The Flower Ornament Scripture

 

A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra

Thomas Cleary

BOOK  THIRTY-FOUR

 

34. The Ocean of Physical Marks of the Ten Bodies of Buddha

 

 

THEN THE GREAT ENLIGHTENING BEING Universally Good said to the enlightening beings, "I now will tell you about the ocean of marks of the Buddha.  On top of the Buddha's  head there are thirty-two   marks   of great people, adorned with jewels.  Among them is a mark of greatness called light illumining all regions, radiating immeasurable webs of great beams of light. It is adorned by all exquisite jewels, covered with jewel hair, soft, dense, and fine, each hair radiating jewel lights filling all the boundless worlds, manifesting embodiments of Buddha in all, complete with all the marks of buddhahood. This is the first.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of light of the Buddha­ eye. It is variously arrayed with the finest gems, producing a golden light like the light emanating from the curl of hair between Buddha's  eye­ brows. That light illuminates all worlds. This is the second.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds filling the cosmos. It is arrayed with discs of the finest jewels and radiates the light of the lamp of virtue   and knowledge of the enlightened,   illumining   the oceans   of worlds in all universes, making  all buddhas and enlightening beings visible. This is the third.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds manifesting universal illumination, variously adorned with gold  and jewels.  Those exquisite jewels all radiate light, illuminating inconceivable numbers  of buddha­ lands, with all the buddhas appearing therein. This is the fourth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called radiating clusters of jewel lights, with pure arrays of diamonds  and flowers of lapis lazuli,  their light shining on all worlds in the ten directions, therein manifesting all kinds of mystical projections extolling the past  practices, wisdom,  and virtues of the enlightened. This is the fifth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called manifestation of clusters of great powers of Buddha pervading the cosmos,  crowned by crystals of flames ofjewels in the configurations of mystical projections of enlight­ ening beings, ringed with wheels of light of flames ofjewels containing

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the power of the Buddha enlightening all , those lights illuminating the worlds of the ten directions, making manifest therein all buddhas sitting on the site of enlightenment, clouds of  all   knowledge filling   infinite worlds throughout space. This is the sixth.

"Next  there is a mark of greatness called   multitudes   of universal lamps of the enlightened, adorned by  a sea ofjewels of great power  that can shake all lands in the cosmos, emanating pure light filling the cosmos, showing   therein   the   oceans   of virtues of the enlightening beings of the ten directions and the   oceans of standards of knowledge   of the buddhas of past,  present, and future.  This is the seventh.

"Next  there is   a mark   of greatness called immense  cloud   reflecting all buddhas, adorned with sapphires, wish-fulfilling jewels,  and pearls, always radiating light  of enlightening beings'   flaming lamps,  illumining all worlds in the ten directions, therein revealing all buddhas'  ocean of physical forms,  ocean of vocal sounds,  and ocean of pure powers.  This is the eighth .

" Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light  spheres, adorned by flowers of all kinds of jewels,  with great webs of flames unfolding from all the jewels and filling all worlds in the ten directions, where all sentient beings see the Buddha sitting before them, praising the qualities of the reality-body of buddhas and enlightening beings, intro­ ducing them into the pure realm of the enlightened. This is the ninth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds oflight illumining the treasury of practices of all enlightening beings, adorned by exquisite flowers made of all kinds of jewels, the lights of the jewels illumining innumerable worlds, the blaze of the jewels covering   all lands,  reaching all universes in the ten directions without impediment,  causing the voice of Buddha to vibrate, telling the ocean of truths. This is the tenth.

" Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of radiant light shining, adorned with lapis lazuli, sapphires, and diamonds,  the colors of the jewel clusters clear, illuminating all oceans of worlds,  producing wondrous sounds filling the cosmos,   all   emanating from the ocean   of great virtues of knowledge of the Buddha.  This is the eleventh.

" Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of true awakening, adorned with flowers of mixed jewels,  the jewel flowers all   emitting light beams in all of which there are buddhas sitting on the site of enlightenment,   filling boundless worlds,   causing the  worlds to be puri­ fied, putting an end to all deluded thoughts. This is the twelfth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called clouds of radiance of light, adorned by crystallizations of the sovereign faculty of mind  from  the oceanic treasury ofjewel flames, radiating great beams of light in which appear countless enlightening beings and  the  deeds  they  carry  out, the body of knowledge, the body of realities,  and  the  ocean  of physical forms of all buddhas, filling the cosmos. This is the thirteenth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called douds of adornments shining

 

 

in all directions, arrayed with diamond flowers and lapis lazuli, radiating great beams of light in which there are great jewel lotus blossom thrones, fully adorned, covering the cosmos, spontaneously expounding the prac­ tices of enlightening beings, the sound pervading the ocean of all uni­ verses. This is the fourteenth .

"Next  there is a mark  of greatness called manifestation of the clusters of practices of the ocean of concentration   ofbuddhas,  instantly  revealing the infinite adornments of Buddha, adorning the inconceivable oceans of worlds in all universes. This is the fifteenth .

"Next there is a mark  of greatness called clouds of universal illumina­ tion of the ocean of mystic projections, adorned by mountainous lotus blossoms of exquisite jewels, the light  of the jewels  born from the vows of the Buddha, manifesting mystical projections without end. This is the sixteenth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of liberations of all buddhas, adorned by pure fine jewels,  emanating great lights,  adorning all buddhas' lion thrones,  showing images of forms of all buddhas, as well as the infinite Buddha  teachings and the ocean of buddha-lands. This is the seventeenth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of illumination of independent means, adorned by lapis lazuli flowers, gold lotus blossoms, crystal lamps, and multitudes of flames of sublime teach ings, emanating pure light from dense clouds of jewel flames of all buddhas, filling the cosmos, showing therein all the fine items of adornment. This is the eighteenth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of awareness of the lineage of buddhas, adorned by infinite jewel lights  with a thousand spheres,  thoroughly pure within and without,  born of roots of goodness of the past, those lights illuminating the worlds of the ten directions, kindling the sun of knowledge, spreading the ocean of truths. This is the nineteenth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of manifestation of all buddhas' freedom of form, adorned by necklaces of all jewels and lapis lazuli flowers, unfolding great jewel flames , filling the cosmos, mani­ festing therein the measureless buddhas of past, future , and present, as many as atoms in all buddha-lands, bold and fearless as majestic lions, replete with all the marks and knowledge of buddhahood. This is the twentieth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud illuminating the entire cosmos, adorned by the purity of the precious characteristics of the enlightened, radiating great lights illuminating the cosmos, revealing the sublime  treasury of knowledge of all the infinite buddhas  and enlight­ ening beings. This is the twenty-first.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cluster of features of Vairocana Buddha, adorned by flowers of the finest jewels  as  well as pure moons of

 

jewels, all radiating countless trillions of crystal lights, filling all space and the cosmos,  therein manifesting countless buddha-lands with bud­ dhas sitting in them.  This is the twenty-second.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light revealing all buddhas, adorned with beautiful lamps of myriad jewels, emitting pure light illumining all worlds in the ten directions, showing all the buddhas teaching. This is the twenty-third .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of manifestation of all adornments, embellished by all kinds of jewel flames, radiating pure light filling the cosmos, in every successive instant constantly manifesting all the untold, unspeakable numbers of buddhas and enlightening beings sitting at sites of enlightenment. This is the twenty-fourth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud producing the sounds of all universes, adorned with oceans of jewels and finest sandalwood, emitting great webs of flames filling  the cosmos,  producing  therein subtle sounds pointing out the ocean   of all  actions of sentient beings. This is the twenty-fifth.

"Next there is a mark  of greatness called cloud reflecting the spheres of mystical projections of all buddhas, adorned by the pure eyes of the enlightened, illuminating all worlds with light, in which appear all the adornments of the buddhas of past, future, and present, and producing sublime sounds expounding the inconceivably vast ocean of truth. This is the twenty-sixth .

