Chapter 3 : CHAPTER III. A PARABLE. Then the venerable Sriputra, pleased, glad, charmed, cheerful, thrilling with delight and joy, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord, and, looking up to the Lord with a steady gaze, addressed him in this strain: I am astonished, amazed, O Lord! I am in ecstasy to hear...
Chapter 14 : CHAPTER XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS FROM THE GAPS OF THE EARTH. Out of the multitude of Bodhisattvas Mahsattvas who had flocked from other worlds, Bodhisattvas eight (times) equal to the sands of the river Ganges then rose from the assembled circle. Their joined hands stretched out towards...
Chapter 10 : CHAPTER X. THE PREACHER. The Lord then addressed the eighty thousand Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas by turning to Bhaishagyarga as their representative. Seest thou, Bhaishagyarga, in this assembly the many gods, Ngas, goblins, Gandharvas, demons, Garudas, Kinnaras, great serpents, men, and beings not...
Chapter 19 : CHAPTER XIX. SADPARIBHTA. The Lord then addressed the Bodhisattva Mahisattva Mahsthmaprpta. In a similar way, Mahsthmaprpta, one may infer from what has been said that he who rejects such a Dharmaparyya as this, who abuses monks, nuns, lay devotees male or female, keeping this Stra, insults them...
Chapter 7 : CHAPTER VII. ANCIENT DEVOTION. Of yore, monks, in the past, incalculable, more than incalculable, inconceivable, immense, measureless ons since, nay, at a period, an epoch far beyond, there appeared in the world a Tathgata, &c., named Mahbhigganbhibh, endowed with science and conduct, a Sugata, &c...
Chapter 18 : CHAPTER XVIII. THE ADVANTAGES OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER. The Lord then addressed the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Satatasamitbhiyukta (i.e. ever and constantly strenuous). Any one, young man of good family, who shall keep, read, teach, write this Dharmaparyya or have it written, let that person be a young...
Chapter 6 : CHAPTER VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. After pronouncing these stanzas the Lord addressed the complete assembly of monks: I announce to you, monks, I make known to you that the monk Ksyapa, my disciple, here present, shall do homage to thirty thousand kotis of Buddhas; shall respect, honour...
Chapter 2 : CHAPTER II. SKILFULNESS The Lord then rose with recollection and consciousness from his meditation, and forthwith addressed the venerable Sriputra: The Buddha knowledge, Sriputra, is profound, difficult to understand, difficult to comprehend. It is difficult for all disciples and Pratyekabuddh...
Chapter 16 : CHAPTER XVI. OF PIETY. While this exposition of the duration of the Tathgata's lifetime was being given, innumerable, countless creatures profited by it. Then the Lord addressed the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Maitreya: While this exposition of the duration of the Tathgata's lifetime was being given...
Chapter 8 : CHAPTER VIII. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FUTURE DESTINY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED MONKS. On hearing from the Lord that display of skilfulness and the instruction by means of mysterious speech; on hearing the announcement of the future destiny of the great Disciples, as well as the foregoing tale concerning...
Chapter 12 : CHAPTER XII. EXERTION. Thereafter the Bodhisattva Bhaishagyarga and the Bodhisattva Mahpratibhna, with a retinue of twenty hundred thousand Bodhisattvas, spoke before the face of the Lord the following words: Let the Lord be at ease in this respect; we will after the extinction of the Tathg...
Chapter 4 : CHAPTER IV. DISPOSITION. As the venerable Subhti, the venerable MahKtyyana, the venerable Mah-Ksyapa, and the venerable Mah-Maudgalyyana heard this law unheard of before, and as from the mouth of the Lord they heard the future destiny of Sriputra to superior perfect enlightenment, they were struck...
Chapter 24 : CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER CALLED THAT OF THE ALL-SIDED ONE, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF AVALOKITESVARA. Thereafter the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Akshayamati rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord, and said: For wh...
Chapter 20 : CHAPTER XX. CONCEPTION OF THE TRANSCENDENT POWER OF THE TATHGATAS. Thereupon those hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of Bodhisattvas equal to the dust-atoms of a macrocosm, who had issued from the gaps of the earth, all stretched their joined hands towards the Lord, and said unto him: We, O...
