The Great Lotus, and Ten Hymns on the Buddha's Body
This installment completes fascicle six and the chapter "The Tathāgata's Manifestation." Light from between the Buddha's brows enters through the soles of his feet; a great lotus flower unlike any other appears before him; and from within the very mark of hair between his brows, a bodhisattva named the Supreme Voice of Every Dharma emerges to sit upon its dais, with the rest of the assembly seated on its stamens. Ten bodhisattvas in turn — Supreme Voice among them — sing of the Buddha's single body pervading the whole Dharma-realm, closing the chapter without the Buddha himself ever speaking a word.
Light from the Brow, and the Great Lotus
爾時，世尊欲令一切菩薩大眾得於如來無邊境界神通力故，放眉間光，此光名：一切菩薩智光明，普照耀十方藏。其狀猶如寶色燈雲，遍照十方一切佛剎，其中國土及以眾生悉令顯現。又普震動諸世界網，一一塵中現無數佛。隨諸眾生性欲不同，普雨三世一切諸佛妙法輪雲，顯示如來波羅蜜海；又雨無量諸出離雲，令諸眾生永度生死；復雨諸佛大願之雲，顯示十方諸世界中。普賢菩薩道場眾會，作是事已，右遶於佛，從足下入。
At that time, the World-Honored One, wishing to cause the whole great assembly of bodhisattvas to attain the Tathāgata's own boundless power of spiritual transmutation over every domain, emitted light from between his brows. This light was named: the Wisdom-Light of Every Bodhisattva, Universally Illumining the Treasury of the Ten Directions. Its very form was like a cloud-lamp of every jeweled color, shining universally upon every buddha-land of the ten directions, causing the lands within them, and their living beings as well, to be revealed entirely. It also universally shook the net of every world-system, and within each and every mote of dust manifested countless buddhas. According to the differing natures and desires of living beings, it universally rained down clouds of the wondrous Dharma-wheel of every buddha of the three periods of time, revealing the ocean of the Tathāgata's own pāramitās; and it also rained down immeasurable clouds of going-forth, causing every living being to forever cross beyond birth-and-death; and it further rained down clouds of every buddha's great vow, revealing them within every world of the ten directions. Having accomplished this, before the assembly at Samantabhadra's own awakening-site, it circled the Buddha to the right, and entered in through the very soles of his feet.
爾時，佛前有大蓮華，忽然出現。其華具有十種莊嚴，一切蓮華所不能及。所謂：眾寶間錯以為其莖；摩尼寶王以為其藏；法界眾寶普作其葉；諸香摩尼而作其鬚；閻浮檀金莊瑩其臺；妙網覆上，光色清淨；於一念中，示現無邊諸佛神變；普能發起一切音聲；摩尼寶王影現佛身；於音聲中，普能演說一切菩薩所修行願。此華生已，一念之間，於如來白毫相中，有菩薩摩訶薩，名：一切法勝音，與世界海微塵數諸菩薩眾，俱時而出，右遶如來，經無量匝，禮佛足已。
At that time, before the Buddha, a great lotus flower suddenly appeared. This flower was endowed with ten kinds of adornment that no other lotus flower could ever match. These were: every jewel, interspersed, formed its stem; the sovereign maṇi jewel formed its calyx; every jewel of the Dharma-realm formed its leaves entirely; every fragrant maṇi formed its pistils; Jambūnada gold adorned and graced its dais; a wondrous net covered it above, its light and color pure; within a single thought, it revealed the boundless spiritual transformation of every buddha; it was able to give rise universally to every kind of sound; the sovereign maṇi jewel reflected the Buddha's own body within it; and within its very sound it was able to universally proclaim the vow and practice cultivated by every bodhisattva. No sooner had this flower arisen than, within a single thought, from within the very mark of the Tathāgata's white curl of hair, there was a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Supreme Voice of Every Dharma, who, together with bodhisattvas as numerous as the fine motes of dust in a world-ocean, emerged all at once, circling the Tathāgata to the right for immeasurable circuits, and, having done so, bowed in homage at the Buddha's very feet.
