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  The Flower Ornament Scripture   A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK FIFTEEN   15. The Ten Abodes     THEN THE ENLIGHTENING BEING Truth Wisdom, empowered   by the Buddha, entered into the concentration of in finite techniques of enlight­ ening beings; by the power of concentration there appeared before him Buddhas as numerous as atoms in a thousand buddha-fields   from each of the ten directions beyond as many worlds as atoms in a thousand buddha-fields:   all of those Buddhas had the same name,   Truth   Wisdom. They said to the enlightening being Truth Wisdom, "Excellent! Excellent, good man, that you arc able to enter this   enlightening being's concentration of infinite techniques. Good man, in each of the ten directions as many   Buddhas as atoms in a thousand buddha-fields all together empower you with their spiritual force, and this is also the spiritual power of the force of Vairocana ...