Part 616 of the collection · Fascicle 48 of 80 · 如來十身相海品第三十四 · T279

The Left Hand, the Fingers, and the Palms

One further mark completes the right hand's set of five; the left hand then receives four marks of its own, matching the right; and the catalogue narrows further still, to a single mark for the fingers of each hand and a single mark for the palm of each.

Translator: Ru-Yi Meditation Center Status: Part 616 — marks sixty-eight through seventy-six Source: Taishō T279 (Śikṣānanda, Tang, 695–699 CE)

From the Hands to the Fingers and Palms

The description narrows steadily: five marks for the right hand as a whole, four for the left, then a single mark apiece for the fingers and the palm of each hand.

Chinese Source

如來右手復有大人相,名:光明雲,摩尼焰海以為莊嚴,放眾寶焰、香焰、華焰清淨光明,充滿一切諸世界網,於中普現諸佛道場,是為六十八。如來左手有大人相,名:毘瑠璃清淨燈雲,寶地妙色以為莊嚴,放於如來金色光明,念念常現一切上妙莊嚴之具,是為六十九。如來左手復有大人相,名:一切剎智慧燈音聲雲,以因陀羅網、金剛華而為莊嚴,放閻浮檀金清淨光明,普照十方一切世界,是為七十。

Ru-Yi Translation

The tathāgata's right hand further has a mark of a great being named Cloud of Light, adorned with an ocean of maṇi flame, emitting the pure light of every jeweled flame, fragrant flame, and floral flame, filling every net of worlds, universally manifesting within it the seats of awakening of every buddha. This is the sixty-eighth. The tathāgata's left hand has a mark of a great being named Cloud of the Pure Lamp of Vaidūrya, adorned with the wondrous color of a jeweled ground, emitting the tathāgata's golden light, constantly manifesting, thought after thought, every manner of supreme and wondrous adornment. This is the sixty-ninth. The tathāgata's left hand further has a mark of a great being named Cloud of the Sound of the Lamp of Wisdom in Every Land, adorned with an indra net and vajra flowers, emitting the pure light of Jambu-river gold, universally illuminating every world of the ten directions. This is the seventieth.

Chinese Source

如來左手復有大人相,名:安住寶蓮華光明雲,眾寶妙華以為莊嚴,放大光明如須彌燈,普照十方一切世界,是為七十一。如來左手復有大人相,名:遍照法界雲,以妙寶鬘、寶輪、寶瓶、因陀羅網及眾妙相以為莊嚴,放大光明普照十方一切國土,於中示現一切法界、一切世界海、一切如來坐蓮華座,是為七十二。如來右手指有大人相,名:現諸劫剎海旋雲,水月焰藏摩尼王一切寶華以為莊嚴,放大光明充滿法界,其中恒出微妙音聲滿十方剎,是為七十三。如來左手指有大人相,名:安住一切寶雲,以帝青、金剛寶而為莊嚴,放摩尼王眾寶光明充滿法界,其中普現一切諸佛及諸菩薩,是為七十四。

Ru-Yi Translation

The tathāgata's left hand further has a mark of a great being named Cloud of Light Dwelling Securely in a Jeweled Lotus Flower, adorned with every wondrous jeweled flower, emitting great light like a lamp of Sumeru, universally illuminating every world of the ten directions. This is the seventy-first. The tathāgata's left hand further has a mark of a great being named Cloud Illuminating the Dharma-Realm Everywhere, adorned with a wondrous jeweled garland, a jeweled wheel, a jeweled vase, an indra net, and every wondrous form, emitting great light that universally illuminates every land of the ten directions, displaying within it every dharma-realm, every ocean of worlds, and every tathāgata seated upon a lotus-flower seat. This is the seventy-second. The fingers of the tathāgata's right hand have a mark of a great being named Cloud of the Whirling Ocean of Every Kalpa and Land Manifesting, adorned with every jeweled flower of a maṇi king that is a treasury of moon-on-water flame, emitting great light that fills the dharma-realm, from which a subtle and wondrous sound constantly issues, filling the lands of the ten directions. This is the seventy-third. The fingers of the tathāgata's left hand have a mark of a great being named Cloud of Dwelling Securely in Every Jewel, adorned with sapphire and vajra jewels, emitting the light of every jewel of a maṇi king, filling the dharma-realm, universally manifesting within it every buddha and every bodhisattva. This is the seventy-fourth.

Chinese Source

如來右手掌有大人相,名:照耀雲,以摩尼王千輻寶輪而為莊嚴,放寶光明,其光右旋充滿法界,於中普現一切諸佛,一一佛身光焰熾然,說法度人,淨諸世界,是為七十五。如來左手掌有大人相,名:焰輪普增長化現法界道場雲,以日光摩尼王千輻輪而為莊嚴,放大光明充滿一切諸世界海,於中示現一切菩薩,演說普賢所有行海,普入一切諸佛國土,各各開悟無量眾生,是為七十六。

Ru-Yi Translation

The tathāgata's right palm has a mark of a great being named Cloud of Shining Brightly, adorned with the thousand-spoked jeweled wheel of a maṇi king, emitting jeweled light that coils to the right, filling the dharma-realm, universally manifesting within it every buddha, the light and flame of each and every buddha-body blazing forth, expounding the dharma to deliver beings, purifying every world. This is the seventy-fifth. The tathāgata's left palm has a mark of a great being named Cloud of the Wheel of Flame Universally Increasing and Manifesting the Seats of Awakening Throughout the Dharma-Realm, adorned with the thousand-spoked wheel of a sunlit maṇi king, emitting great light that fills every ocean of worlds, displaying within it every bodhisattva, proclaiming the entire ocean of Samantabhadra's practice, universally entering every buddha-land, awakening measureless sentient beings in each and every one. This is the seventy-sixth.

Reading note — Ru-Yi Meditation Center

The right hand as a region receives five marks in total (sixty-four through sixty-eight) and the left hand four (sixty-nine through seventy-two) — again an asymmetric count, as seen already at the shoulders and the chest. The catalogue then moves inward once more, to the fingers and finally the palms, each still given exactly one mark per hand, keeping perfect right-then-left symmetry at this finer scale even where the coarser regions above it did not.

Part 616 Complete

This continues chapter thirty-four, 如來十身相海品, in fascicle forty-eight. Part 617 continues with marks on the fingers themselves and beyond.