Part 820 of the collection · Fascicle 59 of 80 · 離世間品第三十八之七 · T279

Entering Every Buddha's Own Merit

The verse names the mind of Samantabhadra directly here, as something to be given rise to and cultivated through practice and vow, compassion serving as the cause and condition that purifies the intention proceeding toward the path — a rare moment where the speaker of this entire teaching names his own mind as the object to be attained.

Translator: Ru-Yi Meditation Center Status: Part 820 — entering every buddha's own merit Source: Taishō T279 (Śikṣānanda, Tang, 695–699 CE)

Giving Rise to the Mind of Samantabhadra

Having spoken this entire teaching himself, Samantabhadra now names his own mind as something a practitioner gives rise to and cultivates — not a title reserved for one figure, but a mind reached through practice, vow, and compassion as cause and condition, purifying the very intention that proceeds toward the path.

Chinese Source

能入佛功德,眾生行及剎,
劫世悉亦知,無有疲厭想。

差別智總持,通達真實義,
思惟說無比,寂靜等正覺。

發於普賢心,及修其行願,
慈悲因緣力,趣道意清淨。

Ru-Yi Translation

"Able to enter every buddha's own merit, every sentient being's own conduct, and every land, fully knowing every kalpa and every age as well, without ever giving rise to a thought of weariness.

The wisdom of total retention that discerns every distinction, fully penetrating the truly real meaning; reflecting upon it and speaking of it beyond compare, still and equal to perfect awakening.

Giving rise to the mind of Samantabhadra, and cultivating his own practice and vow; through the power of compassion as cause and condition, the intention that proceeds toward the path is made pure.

Chinese Source

修行波羅蜜,究竟隨覺智,
證知力自在,成無上菩提。

成就平等智,演說最勝法,
能持具妙辯,逮得法王處。

Ru-Yi Translation

Cultivating the pāramitās, ultimately according with the wisdom of awakening; realizing and knowing sovereign power, he accomplishes unsurpassed awakening.

Accomplishing the wisdom of equality, expounding the most excellent dharma, able to uphold and be complete in wondrous eloquence, he attains the very place of the dharma-king.

Reading note — Ru-Yi Meditation Center

發於普賢心,及修其行願 — giving rise to the mind of Samantabhadra, and cultivating his own practice and vow. The bodhisattva who has spoken this entire chapter is, at this point, named as a mind and a set of vows any practitioner can give rise to and cultivate — not a fixed identity but a practice held open to whoever takes it up.

Part 820 Complete

This continues chapter thirty-eight, 離世間品, in fascicle fifty-nine. Part 821 continues the verse, moving from a mind free of every attachment to a heart set as firmly as a great mountain and roots of virtue planted as deep as the ocean.