..续本文上一页s had also joined the congregation. In the midst of the congregation, there was a Bodhisattva named Akasa-garbha (Space-Store), he arose from his seat, tidied up his clothes, uncovered his right shoulder, placed his right knee on the ground, respectfully joined his palms towards the Buddha, and said to the Buddha: ”Bhagavan, where do these lights come from
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"The Buddha said: ”Virtuous man, these lights are come from a great powerful Asura king”s palace, emitted by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.”"
"Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva then said to the Bhagavan: ”Now by which means can I see that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
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"The Buddha said: ”Virtuous man, that Bodhisattva will also come here.”"
"When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was departing from the great powerful Asura king”s palace, suddenly in the Jeta Grove garden, there appeared some heavenly wonderful flower trees and heavenly kalpataru trees, adorned with innumerable various heavenly treasures of various fresh wonderful colors. Hanging over the trees, there were hundreds of kinds of pearl necklace, Kausika clothes, and other various clothes. The trunks and branches of those trees were carmine, and their leaves were made of gold and silver. There were also innumerable delicate and wonderful fragrant trees, superior wonderful flower trees, and innumerable precious pools, with hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of multicolored flowers filled inside them."
"When those things appeared, Akasa-garbha Bodhisattva asked the Bhagavan again: ”Why is it, that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva still have not come yet
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"The Buddha said: ”Virtuous man, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva have left the great powerful Asura king”s palace. And there is another place that no one can reach, which is called Darkness. Virtuous man, both sunlight and moonlight cannot reach that dark place, but there is a wish-fulfilling treasure named Comply-Wishes, which constantly emits light and shines. Inside it there are innumerable hundreds of thousands of ten thousands of Yaksas dwelling. When the Yaksas saw Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva entered into it, they became very happy. With joyful enthusiasm, they ran to receive Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, bowed to his feet and greeted: ”Bodhisattva, are you free from tiredness now
You have not been to this dark place for long.” Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said: ”Because I need to save and ferry the sentient beings.” Those Yaksas and Raksas then offered a heavenly gold treasure lion throne to the Bodhisattva and asked him to sit."
"The Bodhisattva then spoke Dharma for those Yaksas and Raksas: ”You should listen attentively. There is a Mahayana sutra, named Sublime Treasure King. If anyone can hear as few as four lines of gatha (verse) from it, can accept, uphold, read, recite, expound its meanings, and can constantly ponder on it, the blessings and virtues that he gains will be limitless.”"
"”Virtuous man, I can count the number of all atoms, but virtuous man, if anyone can accept and uphold four lines of gatha from this Mahayana Sublime Treasure King Sutra, I cannot count the number of the blessings and virtues that he gains.”"
"For all the water in the great oceans, I can count the number of their drops one by one; but if anyone can accept and uphold four lines of gatha from this sutra, I cannot count the number of the blessings and virtues that he gains. Not only that I cannot finish speaking of it all completely in this dark place, even if the Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddhas as many as twelve-fold Ganges river sands, all get together for 12 kalpas, and some person constantly offers and sustains those Buddhas with clothes, drinks, foods, beds, soup, medicine, and other materials, they also cannot finish speaking the number of such blessings and virtues.”"
"”Virtuous man,…
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