Forty-Two Things Held in Common

Having given rise to these minds, Good-Wealth came to share, with that night-spirit and with bodhisattvas as many as the fine motes of dust in a buddha-land, practices held in common. Namely: the same mindfulness, because her mind constantly calls to mind every buddha of the ten directions and the three times; the same wisdom, because she distinguishes and resolves every gate of distinction within the ocean of dharmas; the same destination, because she is able to turn the wondrous dharma-wheel of every buddha and tathāgata; the same awakening, because with wisdom equal to space she universally enters every world of the three times; the same faculty, because she has accomplished the bodhisattva's pure and radiant faculty of wisdom; the same mind, because she is skilfully able to cultivate unobstructed merit, adorning every bodhisattva path; the same domain, because she universally illuminates the domain in which every buddha moves; the same realisation, because she has attained the pure and radiant light of all-knowing wisdom that illuminates the ocean of true reality; the same meaning, because with wisdom she understands the true nature of every dharma; the same courage, because she is able to destroy the mountain of every hindrance; the same form-body, because she manifests a body according to the minds of beings; the same power, because she seeks all-knowing wisdom without ever retreating; the same fearlessness, because her mind is pure like empty space; the same vigour, because throughout measureless kalpas she practises the bodhisattva path without ever growing weary;

The same eloquence, because she has attained the unobstructed light of the wisdom of the dharma; the same peerlessness, because her bodily form is pure, surpassing the world; the same loving speech, because she causes every being to rejoice; the same wondrous voice, because she universally proclaims the ocean of every dharma-gate; the same complete voice, because every being, each according to its own kind, understands it; the same pure virtue, because she cultivates the tathāgata's own pure merit; the same ground of wisdom, because she has received the dharma-wheel at the place of every buddha; the same pure conduct, because she abides securely in the domain of every buddha; the same great loving-kindness, because in thought after thought she universally covers the ocean of beings in every land; the same great compassion, because she universally rains down the rain of dharma, moistening every being; the same bodily karma, because through skilful conduct she teaches and transforms every being; the same verbal karma, because with a voice suited to every kind she proclaims every dharma-gate; the same mental karma, because she universally gathers in beings and places them within the domain of all-knowing wisdom; the same adornment, because she adorns and purifies every buddha-land;

The same drawing-near, because whenever a buddha appears in the world she draws near to him; the same entreaty, because she entreats every buddha to turn the dharma-wheel; the same offering, because she constantly delights in making offerings to every buddha; the same teaching, because she tames and subdues every being; the same light, because she illuminates and fully understands every dharma-gate; the same samādhi, because she universally knows the minds of every being; the same pervasion, because with sovereign power she fills the ocean of every buddha-land, cultivating every practice; the same dwelling-place, because she abides in every bodhisattva's great spiritual power; the same retinue, because she dwells together with every bodhisattva; the same place of entry, because she universally enters the most subtle places of every world; the same consideration of mind, because she universally knows every buddha-land; the same going-forth, because she universally enters the ocean of every buddha-land; the same skilful means, because she manifests every buddha-land entirely; the same surpassing excellence, because in every buddha-land she is without equal;