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of light illumining the ocean of buddhas, that light illuminating all worlds in the cosmos without obstruction, with a buddha sitting in each. This is the twenty-seventh .

"Next  there is a mark of  greatness called  cluster  of jewel  lamps,

emitting the far-reaching light of the enlightened, illuminating all uni­ verses in the ten directions, showing therein all buddhas, enlightening beings, and the ocean of inconceivable numbers of various beings. This is the twenty-eighth.

"Next  there is a   mark   of greatness called  cloud  of nondifferentiation of the realm of reality, radiating the light of great knowledge of the enlightened, illuminating all the buddha-lands of the ten directions, all the enlightening beings, the congregations at the sites of enlightenment, and the infinite ocean of teachings, manifesting therein all kinds of miraculous powers, and also emitting sublime voices explaining the undertakings of Universall y Good enlightening beings according to the inclinations of sentient beings, causing them to dedicate themselves to Universal  Good.  This is the twenty-ninth.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called douds of radiant illumination abiding in the oceans of all worlds, emanating jewel lights fil ling all universes in space, revealing therein immaculate sites of enlightenment as well as the physical forms of buddhas and enlightening beings, causing those who see to attain objectless vision. This is the thirtieth.

" Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of flames of pure light

 

 

of all jewels, emitting the pure light of the exquisite jewels of the infinite buddhas and enlightening beings, illuminating all universes in the ten directions, revealing all the oceans of enlightening  beings therein, all imbued with the spiritual power of the enlightened,  forever traveling through the network of all lands in space. This is the thirty-first.

"Next there is a mark of greatness called cloud of illumination of the arrays of all universes; it is right in the middle, at the crest of a gradual rise, adorned with a pure gold cosmic  net, emanating  clouds of pure light filling the cosmos, instant after instant  constantly showing  the buddhas, enlightening beings, and congregations at the sites of enlight­ enment in all worlds. This is the thirty-second .

"The top of Buddha's head is embellished with these thirty-two marks of great people. Between the Buddha's  eyebrows is a mark  of great people called cloud of light permeating the cosmos, adorned with jewel flowers, emanating great beams of light containing the hues of all jewels, clear and pure as the light of the sun and moon, that light illumining the lands of the ten directions,  revealing the bodies of all buddhas  therein , and also emitting sublime sounds expressing the ocean of truths. This is the thirty-third mark.

"Buddha's eyes have a mark of greatness called cloud of independent universal vision, adorned by many beautiful jewels, their crystalline light pure and clear, seeing all without any obstruction.  This is the thirty­ fourth .

"Buddha's nose has a mark of greatness called cloud of knowledge of all spiritual powers, adorned by pure jewels,  covered with lights  the colors of all jewels, wherein appear infinite phantom buddhas sitting on jewel lotus blossoms, going to all worlds, expounding to all enlightening beings and all sentient beings the inconceivable ocean of all aspects of buddhahood. This is the thirty-fifth .

"Buddha's tongue has a mark of greatness called cloud manifesting reflected images of sound, adorned by beautiful jewels of all colors, produced by the roots of goodness of former times;  his tongue's length and breadth covers all oceans of worlds; whenever the Buddha smiles, he emits lights of all jewels that illumine all the universes in the ten direc­ tions, causing all minds to become clear and cool; all the buddhas of past, future, and present appear clearly in the lights,  all uttering far-reaching, subtle sounds pervading all lands and remaining for infinite eons. This is the thirty-sixth.

"The buddha's tongue has another mark of greatness called cloud of reality realms. It is perfectly flat, adorned with jewels, radiating exquisite jewel lights complete with colors and characteristics like the lights emanating from the hair between the Buddha's eyebrows. Those lights illumine all buddha-lands, showing them to be only  made of atoms, having no intrinsic essence. In the lights there also appear  countless buddhas, all uttering subtle messages explaining all truths. This is the thirty-seventh.

