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Showing posts with the label 021. The Flower Ornament Scripture 7. Names of the Buddha
  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...