The Ten Pure Vows
The chapter turns from practice to vow — ten pure vows a bodhisattva makes, from bringing living beings to maturity without weariness to being fully endowed with Samantabhadra's own practice, and the ten dharmas that carry those vows through to fulfillment.
The Ten Pure Vows
「佛子！菩薩有十種清淨願。何等為十？一願，成熟眾生，無有疲倦；二願，具行眾善，淨諸世界；三願，承事如來，常生尊重；四願，護持正法，不惜軀命；五願，以智觀察，入諸佛土；六願，與諸菩薩同一體性；七願，入如來門，了一切法；八願，見者生信，無不獲益；九願，神力住世，盡未來劫；十願，具普賢行，淨治一切種智之門。佛子！是為菩薩十種清淨願。」
"Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva has ten kinds of pure vow. What are the ten? The first vow: to bring living beings to maturity, without ever growing weary. The second vow: to fully practice every wholesome deed, purifying every world. The third vow: to attend upon the Tathāgata, forever giving rise to reverence. The fourth vow: to guard and uphold the true Dharma, never begrudging their own body or life. The fifth vow: to contemplate with wisdom, entering every buddha-land. The sixth vow: to share one and the same essential nature with every bodhisattva. The seventh vow: to enter the Tathāgata's own gate, thoroughly understanding every dharma. The eighth vow: that whoever sees them gives rise to faith, and none fails to gain benefit. The ninth vow: that their own spiritual power abides in the world to the very furthest limit of kalpas to come. The tenth vow: to be fully endowed with Samantabhadra's own practice, purifying the very gateway of the wisdom of all modes. Son of the Buddha, these are the bodhisattva's ten kinds of pure vow."
Ten Dharmas That Bring the Great Vows to Fulfillment
「佛子！菩薩住十種法，令諸大願皆得圓滿。何等為十？一者，心無疲厭；二者，具大莊嚴；三者，念諸菩薩殊勝願力；四者，聞諸佛土，悉願往生；五者，深心長久，盡未來劫；六者，願悉成就一切眾生；七者，住一切劫，不以為勞；八者，受一切苦，不生厭離；九者，於一切樂，心無貪著；十者，常勤守護無上法門。」
"Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva abides in ten kinds of dharma that bring every great vow entirely to fulfillment. What are the ten? First, a mind without weariness or fatigue. Second, being fully endowed with great adornment. Third, holding in mind the supreme power of every bodhisattva's own vows. Fourth, upon hearing of any buddha-land, vowing to be born there. Fifth, a profound mind that endures long, to the very furthest limit of kalpas to come. Sixth, vowing to bring every living being entirely to accomplishment. Seventh, abiding through every kalpa without regarding it as toil. Eighth, receiving every kind of suffering without ever giving rise to aversion or the wish to flee it. Ninth, toward every kind of happiness, a mind without greed or attachment. Tenth, forever diligently guarding the unsurpassed Dharma-gate."
The ninth pure vow — that a bodhisattva's own spiritual power abide in the world to the very furthest limit of kalpas to come — and the tenth — being fully endowed with the practice of Samantabhadra — together point toward the sūtra's own closing chapter many fascicles ahead, the Gaṇḍavyūha, where Samantabhadra's vows become the sūtra's own final and most famous teaching. Here they appear already, folded into a list of ten, long before that chapter is reached.
Part 106 Complete
This closes Part 106. Chapter 18 continues in Part 107.