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...
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