..續本文上一頁, and Army mastering treasure. Besides, if anyone can make offering to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with a single flower, he will get a body emitting wonderful fragrance, and wherever he will be reborn, his body and appearance will be perfect.” After the elder had spoken the merits, virtues, and sacrosanct power of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, those people returned to their homes inpidually, and the elder also returned to his home."
"Then, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva flew upwards into the sky and thought: ”I have not seen Visvabhu Tathagata for a long time, now I should go to the sublime abode in Jeta Grove to see that Bhagavan. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva then got to that sublime abode, and saw that innumerable hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of gods, dragons, Yaksas, Gandharvas, Asuras, Garudas, Kinnaras, Mahoragas, human and non-human beings, and innumerable hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of Bodhisattvas had assembled."
"At that time, Akasa-garbha (Space-Store) Bodhisattva said to the Buddha: ”Bhagavan, who is the Bodhisattva that came just now
” The Buddha said: ”Virtuous man, he is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva.” Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva then stayed there silently."
"Then, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva circumambulated the Buddha three times, and sat on the left side. The Bhagavan then comforted him by asking: ”Are you free from tiredness
Virtuous man, how are the enlightenments that you have given in other places
” Avalokitesvara then spoke the previous events about enlightening sentient beings: ”I have saved and ferried such and such sentient beings...” Having heard that, Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva became more astonished then ever before: ”Now I see this Avalokitesvara, who, being a Bodhisattva, can save and ferry such worlds and sentient beings and make them get to see the Tathagatas, and make all the sentient beings in those worlds become Bodhisattvas.” Then, Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva stood in the presence of Avalokitesvara, and inquired after Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva: ”Having done so much enlightening and ferrying, are you free from tiredness
” Avalokitesvara said: ”I am not tired.” Having inquired that, Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva then stayed there silently."
"Then the Bhagavan said: ”Virtuous man, you all should listen attentively, I am now speaking for you the Dharma of the Six Paramita. Virtuous man, to become a Bodhisattva, one should first practice the Donating Paramita, and then practice the Precept-Keeping, Forbearance, Diligence, Dhyana, and Prajna Paramita, in such a way, they can all be perfectly achieved.” Having spoken the Dharma, the Buddha stayed there silently. The people of the assembly then returned inpidually to their homes, and those Bodhisattvas also returned to their own Buddha-Worlds."
(End of Chapter 2)
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