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Showing posts with the label 028. The Flower Ornament Scripture 14. Eulogies on Mount Sumeru
  The Flower Ornament Scripture   A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK FOURTEEN   14. Eulogies on Mount Sumeru     THEN,   DUE   TO   THE   SPIHITUAL   POWER   of the   Buddha,   there   came   and gathered great enlightening beings from each of the ten directions, each accompanied by as many enlightening   beings   as   atoms   in   a   buddha­ land, coming from worlds far   away,   beyond   lands   as   numerous   as atoms in a hundred buddha-lands.   Their names were Wisdom of Truth, Total Wisdom, Supreme Wisdom, Virtuous Wisdom, Vigorous Wisdom, Good Wisdom, Knowing Wisdom, True Wisdom, Unexcelled Wisdom, and Stable Wisdom. The worlds they came from were called Indra Flower, Red Lotus, Jewel Flower, B lue Lotus, Diamond Flower, Fra­ grant Flower,   Delightful Flower, Rosy Dawn Flower,   Adorning Flower, an...