 

 

"The tip of Buddha's tongue has a mark of greatness called cloud of light illuminating the cosmos, adorned with wish-fulfilling jewels, always spontaneously  producing  golden flames wherein   appear   reflections   of the ocean of all buddhas. It also causes subtle sounds to resonate, filling all the boundless worlds, each sound containing all sounds, and explaining the sublime truth, to the joy  of the hearers, who appreciate for mea­ sureless eons without forgetting. This is the thirty-eighth.

"The tip of Buddha's tongue has another mark  of greatness,  called cloud lighting up the cosmos, adorned with diamonds, emanating subtle lights of myriad colors, filling infinite lands of the ten directions through­ out the cosmos, all pure, all containing infinite buddhas and enlightening beings, such uttering all kinds of sublime messages, received in person by all enlightening beings. This is the thirty-ninth.

"The Buddha's gums have  a mark of greatness called cloud showing the inconceivable realm  of reality, adorned with sapphires   and   lapis lazuli, emanating clouds  of pure light from flames of fragrant lamps, filling the cosmos, showing all kinds of means of mystic powers, ex­ pounding the profound, inconceivable truth everywhere in all oceans of worlds. This is the fortieth .

"The Buddha's  lower  right teeth have a mark of greatness called cluster of teeth of Buddha,  adorned with jewels set in gammadion  pat­ terns, radiating great beams of light illuminating the cosmos, with all buddha-bodies appearing therein, circulating throughout  the ten direc­ tions, enlightening sentient beings. This is the forty-first.

"The Buddha's  upper right teeth have  a mark of greatness called clouds of high banks of jewel flames, adorned with treasuries of jewels, emitting pure light  of indestructible fragrant flames, each light  ray filling the cosmos, showing the spiritual powers of all buddhas, and also showing the pure sites of enlightenment in all worlds in the ten directions. This is the forty-second.

"The Buddha's lower left teeth have a mark of greatness called clouds of radiant illumination from jewel lamps, adorned with all kinds of beautiful jewels emitting flowers and scents, emanating  pure light from clouds of lamp fla mes, filling all oceans of worlds, revealing therein all buddhas sitting on lotus blossoms  surrounded  by enlightening beings. This is the forty-third .

"The Buddha's upper left teeth have a mark of greatness called cloud reflecting the enlightened   ones,   adorned   with   gold   of pure brilliance, nets and flowers ofjewels, emanating great spheres of flames filling the cosmos, revealing therein all the buddhas using their spiritual powers in space to distribute the milk of the Teaching, the lamps of the Teaching, the treasure of the Teaching,  to  educate all groups  of enlightening beings. This is the forty-fourth .

"The Buddha's front teeth have a mark of greatness called cloud of omnipresent light;  between each tooth are arrays of oceans of marks  that all radiate light when the Buddha smiles, with crystal flames of the colors

 

 

of all jewels, swirling to the right, circulating throughout the cosmos, uttering the voice of Buddha, explaining the practice of Universal Good. This is the forty-fifth .

"The Buddha's lips have a mark of greatness called cloud reflecting lights of all jewels, radiating immense  beams of light the color of rose gold, of lotuses, and the colors of all jewels, illumining the cosmos and completely purifying it. This is the forty-sixth .

"The Buddha's  neck has a mark of greatness called cloud shining on all worlds, adorned by diamonds. His neck is supple, soft, slender, and moist, and gives off radiant pure light filling all worlds in the ten direc­ tions, revealing all buddhas therein. This is the forty-seventh .

"The Buddha's right shoulder has a mark of greatness called Buddha's immense cloud of all jewels, emanating lights of the colors of all jewels, gold, and lotus blossoms,  forming a network of crystal flames, illuminat­ ing the cosmos, revealing all enlightening beings therein. This is the forty-eighth . The Buddha's  right shoulder  has another  mark of great­ ness, called cloud of supreme jewels shining radiantly,  pure as gold in color, emanating crystal light filling the cosmos, revealing all enlighten­ ing beings therein. This is the forty-ninth .

