Part 934 of the collection · Fascicle 63 of 80 · 入法界品第三十九之四 · T279

From His Face, Wheel-Turning Kings

The wheel-turning kings emerging from Sea-Banner's own face solve poverty and temptation the same way — by simply giving everything away, treasure and attendants alike — and from that single act of generosity, the ten wholesome ways of body, speech, and mind unfold on their own.

Translator: Ru-Yi Meditation Center Status: Part 934 — from his face, wheel-turning kings Source: Taishō T279 (Śikṣānanda, Tang, 695–699 CE)

Generosity That Removes the Occasion for Wrongdoing

The wheel-turning kings do not simply forbid stealing or sexual misconduct; they remove the very conditions that give rise to them — raining down treasure until no one has any reason to take what is not given, giving away attendants themselves until no one has any occasion for misconduct.

Chinese Source

從其面門,出無數百千億轉輪聖王,七寶具足,四兵圍遶,放大捨光,雨無量寶;諸貧乏者悉使充足,令其永斷不與取行;端正采女無數百千,悉以捨施心無所著,令其永斷邪婬之行;令生慈心,不斷生命;令其究竟常真實語,不作虛誑無益談說;令攝他語,不行離間;令柔軟語,無有麁惡;令常演說甚深決定明了之義,不作無義綺飾言辭;為說少欲,令除貪愛,心無瑕垢;為說大悲,令除忿怒,意得清淨;為說實義,令其觀察一切諸法,深入因緣,善明諦理,拔邪見刺,破疑惑山,一切障礙悉皆除滅。如是所作,充滿法界。

Ru-Yi Translation

From the gate of his own face, there emerged countless hundreds of thousands of millions of wheel-turning kings, complete with the seven treasures, surrounded by the four armies, emitting a great light of giving, and raining down measureless treasures; causing every impoverished and needy being to be entirely satisfied, causing them to forever cut off the act of taking what is not given; presenting countless hundreds of thousands of beautiful attendant maidens, all given away with a mind of generosity attached to nothing, causing them to forever cut off the act of sexual misconduct; causing them to give rise to a mind of loving-kindness, and not to take life; causing them to speak, ultimately and always, only truthful words, and not to engage in false or deceptive, unbeneficial speech; causing them to gather others in through speech, and not to practice divisive talk; causing them to speak gently and softly, without any coarseness or malice; causing them to constantly proclaim meanings that are profound, resolute, and clear, and not to engage in meaningless, embellished speech; speaking of having few desires for them, causing them to remove craving and attachment, their minds free of blemish and defilement; speaking of great compassion for them, causing them to remove anger and rage, their intentions attaining purity; speaking of the true meaning for them, causing them to observe every dharma, deeply enter into causes and conditions, skillfully illuminate the truth, pull out the thorn of wrong view, break the mountain of doubt and confusion — every obstruction entirely removed. All such deeds as these fill the entire dharma-realm.

Reading note — Ru-Yi Meditation Center

端正采女無數百千,悉以捨施心無所著,令其永斷邪婬之行 — presenting countless hundreds of thousands of beautiful attendant maidens, all given away with a mind of generosity attached to nothing, causing them to forever cut off the act of sexual misconduct. Unstated but implied is the logic connecting cause to effect: it is precisely because the wheel-turning kings give without any attachment of their own that what they give ceases to be an occasion for craving in anyone who receives it.

Part 934 Complete

This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-three. Part 935 turns to Sea-Banner's own eyes, from which suns emerge to illuminate the great hells themselves and relieve every being trapped within them.