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Showing posts with the label 034. The Flower Ornament Scripture 20. Eulogies in the Palace of the Suyama Heaven
  The Flower Ornament Scripture   A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK TWENTY   20. Eulogies in the Palace of the Suyama Heaven     THEN, DUE TO THE SPIRITUAL FORCE   of the   Buddha,   a   great   enlighten­ ing being from each of the ten directions, each accompanied by as many enlightening   beings    as   atoms   in   a   buddha-land,   came   from   beyond as many lands as atoms in a hundred   thousand buddha-lands,   and gathered in an assembly. The names of those great enlightening beings were:   Forest   of Virtues;   Forest   of   Wisdom;   Forest   of Victory;   Forest of Fearlessness; Forest of Conscience; Forest of Energy; Forest of Power; Forest of Practice; Forest of Awareness;   Forest of Knowledge. The lands which these enlightening beings came from were called: Intimate Wisdom; Symbolic Wi...