"The Buddha's left shoulder has a mark of greatness called cloud of supreme light illuminating the cosmos, variously adorned like the marks on his crown  and between his eyebrows,  emitting golden,  lotus-colored, and jewel-colored lights forming great networks of flames filling   the cosmos, showing therein all occult powers.  This is the fiftieth. The Bud­ dha's left shoulder has another mark of greatness, called cloud of light shining everywhere, whirling to the right, adorned with gold and dia­ monds, radiating lights of fragrant flames of flowers ofjewels, filling the cosmos, showing all buddhas and all purified lands therein. This is the fifty-first. The Buddha's left shoulder has another  mark  of greatness, called cloud of universal radiance, whirling to the right, with subtle mysterious adornments, emitting pure light from clouds of flames of buddhas' lamps, filling the cosmos,  revealing the various adornments  of all enlightening beings therein, all superbly  beautiful . This is the fifty­ second.

"The Buddha's chest has a mark of greatness shaped like a gammadion

called oceanic cluster of auspicious signs, adorned with crystal jewel flowers emitting all kinds of orbs of light flames of the colors of all jewels, filling the cosmos, making it all pure, and also producing mar­ velous sounds expressing the ocean of the teachings.  This is the fifty­ third .

"To the right of the mark of auspicious signs is a mark of greatness called cloud of revelation of light, adorned by the cosmic net of Indra, radiating a vast circle oflight filling the cosmos, revealing therein infinite buddhas. This is the fifty-fourth .

"There is another mark  of greatness to the right of the mark  of auspi­ ci ous signs, called cloud manifesting the Buddha everywhere, adorned

 

 

by the jewel crowns of enlightening beings,  emanating  great lights shining on all worlds in the ten directions. Purifying them all , showing therein th e buddhas of past, future, and present sitting on the sites of enlightenment,  manifesting   spiritual   powers,   and   widely  expounding th e ocean of teachings. This is the fifty-fifth .

"There is another mark of greatness to the right of the mark of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of blooming flowers, adorned by crystal jewel flowers, radiating pure light rays from precious lamps of fragrant flames, shaped like lotus blossoms, filling the world. This is the fifty-sixth.

"There is another mark of greatness to the right of the mark of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of pleasant golden color, adorned by diamonds from the Mind King treasury of all jewels, emanating pure light illu­ minating the cosmos, revealing therein immensely  radiant jewel  trea­ suries like the eyes of Buddha. This is the fifty-seventh .

"There is another mark of greatness to the right of the mark of auspi­ cious signs, called cluster of oceans of buddhas, adorned by gems, fra­ grant lamps, and flower garlands,  emanating  the pure  light  of great flames of fragrant lamps of diamond, filling space, pervading all lands, showing the assemblies at the sites of enlightenment there. This is the fifty-eighth .

"To the left of the mark of auspicious signs there is a mark of great­ ness called clouds of light of revelation, adorned with countless enlight­ ening beings sitting on jewel  lotus   blossoms,  emanating jewel-flame light beams, studded with diamonds, purifying all oceans of universes, revealing therein infinite buddhas and  their sublime  voices expounding all truths. This is the fifty-ninth .

"There is another mark of greatness to the left of the mark of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of light appearing  throughout  the cosmos, adorned by an ocean ofjewels, emitting g reat light pervading all worlds, showing the enlightening beings therein. This is the sixtieth .

"There is another mark of greatness to the left of the ma rk of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of universal eminence, adorned with garlands of jewel orbs made of diamonds that shine like the sun, emanating  great flames of light filling all oceans of worlds in the cosmos, showing therein all worlds, all buddhas, and all sentient beings. This is the sixty-first.

