Part 1033 of the collection · Fascicle 66 of 80 · 入法界品第三十九之七 · T279

Ten Minds, From the Buddha's Own Mouth

Without waiting to be asked, the buddha Long-Arm reads the young princess's silent question and answers it directly — ten minds she must give rise to, followed by her own resolve to seek ten specific qualities of a buddha's own being, a resolve that becomes as firm as vajra on the spot.

Translator: Ru-Yi Meditation Center Status: Part 1033 — ten minds, from the buddha's own mouth Source: Taishō T279 (Śikṣānanda, Tang, 695–699 CE)

Ten Minds to Give Rise To

Long-Arm's own answer comes before the princess ever voices her question aloud — ten distinct minds, from an indestructible mind that extinguishes affliction to a mind of vast circulation that gives the dharma freely to whoever wants it.

Chinese Source

「善男子!爾時,如來知我心念,即告我言:『汝應發不可壞心,滅諸煩惱;應發無能勝心,破諸取著;應發無退怯心,入深法門;應發能堪耐心,救惡眾生;應發無迷惑心,普於一切諸趣受生;應發無厭足心,求見諸佛無有休息;應發無知足心,悉受一切如來法雨;應發正思惟心,普生一切佛法光明;應發大住持心,普轉一切諸佛法輪;應發廣流通心,隨眾生欲施其法寶。』

Ru-Yi Translation

"Good son, at that time, the tathāgata, knowing what was in my own mind, said to me at once: 'You should give rise to an indestructible mind, extinguishing every affliction; you should give rise to an unconquerable mind, breaking through every grasping and attachment; you should give rise to a mind that never retreats or falters, entering profound dharma-gates; you should give rise to a mind able to endure, rescuing evil beings; you should give rise to a mind free of confusion, universally taking birth in every destiny of existence; you should give rise to a mind never satiated, seeking to see every buddha without rest; you should give rise to a mind never content, receiving entirely every tathāgata's own rain of dharma; you should give rise to a mind of right reflection, universally giving rise to the light of every buddha-dharma; you should give rise to a mind of great sustaining, universally turning every buddha's own wheel of dharma; and you should give rise to a mind of vast circulation, bestowing the treasure of dharma according to each being's own wish.'

A Mind Firm as Vajra

The princess's own response is to seek ten specific qualities of a buddha at once — and the moment this resolve arises, her mind becomes unbreakable, immune to every affliction and even to the two lesser vehicles.

Chinese Source

「善男子!我於彼佛所聞如是法,求一切智,求佛十力,求佛辯才,求佛光明,求佛色身,求佛相好,求佛眾會,求佛國土,求佛威儀,求佛壽命。發是心已,其心堅固猶如金剛,一切煩惱及以二乘悉不能壞。

Ru-Yi Translation

"Good son, having heard such a dharma from that buddha, I sought all-knowing wisdom, sought a buddha's own ten powers, sought a buddha's own eloquence, sought a buddha's own light, sought a buddha's own form-body, sought a buddha's own excellent marks, sought a buddha's own assembly, sought a buddha's own land, sought a buddha's own dignified bearing, and sought a buddha's own lifespan. Having given rise to this mind, my own mind became as firm as vajra, and no affliction, nor even the two vehicles, could ever destroy it.

Reading note — Ru-Yi Meditation Center

其心堅固猶如金剛 — my own mind became as firm as vajra. This is the moment that gives Immovable her own name — a resolve formed as a child, on an ordinary night, that nothing since has ever been able to shake. Everything Good-Wealth has witnessed about her, from her light to her fragrance to the fact that no being can look on her with desire, traces back to this single vajra-firm mind.

Part 1033 Complete

This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-six. Part 1034 follows Immovable's own account of what that vajra-firm mind produced across countless kalpas — a mind that never once, in all that time, gave rise to desire, anger, or a single wrong view.