Chapter 26 : CHAPTER XXVI. ENCOURAGEMENT OF SAMANTABHADRA. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Samantabhadra, in the east, surrounded and followed by Bodhisattvas Mahsattvas surpassing all calculation, amid the stirring of fields, a rain of lotuses, the playing of hundred thousands of myriads of kotis...
Chapter 22 : CHAPTER XXII. ANCIENT DEVOTION OF BHAISHAGYARGA. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Nakshatrarargasankusumitbhiga spoke to the Lord as follows: Wherefore, O Lord, does the Bodhisattva Bhaishagyarga pursue his course in this Saha-world, while he is fully aware of the many hundred thousands...
Chapter 23 : CHAPTER XXIII. GADGADASVARA. At that moment the Lord Skyamuni, the Tathgata, &c., darted a flash of light from the circle of hair between his eyebrows, one of the characteristic signs of a great man, by which flash of light hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of Buddha-fields, equal to the sands...
Chapter 27 : CHAPTER XXVII. THE PERIOD [OF THE LAW, DHARMAPARYYA]. Thereupon the Lord Skyamuni, the Tathgata, &c., rose from his pulpit, collected the Bodhisattvas, took their right hands with his own right hand, which had become strong by the exercise of magic, and spoke on that occasion as follows: Into your...
Chapter 21 : CHAPTER XXI. SPELLS. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Bhaishagyarga rose from his seat, and having put his upper robe upon one shoulder and fixed the right knee upon the ground lifted his joined hands up to the Lord and said: How great, O Lord, is the pious merit which will be produced by...
Chapter 25 : CHAPTER XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. Thereupon the Lord addressed the entire assemblage of Bodhisattvas: Of yore, young men of good family, at a past epoch, incalculable, more than incalculable ons ago, at that time there appeared in the world a Tathgata named...
Chapter 13 : CHAPTER XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. Magusr, the prince royal, said to the Lord: It is difficult, Lord, most difficult, what these Bodhisattvas Mahsattvas will attempt out of reverence for the Lord. How are these Bodhisattvas Mahsattvas to promulgate this Dharmaparyya at the end of time, at the last...
Chapter 17 : CHAPTER XVII. INDICATION OF THE MERITORIOUSNESS OF JOYFUL ACCEPTANCE. Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahsattva Maitreya said to the Lord: O Lord, one who, after hearing this Dharmaparyya being preached, joyfully I accepts it, be that person a young man of good family or a young lady, how much merit, O...
Chapter 9 : CHAPTER IX. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FUTURE DESTINY OF NANDA, RAHULA, AND THE TWO THOUSAND MONKS. On that occasion the venerable nanda made this reflection: Should we also receive a similar prediction? Thus thinking, pondering, wishing, he rose from his seat, prostrated himself at the Lord's feet...
Chapter 1 : SADDHARMA-PUNDARKA OR THE LOTUS OF THE TRUE LAW. HOMAGE TO ALL THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY. Thus have I heard. Once upon a time the Lord was staying at Rgagriha, on the Gridhrakuta mountain, with a numerous assemblage of monks, twelve hundred monks, all of them Arhats...
Chapter 5 : CHAPTER V. ON PLANTS. Thereupon the Lord addressed the venerable Mah-Ksyapa and the other senior great disciples, and said: Very well, very well, Ksyapa; you have done very well to proclaim the real qualities of the Tathgata. They are the real qualities of the Tathgata, Ksyapa, but he has many more...
Chapter 11 : CHAPTER XI. APPARITION OF A STPA. Then there arose a Stpa, consisting of seven precious substances, from the place of the earth opposite the Lord, the assembly being in the middle, a Stpa five hundred yoganas in height and proportionate in circumference. After its rising, the Stpa, a meteoric...
Chapter 15 : CHAPTER XV. DURATION OF LIFE OF THE TATHGATA. Thereupon the Lord addressed the entire host of Bodhisattvas: Trust me, young men of good family, believe in the Tathgata speaking a veracious word. A second time the Lord addressed the Bodhisattvas: Trust me, young gentlemen of good family, believe...