"There is another mark of greatness to  the left  of the mark  of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of the sublime sound of the turning of the wheel of the Teaching, adorned by lamps of all truths and flowers of pure fra­ grance, emitting great beams of light filling the cosmos,  revealing there­ in the ocean of marks and ocean of mind of all the buddhas. This is the sixty-second.

"There is another mark  of greatness to the left of the mark of auspi­ cious signs, called cloud of adornments, adorned by the ocean of all bud­ dhas of past, future, and present, radiating immaculate light purifying all buddha-lands, showing therein all the buddhas  and enlightening beings as well as the deeds they carry out. This is the sixty-third.

 

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"The Buddha's right hand has a mark  of greatness called cloud of oceanic illumination, adorned by myriad jewels,  constantly  emitting pure light like the aura of the moon , filling all worlds in space, emanat­ ing thunderous voices extolling all the practices of enlightening beings. This is the sixty-fourth .

"Buddha 's right hand has another mark of greatness, called cloud of reflected radiance, adorned with flowers of lapis lazuli and sapphires, shedding great light illuminating all the worlds  in the ten directions where enlightening beings abide,  their troves of lotus blossoms, jewels and so on, therein showing the infinite buddhas sitting at the enlighten­ ment tree with the pure body of reality, causing all the lands of the ten directions to guake. This is the sixty-fifth .

"Buddha's right hand has another mark of greatness, called cloud of lamp flame garlands adorning everywhere, arrayed with radiant jewels, emitting great beams of light  forming networks  of miraculous  displays of mystical emanations, showing therein hosts of enlightening beings, all wearing jeweled crowns, expounding  the ocean of enlightening  prac­ tices. This is the sixty-sixth.

"Buddha's right hand has another mark of greatness, called cloud revealing all jewels, adorned with lamps with lotuslike flames, emitting oceanic treasuries of light pervading the cosmos, showing therein infinite buddhas sitting on lotus thrones. This is the sixty-seventh.

"Buddha's right hand has another mark of greatness, called cloud of light, adorned with oceans of crystal flames, emitting flames of all jewels and flames of flowers of fragrant fire, their pure light filling all networks of worlds,  showing all buddhas'  sites of enlightenment therein. This is the sixty-eighth.

"Buddha's left hand has a mark of greatness called cloud of lamps of jewel-like purity, adorned with the colors of precious elements, radiating light of the golden hue of the Buddha, moment to moment constantly causing all the finest adornments to appear.  This is the sixty-ninth.

"Buddha 's left hand has another mark  of greatness, called cloud of voices of the lamp of knowledge of all lands, adorned  with diamond flowers in a cosmic net, radiating pure golden light illumining all worlds in the ten directions. This is the seventieth .

"Buddha's left hand has  another  mark of greatness, called cloud of light resting on a precious lotus, adorned with exquisite flowers of all precious substances, emanating great light, like a mountainous lamp, lighting all the worlds of the ten directions. This is the seventy-first.

"Buddha's left hand has another mark of greatness, called cloud of universal illumination of the cosmos, adorned with a cosmic net ofjewel garlands, jewel discs, and jewel vases, as well as myriad sublime appear­ ances, emitting great light illumining all lands in the ten directions, showing therein all buddhas of all oceans of worlds in all universes, sit­ ting on lotus blossoms. This is the seventy-second.

"Buddha's right fingers have a mark of greatness called cloud show-

 

ing the whirlpool  of lands  of all ages, adorned with flowers of all the finest jewels  from treasuries of the glow  of the moon  reflected in the water, emanating great beams oflight filling the cosmos, constantly pro­ ducing therein subtle sound filling the lands of the ten directions. This is the seventy-third.

"Buddha's  left fingers have  a mark of greatness called cloud  resting on all jewels,  adorned with sapphires and diamonds,  radiating the lights of all jewels, filling the cosmos, showing therein all buddhas and enlight­ ening beings. This is the seventy-fourth .

