The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK TWELVE 12. Chief in Goodness THEN THE ENLIGHTENING BEING Manjushri, having explained the great virtues of unpolluted, undistorted pure activity, wanted to bring out the virtues of the aspiration for enlightenment, so he asked the enlightening being Chief in Goodness, Now I have, for the sake of the enlightening beings , Explained the purifying practices cultivated by Buddhas m the past; Benevolent One, you too, in this assembly should Expound the supreme virtues of practical application. Then Chief in Goodness responded in verse: Very good, Benevolent One-you should listen clearly. Those virtues and merits cannot be measured: I will now tell a little, a...
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