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  The Flower Ornament Scripture   A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK THIRTY   30. The Incalculable     AT THAT TIME the enlightening being Mind King said to the Buddha, " World Honored One, the buddhas speak of incalculable, measureless, boundless, incomparable, innumerable, unaccountable, unthinkable, immeasurable, unspeakable, untold numbers-what are these?" The Buddha said, "It is good that you ask the Buddha, the Truly En­ lightened One, in order to have the beings of the world penetrate the meaning of the numbers known to    the Buddha.   Listen    carefully    and think well about this; I    will    explain for you."   Then    the enlightening being Mind King willingly    received    the teaching.   The Buddha   said, "Ten to the tenth power times ten to the tenth power equals ten to the twentieth power; ten to the twentieth...