"Buddha's right palm has a mark of greatness called cloud of radiance, adorned with a thousand-spoked diamond wheel, emanating jewel light whirling to the right filling the cosmos, showing therein all buddhas, each buddhas' body blazing with flames of light, teaching the truth and liberating people, purifying worlds. This is the seventy-fifth.

"Buddha's left palm has a mark of greatness called cloud of flaming wheels, expanding and magically causing all the sites of enlightenment in the cosmos to appear, adorned with a thousand-spoked wheel of sunlike jewels, radiating great beams of light filling all oceans of worlds, reveal­ ing therein all enlightening beings, expounding the ocean of practices of Universal Good, entering into all buddhas' lands, each enlightening in­ numerable sentient beings. This is the seventy-sixth.

"Buddha's genital organ has a mark of greatness called cloud emanat­ ing the voice of Buddha, adorned with all kinds of fine jewels, emitting flowery flame light  from crystal  lamps,  the light refulgent, containing the colors of all jewels, illuminating all universes in space, showing there­ in all buddhas traveling, coming and going, reaching everywhere. This is the seventy-seventh.

"Buddha's right buttock has a mark of greatness called cloud of radi­ ant garlands o fjewel lamps, adorned with jewels, emitting inconceivable jewel flame rays of light spreading throughout all universes in the ten directions, being of the same one appearance as the cosmos of space, yet able to produce all appearances, manifesting in each appearance the auton­ omous mystical projections of the buddhas. This is the seventy-eighth.

"Buddha's left buttock has a mark of greatness called cloud of light covering the sky showing all oceans of universes like lotuses,  adorned with pure jewels, emanating networks of light rays illumining all uni­ verses in the ten directions,  revealing there clouds of all kinds of forms. This is the seventy-ninth.

"Buddha's right thigh has a mark of greatness called cloud of ubiq­ uitous manifestation, adorned with crystals of many colors. The thigh is proportionate  to  the  calf;  it  radiates  lights  of the  true  Teaching,  like jewel flames, able to instantly reveal the ocean of forms of the striding of the king of all treasures. This is the eightieth.

"Buddha's left thigh has a mark of greatness called cloud showing the intlnite oceans of features of all buddhas,  adorned with an ocean of all jewels resting on each one, traveling vast distances, emanating pure light

 

shining on all sentient beings, causing them all to seek the supreme state of buddhahood. This is the eighty-first.

"Buddha's  deerlike right  calf has  a mark of greatness called cloud of all universes in space, adorned with sublime jewels of light. The calf is round and straight and walks well; it emanates pure golden light illu­ minating all buddhas' worlds and emits great sounds causing them all to quake. It also shows all buddha-lands stationed in space, arrayed with jewel-like flames, from which countless enlightening beings magically appear. This is the eighty-second.

"Buddha's deerlike left calf has a mark of g reatness called cloud of oceans of adornments. Golden-hued, it can walk through  all buddha­ lands, emitting the pure light of all jewels, filling the cosmos, given to perform buddha-works. This is the eighty-third.

"The jewel hair on the Buddha's lower legs has a mark of greatness called cloud of manifestations of reflected images of the cosmos.  The hair curls to the right, and each hairtip radiates jewel light filling all universes in the ten directions, showing all buddhas'  spiritual powers.  The hair pores all emit lights in which appear all buddha-lands. This is the eighty­ fourth.

"The soles of Buddha's feet have a mark of greatness called cloud of arrangements of the ocean of all enlightening beings,  diamond-colored, with pure lotus blossoms of gold, radiating jewel-like light illumining all oceans of worlds in the ten directions, with clouds ofjewel-like fragrant flames reaching everywhere. When he lifts his foot to take a step, a fra­ grant air circulates, replete with the colors of all jewels, filling the cos­ mos.  This is  the eighty-fifth .

"On Buddha's right instep is a mark of greatness called cloud of light shining on everything, adorned with all kinds ofjewels, radiating great lights filling the cosmos, showing all buddhas and enlightening beings. This is the eighty-sixth .