The brow-light entering "through the very soles of his feet" is a small but deliberate detail: light emitted from the highest point of the body completing its circuit at the lowest closes a figure, suggesting the Buddha's own body as a single, unbroken field rather than a hierarchy of higher and lower parts. The lotus that follows is explicitly said to surpass every other lotus in existence — its stem, calyx, leaves, and fruit are each named individually, a level of specificity the sūtra rarely spends on a single object, marking this flower as the stage for what is about to happen: a bodhisattva born directly from the white ūrṇā between the Buddha's own brows, traditionally counted among the thirty-two marks of a great being.
The Supreme Voice of Every Dharma
時，勝音菩薩坐蓮華臺，諸菩薩眾坐蓮華鬚，各於其上，次第而住。其一切法勝音菩薩，了深法界，生大歡喜；入佛所行，智無凝滯；入不可測佛法身海，往一切剎諸如來所；身諸毛孔悉現神通，念念普觀一切法界；十方諸佛，共與其力，令普安住一切三昧，盡未來劫，常見諸佛無邊法界功德海身，乃至一切三昧解脫、神通變化。即於眾中，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「佛身充滿於法界，普現一切眾生前，
隨緣赴感靡不周，而恒處此菩提座。
如來一一毛孔中，一切剎塵諸佛坐，
菩薩眾會共圍遶，演說普賢之勝行。
如來安處菩提座，一毛示現多剎海，
一一毛現悉亦然，如是普周於法界。
一一剎中悉安立，一切剎土皆周遍，
十方菩薩如雲集，莫不咸來詣道場。
一切剎土微塵數，功德光明菩薩海，
普在如來眾會中，乃至法界咸充遍。
法界微塵諸剎土，一切眾中皆出現，
如是分身智境界，普賢行中能建立。
一切諸佛眾會中，勝智菩薩僉然坐，
各各聽法生歡喜，處處修行無量劫。
已入普賢廣大願，各各出生眾佛法，
毘盧遮那法海中，修行克證如來地。
普賢菩薩所開覺，一切如來同讚喜，
已獲諸佛大神通，法界周流無不遍。
一切剎土微塵數，常現身雲悉充滿，
普為眾生放大光，各雨法雨稱其心。」
At that time, the Bodhisattva Supreme Voice sat upon the lotus's dais, and the assembly of bodhisattvas sat upon the lotus's pistils, each dwelling in order upon it. This Bodhisattva, the Supreme Voice of Every Dharma, thoroughly understood the profound Dharma-realm, giving rise to great joy; he had entered the very conduct of the Buddha, his wisdom never obstructed or delayed; he had entered the immeasurable ocean of the Buddha's own Dharma-body, going to the place of every Tathāgata in every land; every pore of his body manifested spiritual transmutation entirely, and within every single thought he universally beheld the whole Dharma-realm; every buddha of the ten directions together bestowed their power upon him, causing him to abide securely in every samādhi universally, forever beholding, to the very end of future kalpas, the boundless body of every buddha's ocean of merit throughout the Dharma-realm, down to every samādhi, liberation, and spiritual transformation. Then, amid the assembly, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, he contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Buddha's body fills the Dharma-realm entirely, manifesting universally before every living being,
responding to every condition and impulse without exception, and yet forever dwelling upon this very seat of bodhi.
Within each and every pore of the Tathāgata sit buddhas as numerous as the motes of dust in every land,
surrounded together by an assembly of bodhisattvas, expounding the excellent conduct of Samantabhadra.
The Tathāgata dwells at ease upon the seat of bodhi, and within a single hair reveals many an ocean of lands,
and every single hair likewise does the same, pervading the Dharma-realm universally in just this way.
Within each and every land he is established entirely, pervading every land and territory completely,
and bodhisattvas of the ten directions gather like clouds, all coming without exception to this very awakening-site.
The ocean of bodhisattvas of merit and light, as numerous as the fine motes of dust in every land, dwells universally within the Tathāgata's own assembly,
pervading even the whole Dharma-realm entirely.
Within every land, as numerous as the motes of dust in the Dharma-realm, he appears within every single assembly —
such is the domain of wisdom of his own dividing of body, which is established within the conduct of Samantabhadra.
Within the assembly of every buddha, bodhisattvas of supreme wisdom sit together in unison,
each and every one listening to the Dharma and giving rise to joy, practicing in every place across immeasurable kalpas.
