The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK FOUR 4. The Formation of the Worlds THEN THE GREAT enlightening being Universally Good, by means of the spiritual power of the Buddha, looked over the oceans of all worlds, the oceans of all sentient beings, the oceans of all Buddhas , the oceans of all elemental realms, the oceans of all sentient beings' actions, the oceans of all sentient beings' faculties and inclinations, the oceans of all teaching cycles of all Buddhas, the oceans of all time periods, the oceans of all powers of vows of the Buddhas, and the oceans of all the Buddhas' miracles. Having thus observed and examined all these, he declared to all the enlightening beings in the ocean of congregations at all scenes of enlightenment, "Children of Buddha, the Buddhas' pure kno...
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