"On Buddha's left instep is a mark of greatness called cloud of mani­ festations of all buddhas, adorned with jewels,  emanating jewel light moment to moment showing the miraculous displays of all buddhas, as well as their oceans of teachings, and the enlightenment sites they sit at, this continuing unbroken forever. This is the eighty-seventh.

"Between Buddha's right toes is a mark of greatness called cloud of light illuminating all oceans  of universes, variously adorned with dia­ monds like mountainous lamps and thousand-spoked wheels of flames, radiating great beams  of light filling the oceans of worlds in all universes in the ten directions, showing therein the various forms of precious adornments of all buddhas. This is the eighty-eighth.

"Between Buddha's left toes is a mark of greatness called cloud show­ ing the ocean of all buddhas, adorned with jewel flowers, garlands of fra­ grant flaming lamps, and discs of all jewels,  constantly emitting  pure lights from an ocean o fjewels, filling space, reaching all worlds in the ten directions, showing therein such features of all buddhas and enlightening

 

beings as their universal voices and their mystic  gammadion  signs of felicity, benefiting all the infinite sentient beings . This is the eighty­ ninth.

"Buddha's right heel has a mark of greatness called cloud of indepen­ dent radiance, adorned with powdered sapphires, always emanating the exquisite jewel light of the buddhas, the splendor of that light filling the cosmos, all the same one appearance, without any differences , therein showing all buddhas sitting at the site of enlightenment and expounding the sublime teaching. This is the ninetieth.

"Buddha's left heel has a mark of greatness called cloud manifesting sublime voices expounding  the ocean of truths,   adorned  with jewels from the ocean of mystic projections, jewels from flowers of a polar mountain in an ocean of fragrant flames, as well as cat's-eye gems,  all radiating great beams of light filling the cosmos,  showing  therein the spiritual powers of the buddhas. This is the ninety-first.

"Buddha's right ankle has a mark  of greatness called cloud shining with the light of all adornments,  with extremely fine adornments  made of all kinds of precious substances,  radiating pure golden light, illumin­ ing all universes in the ten directions, the light appearing as an enormous cloud covering the sites of enlightenment of all buddhas. This is the ninety-second.

"Buddha's left ankle has a mark of greatness called cloud showing all colors,  adorned with   radiant jewels and sapphires containing the glow of all moons, moment to moment traveling through the ocean of universes, radiating crystal lamps' fragrant flames' light, that light  pervading all universes. This is th e ninety-third.

"The circumference of Buddha's right foot has  a mark of greatness called universal treasury cloud, adorned with emeralds and diamonds, emanating jewel light filling space, therein   showing  all buddhas  sitting on crystal lion thrones at the sites of enlightenment.  This is the ninety­ fourth .

"The circumference of Buddha's  left foot has  a mark  of greatness called cloud of light illumining the whole cosmos,  adorned with jewel flowers, radiating great lights filling the cosmos,  all equal and uniform, therein showing the mystic power of all the buddhas and enlightening beings,  with great wondrous  voices expounding  the endless ways of entry into truth there are in the cosmos. This is the ninety-fifth .

"The tips of Buddha's right toes have a mark of greatness called cloud showing adorn ments, arrayed with very pleasing pure gold,  emanating great rays of light filling all universes in the ten directions, showing therein the boundless ocean of teachings,  various virtues, and spiritual powers of all buddhas and enlightening beings. This is the ninety-sixth .

"The tips of Buddha's left toes have a mark of greatness called cloud showing the mystic transformations of all buddhas, adorned with incon­ ceivable buddhas' halos, moon glow, pervasive perfume, and wheels of jewel flames, emanating pure lights of the colors of all jewels, filling all

 

 

oceans of worlds, showing therein all buddhas and enlightening beings expounding the ocean of all B uddha teachings.  This is the ninety­ seventh .

" Vairocana Buddha has as many such marks of greatness as atoms in ten Flower Treasury oceans of worlds, each limb adorned with sublime marks of myriad jewels."