Having already entered Samantabhadra's own vast vow, each and every one brings forth every buddha-dharma,
and within Vairocana's own ocean of the Dharma, practices and thereby attains the Tathāgata's own ground.
What Samantabhadra Bodhisattva has awakened to, every Tathāgata together praises with delight;
he has already attained the great spiritual transmutation of every buddha, circulating throughout the Dharma-realm, reaching everywhere without exception.
As numerous as the fine motes of dust in every land, he forever manifests clouds of his own body, filling everything entirely,
universally emitting great light for the sake of living beings, each one raining the rain of the Dharma suited to their own mind."
Nine More Hymns on the Buddha's Body
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：觀察一切勝法蓮華光慧王，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「如來甚深智，普入於法界，
能隨三世轉，與世為明導。
諸佛同法身，無依無差別，
隨諸眾生意，令見佛色形。
具足一切智，遍知一切法，
一切國土中，一切無不現。
佛身及光明，色相不思議，
眾生信樂者，隨應悉令見。
於一佛身上，化為無量佛，
雷音遍眾剎，演法深如海。
一一毛孔中，光網遍十方，
演佛妙音聲，調彼難調者。
如來光明中，常出深妙音，
讚佛功德海，及菩薩所行。
佛轉正法輪，無量無有邊，
所說法無等，淺智不能測。
一切世界中，現身成正覺，
各各起神變，法界悉充滿。
如來一一身，現佛等眾生，
一切微塵剎，普現神通力。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named Observing Every Supreme Dharma, the King of Lotus-Light's Wisdom, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Tathāgata's profound wisdom universally enters the Dharma-realm, able to turn according to the three periods of time,
becoming a bright guide for the world. Every buddha shares the same Dharma-body, relying on nothing, without any distinction,
and, according to the intent of every living being, causes them to see the Buddha's own bodily form.
Fully endowed with omniscience, understanding every dharma entirely, within every land, there is nothing he fails to manifest.
The Buddha's body and his light, their forms and marks inconceivable, whoever among living beings has faith and delight in it,
he causes them all to see it according to what is fitting.
From upon a single buddha's body, he transforms into immeasurable buddhas, his thunder-voice pervading every land,
expounding the Dharma as deep as the ocean. Within each and every pore, a net of light pervades the ten directions,
proclaiming the Buddha's wondrous voice, taming those hard to tame.
Within the Tathāgata's own light, he forever sends forth a profound, wondrous voice, praising the ocean of the Buddha's merit and the conduct of the bodhisattvas.
The Buddha turns the wheel of the true Dharma, immeasurable and without any bound,
and the Dharma he teaches has no equal, unfathomable by shallow wisdom.
Within every world, he manifests his body to accomplish true awakening, each and every one rousing spiritual transformation, filling the Dharma-realm entirely.
Within each and every body of the Tathāgata, he manifests buddhas equal to living beings themselves,
and within every land as numerous as motes of dust, he universally manifests the power of spiritual transmutation."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：法喜慧光明，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「佛身常顯現，法界悉充滿，
恒演廣大音，普震十方國。
如來普現身，遍入於世間，
隨眾生樂欲，顯示神通力。
佛隨眾生心，普現於其前，
眾生所見者，皆是佛神力。
光明無有邊，說法亦無量，
佛子隨其智，能入能觀察。
佛身無有生，而能示出生，
法性如虛空，諸佛於中住。
無住亦無去，處處皆見佛，
光明靡不周，名稱悉遠聞。
無體無住處，亦無生可得，
無相亦無形，所現皆如影。
佛隨眾生心，為興大法雲，
種種方便門，示悟而調伏。
一切世界中，見佛坐道場，
大眾所圍遶，照耀十方國。
一切諸佛身，皆有無盡相，
示現雖無量，色相終不盡。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named Dharma-Joy's Wisdom-Light, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Buddha's body constantly reveals itself, filling the Dharma-realm entirely, forever proclaiming a vast voice,
shaking every land of the ten directions universally. The Tathāgata manifests his body universally, entering into the world entirely,
and, according to what living beings delight in and desire, reveals his power of spiritual transmutation.
