Inexhaustible Wisdom-Oceans, and Constant Qualities
Three more lists of ten, though two of them do not quite land on ten items in the source text: an ocean-deep list of inexhaustible wisdom-dharmas, a shorter list of what a buddha holds constantly, and a set of gateways through which measureless dharmas are taught to measureless kinds of beings.
Ten Inexhaustible Wisdom-Ocean Dharmas
Every item in this list is given the same compound label, "inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma," attached in turn to a buddha's body, work, eye, wholesome roots, teaching, praise, past vows, future labor, comprehension, and unsurpassed adornment.
「佛子！諸佛世尊有十種無盡智海法。何等為十？所謂：一切諸佛無邊法身無盡智海法；一切諸佛無量佛事無盡智海法；一切諸佛佛眼境界無盡智海法；一切諸佛無量無數難思善根無盡智海法；一切諸佛普雨一切甘露妙法無盡智海法；一切諸佛讚佛功德無盡智海法；一切諸佛往昔所修種種願行無盡智海法；一切諸佛盡未來際恒作佛事無盡智海法；一切諸佛了知一切眾生心行無盡智海法；一切諸佛福智莊嚴無能過者無盡智海法。是為十。
"Sons of the Buddha! The buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, have ten kinds of inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma. What are these ten? They are: every buddha's boundless dharma-body is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's measureless buddha-work is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's buddha-eye sphere of experience is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's measureless, countless, inconceivable wholesome roots are an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's universal rain of every ambrosial, wondrous dharma is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's praise of the buddhas' merit is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's every manner of vow and practice cultivated in ages past is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's constant carrying out of buddha-work to the very end of future time is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; every buddha's comprehension of the mental conduct of every sentient being is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma; and every buddha's adornment of merit and wisdom, which nothing can surpass, is an inexhaustible wisdom-ocean dharma. These are the ten.
What a Buddha Holds Constantly
This list of constant qualities counts only nine items in the source text even though it names and closes itself as ten — a discrepancy this translation preserves rather than silently repairs.
「佛子！諸佛世尊有十種常法。何等為十？所謂：一切諸佛常行一切諸波羅蜜；一切諸佛於一切法常離迷惑；一切諸佛常具大悲；一切諸佛常有十力；一切諸佛常轉法輪；一切諸佛常為眾生示成正覺；一切諸佛常樂調伏一切眾生；一切諸佛心常正念不二之法；一切諸佛化眾生已，常示入於無餘涅槃，諸佛境界無邊際故。是為十。
"Sons of the Buddha! The buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, have ten kinds of constant dharma. What are these ten? They are: every buddha constantly practices every pāramitā; every buddha is constantly free of delusion with regard to every dharma; every buddha is constantly endowed with great compassion; every buddha constantly has the ten powers; every buddha constantly turns the dharma-wheel; every buddha constantly displays the attainment of perfect enlightenment for the sake of sentient beings; every buddha constantly delights in taming every sentient being; every buddha's mind is constantly rightly mindful of the non-dual dharma; and every buddha, having transformed sentient beings, constantly displays entry into nirvāṇa without remainder, because a buddha's sphere of experience is without any boundary. These are the ten.
This list names itself "十種" — ten kinds — and closes with "是為十," these are the ten, but only nine distinct qualities appear between those two markers in the Taishō text. Rather than inventing a tenth item to make the arithmetic close, this translation renders exactly what the source gives, count and all.
Gateways for Teaching Measureless Dharmas
The reverse discrepancy appears here: eleven gateways are named under a heading of ten, moving from sentient beings' realms and conduct through bodhisattva vows to the buddhas' own arising across the three times.
「佛子！諸佛世尊有十種演說無量諸佛法門。何等為十？所謂：一切諸佛演說無量眾生界門；一切諸佛演說無量眾生行門；一切諸佛演說無量眾生業果門；一切諸佛演說無量化眾生門；一切諸佛演說無量淨眾生門；一切諸佛演說無量菩薩行門；一切諸佛演說無量菩薩願門；一切諸佛演說無量一切世界成壞劫門；一切諸佛演說無量菩薩深心淨佛剎門；一切諸佛演說無量一切世界三世諸佛於彼彼劫次第出現門；一切諸佛演說一切諸佛智門。是為十。
"Sons of the Buddha! The buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, have ten kinds of gateways for teaching measureless buddha-dharmas. What are these ten? They are: every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless realms of sentient beings; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless conduct of sentient beings; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless karmic fruits of sentient beings; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless transforming of sentient beings; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless purifying of sentient beings; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless bodhisattva conduct; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless bodhisattva vows; every buddha teaches the gateway of the measureless forming and decaying kalpas of every world; every buddha teaches the gateway of measureless bodhisattvas' profound minds purifying buddha-lands; every buddha teaches the gateway of the measureless buddhas of the three times appearing in sequence, kalpa after kalpa, throughout every world; and every buddha teaches the gateway of the wisdom of every buddha. These are the ten.
This list runs to eleven distinct gateways under a heading of ten — the mirror image of the previous list's shortfall. Between them, two consecutive lists in this chapter fail to match their own stated count, one short and one over, a small reminder that these numbered inventories were compiled and transmitted by hand across centuries before they reached this translation.
Part 585 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-three, 佛不思議法品, in fascicle forty-six. Part 586 continues the sequence of tens, with ten ways a buddha performs buddha-work for sentient beings and ten most-supreme dharmas.