The Earth Store Sutra

　　Chapter I: Spiritual Penetrations in the Palace of the Trayastrimsha Heaven

　　Chapter II: The Division Bodies Gather

　　Chapter III: Contemplating the Karmic Conditions of Beings

　　Chapter IV: Karmic Retributions of Beings in Jambudvipa

　　Chapter V: The Names of the Hells

　　Chapter VI: The Thus Come One”s Praises

　　Chapter VII: Benefiting the Living and the Dead

　　Chapter VIII: Praises of Lord Yama and His Followers

　　Chapter IX: The Names of Buddhas

　　Chapter X: The Conditions and Comparative Merit and Virtue of Giving

　　Chapter XI: The Dharma Protection of an Earth Spirit

　　Chapter XII: Benefits Derived from Seeing and Hearing

　　Chapter XIII: The Entrustment of People and Gods

　　Chapter I

　　Spiritual Penetrations in the Palace of the Trayastrimsha Heaven

　　Thus I have heard. At one time, the Buddha was in the Trayastrimsha Heaven speaking Dharma for his mother. At that time, uncountably many Buddhas and Great Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas from infinite worlds in the ten directions assembled to praise how Shakyamuni Buddha is able to manifest powerfully great wisdom and spiritual penetrations in the evil world of the Five Turbidities. They lauded how he regulates and subdues the obstinate beings so that they can learn what causes suffering and what brings bliss. Each one sent his attendants to pay their respects to the World Honored One.

　　At that time the Thus Come One smiled and emitted billions of great light clouds. There was the light cloud of great fulfillment, the light cloud of great compassion, the light cloud of great wisdom, the light cloud of great prajna, the light cloud of great samadhi, the light cloud of great auspiciousness, the light cloud of great blessings, the light cloud of great merit, the light cloud of great refuge, and the light cloud of great praise.

　　After emitting indescribably many light clouds, he also uttered many wonderful, subtle sounds. There was the sound of dana paramita, the sound of shila paramita, the sound of kshanti paramita, the sound of virya paramita, the sound of dhyana paramita, and the sound of prajna paramita. There was the sound of compassion, the sound of joyous giving, the sound of liberation, the sound of no outflows, the sound of wisdom, the sound of great wisdom, the sound of the Lion”s roar, the sound of the Great Lion”s roar, the sound of thunderclouds, and the sound of great thunderclouds.

　　After he had uttered indescribably many sounds, countless millions of gods, dragons, ghosts, and spirits from the Saha world and other worlds also gathered in the palace of the Trayastrimsha Heaven.

　　They came from the Heaven of the Four Kings, the Trayastrimsha Heaven, the Suyama Heaven, the Tushita Heaven, the Blissful Transformations Heaven, and the Heaven of Comfort Gained Through Others” Transformations.

　　They came from the Heaven of the Multitudes of Brahma, the Heaven of the Ministers of Brahma, the Heaven of the Great Brahma Lord, the Heaven of Lesser Light, the Heaven of Limitless Light, the Heaven of Light Sound, the Heaven of Lesser Purity, the Heaven of Limitless Purity, and the Heaven of Universal Purity.

　　They came from the Birth of Blessings Heaven, the Love of Blessings Heaven, the Abundant Fruit Heaven, the No Thought Heaven, the No Affliction Heaven, the No Heat Heaven, the Good Views Heaven, the Good Manifestation Heaven, the Ultimate Form Heaven, the Maheshvara Heaven, and so forth, up to the Heaven of the Station of Neither Thought Nor Non-Thought.

　　All those groups of gods, dragons, ghosts and spirits came and gathered together.

　　Moreover, sea spirits, river spirits, stream spirits, tree spirits, mountain spirits, earth spirits, brook and marsh spirits, sprout and seedling spirits, day, night, and space spirits, heaven spirits, food and drink spirits, grass and…

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