The Practices of Samantabhadra Begins

At that time, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva addressed the great assembly of bodhisattvas once more, saying: "Sons of the Buddha! What has been expounded so far has only been a brief account of a small portion of the tathāgata's own state, given according to what suits the faculties of sentient beings. Why is this? Every buddha, every world-honored one, appears in the world for the sake of sentient beings who, lacking wisdom, do evil, reckon a self and what belongs to a self, cling to their own body, are inverted in thought and beset with doubt, hold false views and discriminate, are forever bound together with every fetter, and follow the stream of birth and death far from the tathāgata's path. Sons of the Buddha! I see no single fault so grave as when a bodhisattva gives rise to a mind of anger toward another bodhisattva. Why is this? Sons of the Buddha! If a bodhisattva gives rise to a mind of anger and hatred toward a fellow bodhisattva, this alone brings to completion a hundred myriad gates of obstruction. What are these hundred myriad obstructions? They are: the obstruction of not beholding awakening; the obstruction of not hearing the true dharma; the obstruction of being born into an impure world; the obstruction of being born into an evil destiny; the obstruction of being born into a place of difficulty; the obstruction of much illness; the obstruction of being much slandered; the obstruction of being born among dull and stubborn destinies; the obstruction of losing right mindfulness; the obstruction of lacking wisdom; the obstruction of the eye; the obstruction of the ear; the obstruction of the nose; the obstruction of the tongue; the obstruction of the body; the obstruction of the mind; the obstruction of evil companions; the obstruction of an evil retinue; the obstruction of delighting in the practice of the lesser vehicle; the obstruction of drawing near to the common and mediocre; the obstruction of not having faith in and delight for those of great majestic virtue; the obstruction of delighting to dwell together with those who have departed from right view; the obstruction of being born into a household of outsider teachings; the obstruction of dwelling in the domain of Māra; the obstruction of departing from the Buddha's true teaching; the obstruction of not beholding a good friend; the obstruction of hindrance to one's wholesome roots; the obstruction of increasing unwholesome dharmas; the obstruction of attaining an inferior station; the obstruction of being born in a border region; the obstruction of being born into an evil person's household; the obstruction of being born among evil spirits; the obstruction of being born among evil nāgas, evil yakṣas, evil gandharvas, evil asuras, evil garuḍas, evil kiṃnaras, evil mahoragas, or evil rākṣasas;

the obstruction of not delighting in the buddha-dharma; the obstruction of practicing the teachings of the immature; the obstruction of delighting in attachment to the lesser vehicle; the obstruction of not delighting in the great vehicle; the obstruction of a nature much given to fear; the obstruction of a mind constantly troubled with grief; the obstruction of craving attachment to birth and death; the obstruction of not being devoted to the buddha-dharma; the obstruction of not delighting to see and hear a buddha's sovereign spiritual powers; the obstruction of not attaining a bodhisattva's faculties; the obstruction of not carrying out a bodhisattva's pure conduct; the obstruction of retreating and growing timid in a bodhisattva's deep resolve; the obstruction of not giving rise to a bodhisattva's great vows; the obstruction of not generating the mind of all-knowing wisdom; the obstruction of indolence in bodhisattva practice; the obstruction of being unable to purify one's own karmic actions; the obstruction of being unable to gather great merit; the obstruction of one's power of wisdom being unable to grow keen; the obstruction of severing vast and great wisdom; the obstruction of failing to guard and uphold every bodhisattva practice; the obstruction of delighting in slandering the words of all-knowing wisdom; the obstruction of departing far from the awakening of every buddha; the obstruction of delighting to dwell in the domains of the host of māras; the obstruction of not being devoted to cultivating a buddha's domain; the obstruction of failing to resolve firmly and give rise to a bodhisattva's vast vow; the obstruction of not delighting to dwell together with bodhisattvas; the obstruction of not seeking a bodhisattva's wholesome roots; the obstruction of a nature much given to view and doubt;