The Buddha, according to the minds of living beings, manifests universally before them, and whatever living beings behold is entirely the Buddha's own spiritual power.
His light is without any bound, and his teaching of the Dharma is likewise immeasurable,
and the Buddha's children, according to their own wisdom, are able to enter and to contemplate it.
The Buddha's body has no birth at all, and yet is able to reveal itself as being born; the nature of the Dharma is like empty space, and every buddha abides within it.
Without abiding and without going anywhere, he is beheld in every single place, his light reaching everywhere without exception, his renown heard everywhere, far and wide.
Without any fixed substance, without any place of abode, and without any birth that could ever be found, without mark and without form, whatever is manifest is entirely like a reflection.
The Buddha, according to the minds of living beings, raises up the great cloud of the Dharma for their sake,
revealing awakening and taming them through every kind of skillful gateway.
Within every world, he is beheld seated at the awakening-site, surrounded by the great assembly, shining forth upon every land of the ten directions.
Every buddha's body possesses every inexhaustible mark, and though his manifestations are immeasurable, his forms and marks are never exhausted at all."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：香焰光普明慧，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「此會諸菩薩，入佛難思地，
一一皆能見，一切佛神力。
智身能遍入，一切剎微塵，
見身在彼中，普見於諸佛。
如影現眾剎，一切如來所，
於彼一切中，悉現神通事。
普賢諸行願，修治已明潔，
能於一切剎，普見佛神變。
身住一切處，一切皆平等，
智能如是行，入佛之境界。
已證如來智，等照於法界，
普入佛毛孔，一切諸剎海。
一切佛國土，皆現神通力，
示現種種身，及種種名號。
能於一念頃，普現諸神變，
道場成正覺，及轉妙法輪。
一切廣大剎，億劫不思議，
菩薩三昧中，一念皆能現。
一切諸佛土，一一諸菩薩，
普入於佛身，無邊亦無盡。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Fragrant Flame's Light, Universally Bright Wisdom, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"Every bodhisattva of this assembly has entered the Buddha's own ground, hard to conceive, and each and every one is able to see the spiritual power of every buddha entirely.
Their body of wisdom is able to enter universally into every mote of dust in every land,
and, seeing their own body dwelling within it, they behold every buddha universally.
Like a reflection appearing in every land, at the place of every Tathāgata, within every one of them entirely, they manifest the very work of spiritual transmutation.
Every conduct and vow of Samantabhadra, already cultivated and made clear and pure,
enables them, within every land, to universally behold the Buddha's own spiritual transformation.
Their body dwells in every place, and everything is equal entirely, and their wisdom, thus able to act, enters the very domain of the Buddha.
Having already realized the Tathāgata's own wisdom, illumining the Dharma-realm equally,
they universally enter the Buddha's very pores, the whole ocean of every land.
Within every buddha-land, they manifest the power of spiritual transmutation entirely, revealing every kind of body, and every kind of name.
Able, within the space of a single thought, to manifest every spiritual transformation universally —
accomplishing true awakening at the awakening-site, and turning the wondrous Dharma-wheel.
Every vast land, across a hundred million inconceivable kalpas, the bodhisattva, within his very samādhi, is able to manifest entirely within a single thought.
Within every buddha-land, each and every bodhisattva universally enters into the Buddha's own body, boundless and inexhaustible."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：師子奮迅慧光明，承佛威神，遍觀十方而說頌曰：
「毘盧遮那佛，能轉正法輪，
法界諸國土，如雲悉周遍。
十方中所有，諸大世界海，
佛神通願力，處處轉法輪。
一切諸剎土，廣大眾會中，
名號各不同，隨應演妙法。
如來大威力，普賢願所成，
一切國土中，妙音無不至。
佛身等剎塵，普雨於法雨，
無生無差別，現一切世間。
無數諸億劫，一切塵剎中，
往昔所行事，妙音咸具演。
十方塵國土，光網悉周遍，
光中悉有佛，普化諸群生。
佛身無差別，充滿於法界，
能令見色身，隨機善調伏。
三世一切剎，所有眾導師，
種種名號殊，為說皆令見。
過未及現在，一切諸如來，
所轉妙法輪，此會皆得聞。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Lion's Vigorous Wisdom-Light, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, beheld the ten directions everywhere, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Buddha Vairocana is able to turn the wheel of the true Dharma, and, throughout every land of the Dharma-realm, pervades it entirely like a cloud.
