Worlds Filled with Every Precious Thing
Having named thirty kinds of wholesome root, the bodhisattva now traces every one of them back to a single source — the mind of enlightenment itself — before making a vow of almost cosmic scale: asaṃkhyeya worlds filled entirely with jewels, clothing, incense, flowers, and jeweled crowns, all given away to a single person who might ask for it, without exhaustion, for every kalpa yet to come, and then given in that same way to every sentient being without exception.
One Source, Every Root
After the previous Part's inventory of thirty kinds of wholesome root, the sūtra now collapses that entire list back into a single cause — every root is "gathered by the mind of enlightenment, considered by the mind of enlightenment, given rise to by the mind of enlightenment" — before the bodhisattva's imagination expands outward again into a vow so vast it strains ordinary description: worlds without number, filled to overflowing with every precious thing, and given away entirely without a trace of hope for anything in return.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩以淨志願菩提心力修諸善根時，作是念言：『此諸善根是菩提心之所積集，是菩提心之所思惟，是菩提心之所發起，是菩提心之所志樂，是菩提心之所增益；皆為憐愍一切眾生，皆為趣求一切種智，皆為成就如來十力。』作是念時，善根增進，永不退轉。
"Child of the Buddha! When the bodhisattva mahāsattva cultivates these wholesome roots through the power of a pure resolve and the mind of enlightenment, he thinks to himself: 'These wholesome roots are gathered by the mind of enlightenment, considered by the mind of enlightenment, given rise to by the mind of enlightenment, aspired to by the mind of enlightenment, and increased by the mind of enlightenment; all of them are for the sake of having compassion for all sentient beings, all of them are for the sake of seeking all-wisdom, and all of them are for the sake of accomplishing the ten powers of the Tathāgata.' As he thinks this, his wholesome roots advance and increase, forever without regressing."
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩復作是念：『願我以此善根果報，盡未來劫，修菩薩行，悉以惠施一切眾生，悉以迴向一切眾生，普遍無餘。願令阿僧祇世界珍寶充滿，阿僧祇世界衣服充滿，阿僧祇世界妙香充滿，阿僧祇世界莊嚴具充滿，阿僧祇世界無量摩尼寶充滿，阿僧祇世界妙華充滿，阿僧祇世界上味充滿，阿僧祇世界財貨充滿，阿僧祇世界床座充滿——蓋以寶帳、敷以妙衣，阿僧祇世界種種莊嚴寶冠充滿。假使一人，盡未來劫，常來求索，以此等物而惠施之，未曾厭倦而有休息。如於一人，於一切眾生悉亦如是。』佛子！菩薩摩訶薩如是施時，無虛偽心，無希望心，無名譽心，無中悔心，無熱惱心，但發專求一切智道心、一切悉捨心、哀愍眾生心、教化成熟心、皆令安住一切智智心。佛子！菩薩摩訶薩以諸善根如是迴向，盡未來劫，常行惠施。
"Child of the Buddha! The bodhisattva mahāsattva further thinks: 'May I, with the fruit and reward of these wholesome roots, throughout every future kalpa, cultivate the practice of a bodhisattva, and give it all away entirely to every sentient being, dedicating it entirely to every sentient being, universally and without exception. May I cause asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with precious jewels, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with clothing, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with wondrous incense, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with ornaments, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with immeasurable maṇi jewels, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with wondrous flowers, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with the finest flavors, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with wealth and goods, asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with beds and seats — canopied with jeweled curtains and spread with wondrous cloth — and asaṃkhyeya worlds to be filled with every kind of adorned, bejeweled crown. Even if a single person, throughout every future kalpa, were to come forever seeking these things, I would give them all away to that person, never once growing weary or resting. And just as I would do for that one person, so too would I do for every sentient being.' Child of the Buddha! When the bodhisattva mahāsattva gives in this way, he has no false or deceptive mind, no mind of hoping for something in return, no mind seeking fame, no mind that regrets midway, no mind of feverish distress, but instead gives rise only to a mind single-mindedly seeking the path of all-wisdom, a mind that relinquishes everything entirely, a mind of compassion for sentient beings, a mind of teaching and maturing them, and a mind that causes them all to abide securely in the wisdom of all-wisdom. Child of the Buddha! The bodhisattva mahāsattva, dedicating these wholesome roots in this way, throughout every future kalpa, forever practices giving."
The vow's structure is worth noticing: it begins at the scale of one imagined petitioner — "even if a single person, throughout every future kalpa, were to come forever seeking these things" — before the bodhisattva extends that same tireless giving to every sentient being at once. The vastness of "asaṃkhyeya worlds filled with treasure" is, in a sense, the easy part; sustaining that same generosity toward one ordinary person, without ever growing weary, is what the passage actually asks of the reader to imagine.
Part 331 Complete
This continues the seventh dedication's opening reflections. Chapter 25 continues in Part 332 as the bodhisattva's vow of giving grows even more intimate — jeweled elephants and horses, entertainers, servants, and finally his own body, head, eyes, flesh, blood, and marrow, all imagined as filling asaṃkhyeya worlds and given away to a single being, then to every being alike.