What Is Hardest to Give Up
The spiritual marvels continue — the whole great trichiliocosm appears within Māyā's own womb, and the pores of her body become mirrors for the tathāgata's entire past: every world he lived in, every gift he made, down to his own head, eyes, and flesh, given away long before this final birth.
A Womb Containing Every World
The second marvel scales up from a single body to the whole of existence — every world, every city, every garden, and Māyā herself present in every one of them.
「又，善男子！當爾之時，摩耶夫人腹中悉現三千世界一切形像，其百億閻浮提內，各有都邑，各有園林，名號不同，皆有摩耶夫人於中止住、天眾圍遶，悉為顯現菩薩將生不可思議神變之相。是為菩薩將欲誕生第二神變。
"Moreover, good son, at that very time, within Māyā's own womb there appeared, in full, every form and image of the great trichiliocosm; and within its hundred koṭis of Jambudvīpas, each had its own city, each had its own garden and grove, each with a different name, and in every one of them Māyā herself dwelt, surrounded by a multitude of gods — all of this manifesting the inconceivable marvellous signs of the bodhisattva's imminent birth. This was the second spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's imminent birth.
Every Pore, a Mirror for the Past
Three further marvels turn from the cosmos at large to the tathāgata's own history, made visible pore by pore across Māyā's own skin.
「又，善男子！摩耶夫人一切毛孔，皆現如來往昔修行菩薩道時，恭敬供養一切諸佛，及聞諸佛說法音聲。譬如明鏡及以水中，能現虛空日月、星宿、雲雷等像；摩耶夫人身諸毛孔亦復如是，能現如來往昔因緣。是為菩薩將欲誕生第三神變。「又，善男子！摩耶夫人身諸毛孔，一一皆現如來往修菩薩行時，所住世界，城邑聚落，山林河海，眾生劫數，值佛出世，入淨國土，隨所受生，壽命長短，依善知識修行善法，於一切剎在在生處，摩耶夫人常為其母；如是一切，於毛孔中靡不皆現。是為菩薩將欲誕生第四神變。「又，善男子！摩耶夫人一一毛孔，顯現如來往昔修行菩薩行時，隨所生處，色相形貌，衣服飲食，苦樂等事，一一普現，分明辯了。是為菩薩將欲誕生第五神變。
"Moreover, good son, every pore of Māyā's own body manifested how the tathāgata, in ages past, cultivating the bodhisattva path, had reverently made offerings to every buddha, and had heard the voice of every buddha expounding the dharma. Just as a bright mirror, or the surface of water, is able to manifest the images of empty space itself — the sun, the moon, the constellations, the clouds and thunder — so too were every pore of Māyā's body able to manifest the tathāgata's own causes and conditions from ages past. This was the third spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's imminent birth. "Moreover, good son, every single pore of Māyā's own body manifested, in full, the worlds the tathāgata had dwelt in while cultivating the bodhisattva's practices in ages past — the cities and towns and villages, the mountains and forests and rivers and seas, the number of kalpas beings passed through, the buddhas he encountered arising in the world, the pure lands he entered, the length of his lifespan according to wherever he took birth, his cultivation of wholesome dharmas by relying on good spiritual friends — and in every land, in every place he was born, Māyā herself was forever his mother; every one of these things, without exception, appeared within those pores. This was the fourth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's imminent birth. "Moreover, good son, every single pore of Māyā's own body revealed, from wherever the tathāgata had been born while cultivating the bodhisattva's practices in ages past, his form and bodily appearance, his clothing and food and drink, matters of suffering and joy alike — each and every one of them appeared in full, clear and distinct. This was the fifth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's imminent birth.
於一切剎在在生處，摩耶夫人常為其母 — in every land, in every place he was born, Māyā herself was forever his mother. The fourth marvel's claim is not that Māyā witnessed the tathāgata's past lives, but that she was present in every single one of them, in this same role. The pores revealing "every world he was born in" and "his mother in every one of them" are the same fact stated twice.
What Is Hardest to Give Up
The sixth marvel turns to the tathāgata's own past practice of giving — a plain, unflinching list of what exactly he once gave away.
「又，善男子！摩耶夫人身諸毛孔，一一皆現世尊往昔修施行時，捨所難捨——頭目耳鼻，脣舌牙齒，身體手足，血肉筋骨，男女妻妾，城邑宮殿，衣服瓔珞，金銀寶貨。——如是一切內外諸物，亦見受者形貌、音聲及其處所。是為菩薩將欲誕生第六神變。
"Moreover, good son, every single pore of Māyā's own body manifested how the World-Honored One, in ages past, cultivating the practice of giving, had given up what is hardest to give up — his head, his eyes, his ears, his nose, his lips, his tongue, his teeth, his body, his hands and feet, his blood and flesh and sinew and bone, his sons and daughters and wives and consorts, his cities and palaces, his clothing and jewelled ornaments, his gold and silver and every treasure. Every one of these things, inner and outer alike, could be seen, together with the form, the voice, and the very place of whoever received them. This was the sixth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's imminent birth.
捨所難捨——頭目耳鼻⋯⋯金銀寶貨 — had given up what is hardest to give up — his head, his eyes, his ears, his nose⋯⋯his gold and silver and every treasure. The list moves from the tathāgata's own body, to his family, to his kingdom, to his wealth — parts of himself before possessions, and among the possessions, people before property. Nothing on the list is described as withheld.
Part 1189 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle seventy-four. Part 1190 continues the spiritual marvels with the seventh through tenth, closing on a great lotus rising from the very foundation of the vajra realm.