Vehicles, Robes, and Flowers
The litany of specific gifts continues: vehicles given are dedicated toward nine named vehicles culminating in the one that gives birth to immeasurable bodhisattvas; robes are dedicated toward the robe of conscience and shame that covers what ought to be covered; and flowers — offered to every buddha, every stūpa, every teacher of the Dharma, and down to the poor and destitute alike — carry ten distinct wishes, from the flower of every buddha's own samādhi to entry into a great isle of treasure where a good spiritual friend waits.
What a Gift Covers, What It Carries
Robes make an especially direct metaphor here: a bodhisattva who gives clothing wishes that every living being attain "the robe of conscience and shame" — not literal cloth but the inner covering that keeps a person from the heterodox path of exposure, understood here as both a physical and an ethical nakedness to be clothed against. Flowers, by contrast, receive the passage's longest and most varied recipient list — buddhas and stūpas, teachers and monastics, but also, without any lesser standing, "themselves and every other person who is poor, destitute, or without support."
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩施車乘時，以諸善根如是迴向，所謂：『願一切眾生皆得具足一切智乘，乘於大乘、不可壞乘、最勝乘、最上乘、速疾乘、大力乘、福德具足乘、出世間乘、出生無量諸菩薩乘。』是為菩薩摩訶薩施車乘時善根迴向。
"Child of the Buddha! When the bodhisattva mahāsattva gives vehicles, they dedicate every wholesome root in just this way: 'May every living being attain the vehicle fully endowed with all-knowing wisdom, riding upon the Mahāyāna, the indestructible vehicle, the most supreme vehicle, the highest vehicle, the swift vehicle, the vehicle of great power, the vehicle fully endowed with merit, the vehicle that transcends the world, and the vehicle that gives birth to immeasurable bodhisattvas.' This is the bodhisattva mahāsattva's dedication of the wholesome root when giving vehicles.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩布施衣時，以諸善根如是迴向，所謂：『願一切眾生得慚愧衣以覆其身，捨離邪道露形惡法，顏色潤澤，皮膚細軟，成就諸佛第一之樂，得最清淨一切種智。』是為菩薩摩訶薩布施衣時善根迴向。
Child of the Buddha! When the bodhisattva mahāsattva gives robes, they dedicate every wholesome root in just this way: "May every living being attain the robe of conscience and shame to cover their body, leaving behind the evil dharma of the heterodox path that exposes the form, their complexion moist and radiant, their skin fine and soft, accomplishing the buddhas' own foremost bliss, attaining the most pure wisdom of every kind." This is the bodhisattva mahāsattva's dedication of the wholesome root when giving robes.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩常以種種名華布施，所謂：微妙香華、種種色華、無量奇妙華、善見華、可喜樂華、一切時華、天華、人華、世所珍愛華、甚芬馥悅意華。以如是等無量妙華，供養一切現在諸佛，及佛滅後所有塔廟，或以供養說法之人，或以供養比丘僧寶、一切菩薩、諸善知識、聲聞、獨覺、父母、宗親，下至自身及餘一切貧窮、孤露。布施之時，以諸善根如是迴向，所謂：『願一切眾生皆得諸佛三昧之華，悉能開敷一切諸法；願一切眾生皆得如佛，見者歡喜，心無厭足；願一切眾生所見順愜，心無動亂；願一切眾生具行廣大清淨之業；願一切眾生常念善友，心無變異；願一切眾生如阿伽陀藥，能除一切煩惱眾毒；願一切眾生成滿大願，皆悉得為無上智王；願一切眾生智慧日光破愚癡暗；願一切眾生菩提淨月增長滿足；願一切眾生入大寶洲見善知識，具足成就一切善根。』是為菩薩摩訶薩布施華時善根迴向，為令眾生皆得清淨無礙智故。
Child of the Buddha! The bodhisattva mahāsattva forever gives every kind of renowned flower. Namely: wondrous and fragrant flowers, flowers of every kind of color, immeasurable rare and wondrous flowers, flowers pleasing to behold, flowers that delight and gladden, flowers of every season, heavenly flowers, human flowers, flowers cherished as treasures by the world, and flowers of the most fragrant and pleasing scent. With immeasurable wondrous flowers such as these, they make offerings to every buddha of the present, and to every stūpa and shrine remaining after a buddha's parinirvāṇa, or make offerings to those who expound the Dharma, or make offerings to the treasure of the monastic saṃgha, to every bodhisattva, to every good spiritual friend, to śrāvakas, to pratyekabuddhas, to their own parents and kin, down even to themselves and to every other person who is poor, destitute, or without support. When giving in this way, they dedicate every wholesome root in just this way, namely: "May every living being attain the flower of every buddha's own samādhi, able to unfold and open every dharma entirely; may every living being become like the Buddha, so that whoever sees them rejoices, their mind never wearied or dissatisfied; may every living being's every sight be pleasing and agreeable, their mind never disturbed or agitated; may every living being fully practice every vast and pure deed; may every living being forever be mindful of a good spiritual friend, their mind never changing or wavering; may every living being become like the agada elixir, able to remove every poison of every affliction; may every living being fulfill their great vow completely, all attaining the status of an unsurpassed king of wisdom; may every living being's sunlight of wisdom shatter the darkness of delusion; may every living being's pure moon of bodhi grow ever fuller and more complete; may every living being enter the great isle of treasures and behold a good spiritual friend, fully accomplishing every wholesome root." This is the bodhisattva mahāsattva's dedication of the wholesome root when giving flowers; it is done so that every living being attains pure, unobstructed wisdom.
The flower-offering's recipient list is worth pausing on: buddhas, stūpas, teachers, and the monastic saṃgha appear first, in the order a formal list of merit-fields would predict, but the list does not stop there. Parents and kin follow, and then, without any marked drop in standing, "themselves and every other person who is poor, destitute, or without support." The same flowers offered to a buddha are offered to whoever has no one else to offer them anything at all.
Part 264 Complete
This closes Part 264. Chapter 25 continues in Part 265 as the litany of specific gifts continues with garlands, each again paired with its own distinct dedication.