme in Goodness,
which is filled by the
enlightening being Universally Good and
the great enlightening beings engaged in the same practice."
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