Within all the great world-oceans that exist throughout the ten directions,
through the Buddha's power of spiritual transmutation and vow, he turns the Dharma-wheel in every single place.
Within the vast assembly of every land, his names are each distinct, and, according to what is fitting, he expounds the wondrous Dharma.
The Tathāgata's great, majestic power is accomplished through Samantabhadra's own vow,
and within every land there is nowhere his wondrous voice fails to reach.
The Buddha's body, equal to the motes of dust in every land, universally rains down the rain of the Dharma, without birth, without distinction, manifesting throughout every world.
Across countless hundreds of millions of kalpas, within every land as numerous as motes of dust,
the deeds practiced in ages past, his wondrous voice fully proclaims them all.
Throughout every land of the ten directions, as numerous as motes of dust, a net of light pervades everything entirely, and within that light there is a buddha in every one, universally transforming every multitude of living beings.
The Buddha's body is without any distinction, filling the Dharma-realm entirely,
and is able to cause his own form-body to be seen, skillfully taming beings according to their own capacity.
Every guide that exists in every land of the three periods of time, their every kind of name distinct, teaches the Dharma for their sake and causes it all to be seen.
Past, future, and present — every Tathāgata, the wondrous Dharma-wheel that they turn, this very assembly is able to hear it all."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：法海慧功德藏，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「此會諸佛子，善修眾智慧，
斯人已能入，如是方便門。
一一國土中，普演廣大音，
說佛所行處，周聞十方剎。
一一心念中，普觀一切法，
安住真如地，了達諸法海。
一一佛身中，億劫不思議，
修習波羅蜜，及嚴淨國土。
一一微塵中，能證一切法，
如是無所礙，周行十方國。
一一佛剎中，往詣悉無餘，
見佛神通力，入佛所行處。
諸佛廣大音，法界靡不聞，
菩薩能了知，善入音聲海。
劫海演妙音，其音等無別，
智周三世者，入彼音聲地。
眾生所有音，及佛自在聲，
獲得音聲智，一切皆能了。
從地而得地，住於力地中，
億劫勤修行，所獲法如是。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Ocean of Dharma's Wisdom, Treasury of Merit, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Buddha's children in this assembly have skillfully cultivated every wisdom,
and these very people have already been able to enter such a skillful gateway.
Within each and every land, they universally proclaim a vast voice,
teaching the very place of the Buddha's own conduct, heard throughout every land of the ten directions.
Within each and every thought of mind, they universally contemplate every dharma,
abiding securely in the ground of suchness, thoroughly understanding the whole ocean of every dharma.
Within each and every buddha's body, across a hundred million inconceivable kalpas,
they cultivate the pāramitās, and adorn and purify every land.
Within each and every mote of dust, they are able to realize every dharma,
and thus, without any obstruction, they travel throughout every land of the ten directions.
To each and every buddha-land, they go entirely without exception,
beholding the Buddha's own power of spiritual transmutation, entering the very place of the Buddha's own conduct.
The vast voice of every buddha, there is nowhere in the Dharma-realm it fails to be heard,
and the bodhisattva is able to understand it, skillfully entering the ocean of every voice.
Across an ocean of kalpas he proclaims his wondrous voice, and that voice is equal, without distinction,
and the one whose wisdom pervades the three periods of time enters that very ground of voice.
Every voice that living beings possess, and the Buddha's own sovereign voice,
having attained the wisdom of every voice, they are able to understand it all entirely.
Progressing from ground to ground, abiding within the very ground of power,
diligently practicing across a hundred million kalpas — the Dharma they attain is just like this."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：慧燈普明，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「一切諸如來，遠離於眾相，
若能知是法，乃見世導師。
菩薩三昧中，慧光普明了，
能知一切佛，自在之體性。
見佛真實體，則悟甚深法，
普觀於法界，隨願而受身。
從於福海生，安住於智地，
觀察一切法，修行最勝道。
一切佛剎中，一切如來所，
如是遍法界，悉見真實體。
十方廣大剎，億劫勤修行，
能游正遍知，一切諸法海。
唯一堅密身，一切塵中見，
無生亦無相，普現於諸國。
隨諸眾生心，普現於其前，
種種示調伏，速令向佛道。
以佛威神故，出現諸菩薩，
佛力所加持，普見諸如來。
一切眾導師，無量威神力，
開悟諸菩薩，法界悉周遍。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Lamp of Wisdom, Universally Bright, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"Every Tathāgata is far removed from every mark, and if one is able to know this Dharma, only then does one truly see the guide of the world.
