The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK TWENTY-TWO 22. Ten Inexhaustible Treasuries THEN THE ENLIGHTENING BEING Forest of Virtues also said to the enlightening beings, "Children of Buddhas, great enlightening beings have ten kinds of treasury, which have been, will be, and arc explained by the Buddhas of past, future, and present. What arc the ten? They are the treasury of faith, the treasury of ethics, the treasury of shame, the treasury of conscience, the treasury of learning, the treasury of giving, the treasury of wisdom, the treasury of recollection, the treasury of preservation, and the treasury of elocution. " What is the great enlightening being's treasury of faith ? The enlight ening beings believe all things are empty, they believe all things arc signless, they believe all things are wishlcss, they believe all things arc noncrcativc, they believe all things are w...
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