The Flower Ornament Scripture A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary BOOK THIRTY-FIVE 35. The Qualities of the Buddha’s Embellishments and Lights THEN THE WORLD HONORED ONE said to the enlightening being Jewel Hand, " Offsp ring of Buddha, the perfectl y enlightened one has an em bellishment called the foremost sphere, from which emanates a great light called effulgence, with seven million infinities oflight rays. When I was an enlightening being in the palace of Tushita heaven, I emanated a great light called lightbanner king, illuminating as many worlds as atoms in ten buddha-lands; the sentient beings in the hells of those worlds who were touched by this light gained respite from their torments, and they obtained ten kinds of pure eyes, ears, noses, tongues, bodies, and minds, and all danced for joy. When their lives ended they were reborn in Tu shita heaven. In Tushita heaven is a drum ...
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