Within the bodhisattva's own samādhi, the light of wisdom is universally clear,
able to know the sovereign nature of every buddha.
Beholding the Buddha's true, real substance, one thereby awakens to the profound Dharma, universally contemplating the Dharma-realm, taking on a body according to one's own vow.
Born from the ocean of blessing, abiding securely in the ground of wisdom,
contemplating every dharma, one practices the most excellent path.
Within every buddha-land, at the place of every Tathāgata, pervading the Dharma-realm thus, one beholds the true, real substance entirely.
Throughout the vast lands of the ten directions, diligently practicing across a hundred million kalpas,
one is able to roam within the perfect, universal knowledge of the whole ocean of every dharma.
The one, firm, and dense body is seen within every mote of dust, without birth and without mark, manifesting universally throughout every land.
According to the minds of every living being, it manifests universally before them,
revealing every kind of taming, swiftly causing them to turn toward the path of the Buddha.
Through the Buddha's own majestic spirit, bodhisattvas appear, and, empowered by the Buddha's own power, they universally behold every Tathāgata.
Every guide of the multitude, with immeasurable majestic, spiritual power,
awakens every bodhisattva, pervading the Dharma-realm entirely."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：華焰髻普明智，承佛威力，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「一切國土中，普演微妙音，
稱揚佛功德，法界悉充滿。
佛以法為身，清淨如虛空，
所現眾色形，令入此法中。
若有深信喜，及為佛攝受，
當知如是人，能生了佛智。
諸有少智者，不能知此法，
慧眼清淨人，於此乃能見。
以佛威神力，觀察一切法，
入住及出時，所見皆明了。
一切諸法中，法門無有邊，
成就一切智，入於深法海。
安住佛國土，出興一切處，
無去亦無來，諸佛法如是。
一切眾生海，佛身如影現，
隨其解差別，如是見導師。
一切毛孔中，各各現神通，
修行普賢願，清淨者能見。
佛以一一身，處處轉法輪，
法界悉周遍，思議莫能及。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Flower-Flame Topknot's Universally Bright Wisdom, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic power, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"Within every land, a subtle, wondrous voice is universally proclaimed, extolling the Buddha's merit, filling the Dharma-realm entirely.
The Buddha takes the Dharma as his very body, pure like empty space,
and every form and shape he manifests causes beings to enter this very Dharma.
If there is one who has profound faith and joy, and is gathered in by the Buddha, one should know that such a person is able to give rise to the wisdom that understands the Buddha.
Those of little wisdom are unable to know this Dharma;
only the one with a pure eye of wisdom is able to see it here.
Through the Buddha's own majestic, spiritual power, one contemplates every dharma, and, whether entering, abiding, or emerging, whatever is seen is entirely clear.
Within every dharma, the Dharma-gateway is without any bound,
accomplishing omniscience, entering the profound ocean of the Dharma.
Abiding securely in the Buddha's own land, appearing in every place, neither going anywhere nor coming from anywhere — the Dharma of every buddha is just like this.
Throughout the whole ocean of every living being, the Buddha's body appears like a reflection,
and, according to each one's own distinct understanding, they behold the guide in just this way.
Within every single pore, each and every one manifests spiritual transmutation, and the one who practices and cultivates Samantabhadra's own vow, if pure, is able to see it.
