Ten Dharmas of Every Buddha
Having traced the boy's own name back to the moment of his conception, Mañjuśrī turns directly to Good-Wealth and comforts and instructs him, speaking ten dharmas that describe every buddha at once — before urging the whole assembly toward enlightenment and departing to teach elsewhere.
Comfort Before Instruction
Mañjuśrī's own address to Good-Wealth begins with comfort, not correction — he soothes and reassures the boy first, and only then speaks the ten dharmas that describe every buddha's own accumulation, continuity, sequence, assembly, and more.
爾時，文殊師利菩薩如是觀察善財童子已，安慰開諭，而為演說一切佛法。所謂：說一切佛積集法，說一切佛相續法，說一切佛次第法，說一切佛眾會清淨法，說一切佛法輪化導法，說一切佛色身相好法，說一切佛法身成就法，說一切佛言辭辯才法，說一切佛光明照耀法，說一切佛平等無二法。
At that time, once Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva had observed the boy Good-Wealth in this way, he comforted and instructed him, and spoke for him of the dharma of every buddha. Namely: he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own accumulation; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own continuity; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own sequence; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own assembly, pure in every way; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own dharma-wheel, teaching and guiding beings; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own physical form, adorned with excellent marks; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own dharma-body, brought to accomplishment; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own words and eloquence; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own light, shining bright; he spoke of the dharma of every buddha's own equality, without duality.
安慰開諭 — he comforted and instructed him. Before any of the ten dharmas are spoken, the text names the manner of address itself: comfort first, and only then teaching. Whatever Good-Wealth is about to be told, he is first put at ease to receive it.
Departing to Teach Elsewhere
Mañjuśrī's teaching here closes with the same pattern seen throughout this fascicle: instruction that grows strength and joy, an exhortation toward enlightenment, a reminder of past goodness — and then departure, since this assembly is only one of many he will teach as he continues on.
爾時，文殊師利童子為善財童子及諸大眾說此法已，慇懃勸諭，增長勢力，令其歡喜，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心，又令憶念過去善根；作是事已，即於其處，復為眾生隨宜說法，然後而去。
At that time, once the youth Mañjuśrī had spoken this dharma for the boy Good-Wealth and the whole great assembly, he earnestly urged and instructed them, causing their own strength to grow, making them rejoice, and bringing them to give rise to the mind of unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment; and he also caused them to remember the roots of goodness they had planted in the past. Having done this, he then, in that very place, spoke the dharma further for sentient beings according to what was fitting, and only afterward departed.
又令憶念過去善根 — and he also caused them to remember the roots of goodness they had planted in the past. Mañjuśrī's teaching does not only plant something new; it also reaches backward, prompting the assembly to recall goodness they had already cultivated but perhaps forgotten.
Part 896 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-two. Part 897 turns to Good-Wealth's own response: having heard of the Buddha's qualities from Mañjuśrī, he single-mindedly seeks enlightenment and follows after Mañjuśrī, speaking his own verse in praise and request.