The Buddha, with each and every one of his bodies, turns the Dharma-wheel in every single place,
pervading the Dharma-realm entirely, beyond what any conception could ever reach."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：威德慧無盡光，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「一一佛剎中，處處坐道場，
眾會共圍遶，魔軍悉摧伏。
佛身放光明，遍滿於十方，
隨應而示現，色相非一種。
一一微塵內，光明悉充滿，
普見十方土，種種各差別。
十方諸剎海，種種無量剎，
悉平坦清淨，帝青寶所成。
或覆或傍住，或似蓮華合，
或圓或四方，種種眾形相。
法界諸剎土，周行無所礙，
一切眾會中，常轉妙法輪。
佛身不思議，國土悉在中，
於其一切處，導世演真法。
所轉妙法輪，法性無差別，
依於一實理，演說諸法相。
佛以圓滿音，闡明真實理，
隨其解差別，現無盡法門。
一切剎土中，見佛坐道場，
佛身如影現，生滅不可得。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named Majestic Virtue's Wisdom, Inexhaustible Light, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"Within each and every buddha-land, he sits at the awakening-site in every single place, surrounded together by the assembly, and every army of Māra is entirely subdued.
The Buddha's body emits light, filling the ten directions entirely,
revealing itself according to what is fitting, its forms and marks not of any single kind.
Within each and every mote of dust, light fills it entirely, and every land of the ten directions is universally seen, each distinct in every kind.
The ocean of every land of the ten directions, immeasurable lands of every kind,
are all entirely level and pure, formed of indranīla jewel.
Some are inverted, some stand to the side, some are like a closed lotus flower, some round, some square — every kind of form and shape.
Every land of the Dharma-realm, he travels through unobstructed,
and within every assembly, he forever turns the wondrous Dharma-wheel.
The Buddha's body is inconceivable, and every land dwells within it entirely, and, in every single place, he guides the world, expounding the true Dharma.
The wondrous Dharma-wheel he turns has a Dharma-nature without any distinction,
relying on the one true principle to expound the mark of every dharma.
The Buddha, with his perfect and complete voice, clarifies the true principle, and, according to each one's own distinct understanding, manifests the inexhaustible Dharma-gateway.
Within every land, he is beheld seated at the awakening-site,
his body appearing like a reflection, and neither its arising nor its ceasing can ever be found."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：法界普明慧，承佛威力，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「如來微妙身，色相不思議，
見者生歡喜，恭敬信樂法。
佛身一切相，悉現無量佛，
普入十方界，一一微塵中。
十方國土海，無量無邊佛，
咸於念念中，各各現神通。
大智諸菩薩，深入於法海，
佛力所加持，能知此方便。
若有已安住，普賢諸行願，
見彼眾國土，一切佛神力。
若人有信解，及以諸大願，
具足深智慧，通達一切法。
能於諸佛身，一一而觀察，
色聲無所礙，了達於諸境。
能於諸佛身，安住智所行，
速入如來地，普攝於法界。
佛剎微塵數，如是諸國土，
能令一念中，一一塵中現。
一切諸國土，及以神通事，
悉現一剎中，菩薩力如是。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Dharma-Realm's Universal, Bright Wisdom, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic power, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Tathāgata's subtle, wondrous body, its forms and marks are inconceivable, and whoever beholds it gives rise to joy, reverence, faith, and delight in the Dharma.
Every mark of the Buddha's body manifests immeasurable buddhas entirely,
universally entering the realm of the ten directions, within each and every mote of dust.
Throughout the ocean of every land of the ten directions, immeasurable, boundless buddhas, within every single thought, each and every one manifests spiritual transmutation.
Bodhisattvas of great wisdom, entering deeply into the ocean of the Dharma,
empowered by the Buddha's own power, are able to know this skillful means.
If there is one who already abides securely in every conduct and vow of Samantabhadra, that one beholds every land and the spiritual power of every buddha.
If a person has faith and understanding, together with every great vow,
and is fully endowed with profound wisdom, that one thoroughly comprehends every dharma.
Able, with respect to the body of every buddha, to contemplate each and every one, unobstructed in form and voice, thoroughly understanding every domain.
Able, with respect to the body of every buddha, to abide securely in the very conduct of wisdom,
swiftly entering the Tathāgata's own ground, universally gathering in the Dharma-realm.
As numerous as the fine motes of dust in a buddha-land, every such land, he is able to cause, within a single thought, to be manifest within each and every mote of dust.
Every land, together with every deed of spiritual transmutation, is manifest entirely within a single land —
such is the power of the bodhisattva."
爾時，眾中復有菩薩摩訶薩，名：精進力無礙慧，承佛威神，觀察十方而說頌曰：
「佛演一妙音，周聞十方剎，
眾音悉具足，法雨皆充遍。
一切言辭海，一切隨類音，
一切佛剎中，轉於淨法輪。
一切諸國土，悉見佛神變，
聽佛說法音，聞已趣菩提。
法界諸國土，一一微塵中，
如來解脫力，於彼普現身。
法身同虛空，無礙無差別，
色形如影像，種種眾相現。
影像無方所，如空無體性，
智慧廣大人，了達其平等。
佛身不可取，無生無起作，
應物普現前，平等如虛空。
十方所有佛，盡入一毛孔，
各各現神通，智眼能觀見。
毘盧遮那佛，願力周法界，
一切國土中，恒轉無上輪。
一毛現神變，一切佛同說，
經於無量劫，不得其邊際。」
At that time, amid the assembly there was further a bodhisattva-mahāsattva named the Power of Diligence's Unobstructed Wisdom, who, sustained by the Buddha's majestic spirit, contemplated the ten directions, and spoke a verse, saying:
"The Buddha proclaims a single wondrous voice, heard throughout every land of the ten directions, every sound entirely complete within it, the rain of the Dharma filling everything universally.
The whole ocean of every kind of speech, every voice suited to every kind,
within every buddha-land, turns the pure Dharma-wheel.
Within every land, the Buddha's spiritual transformation is beheld entirely, and, listening to the Buddha's voice teaching the Dharma, upon hearing it, one hastens toward bodhi.
Throughout every land of the Dharma-realm, within each and every mote of dust,
the Tathāgata's own liberating power manifests his body universally there.
The Dharma-body is the same as empty space, unobstructed, without any distinction, and its form and shape are like a reflection, every kind of mark manifest.
The reflection has no fixed place, like space, without any fixed nature,
and the one of vast wisdom thoroughly understands its equality.
The Buddha's body cannot be grasped at all, without birth and without any arising or activity, and yet, responding to things, it manifests universally before them, equal like empty space itself.
Every buddha that exists in the ten directions enters entirely within a single pore,
each and every one manifesting spiritual transmutation, which the eye of wisdom is able to behold.
The Buddha Vairocana, the power of his vow pervading the Dharma-realm, within every land, forever turns the unsurpassed wheel.
Within a single hair he manifests spiritual transformation, which every buddha proclaims together,
and, passing through immeasurable kalpas, its farther bound could never be found."
Ten bodhisattvas have now sung in a row — Supreme Voice of Every Dharma, born from the Buddha's own brow-mark, and nine more who simply "further" appear in the assembly with no stated origin — and not one of them has been answered by the Buddha in speech. The chapter's entire content has been light, a lotus, an emergent bodhisattva, and verse upon verse converging on a single claim from every possible angle: that the Buddha's body is not confined to any one place, that it appears differently to different beings without ever being divided, and that this is somehow compatible with him "forever dwelling upon this very seat of bodhi" without moving at all. Chapter three, opening the next fascicle, finally gives this question its formal answer — not through further description, but through Samantabhadra himself entering samādhi.
Part 13 Complete — Fascicle Six Complete
如此四天下道場中，以佛神力，十方各有一億世界海微塵數諸菩薩眾而來集會；應知一切世界海、一一四天下諸道場中，悉亦如是。
Within this very awakening-site of the four continents, through the Buddha's spiritual power, from each of the ten directions came together an assembly of bodhisattvas as numerous as the fine motes of dust in a hundred million world-oceans. One should understand that, throughout every world-ocean, at every single awakening-site of every set of four continents, it is entirely the same.
This closes Part 13, fascicle six, and the chapter "The Tathāgata's Manifestation" (如來現相品): the assembly's twenty unspoken questions, the Buddha's answering light from his teeth and his brow, bodhisattvas arriving from ten world-systems in the ten directions, a great lotus flower unlike any other, the Bodhisattva Supreme Voice of Every Dharma born from the Buddha's own ūrṇā, and ten hymns converging on a single claim — that the Buddha's body pervades the whole Dharma-realm without ever leaving his own seat. Fascicle seven opens the sūtra's third chapter, in which Samantabhadra himself enters samādhi.