Every World Seen Within a Single Thought
Well-Seen's own walking meditation becomes the occasion for twelve distinct things appearing entirely within a single thought — every direction, world, buddha-land, and being's own conduct, each one paired with the exact power of vow or wisdom that makes it possible.
Directions, Worlds, Buddha-Lands, and Beings
Each item in this list follows the same shape — something appearing entirely within a single thought, immediately paired with the specific power that causes it — moving from the ten directions themselves to buddha-lands adorned and beings' own conduct made visible.
「又,善男子!我經行時,一念中,一切十方皆悉現前,智慧清淨故;一念中,一切世界皆悉現前,經過不可說不可說世界故;一念中,不可說不可說佛剎皆悉嚴淨,成就大願力故;一念中,不可說不可說眾生差別行皆悉現前,滿足十力智故;一念中,不可說不可說諸佛清淨身皆悉現前,成就普賢行願力故;一念中,恭敬供養不可說不可說佛剎微塵數如來,成就柔軟心供養如來願力故;
"Moreover, good son, when I walk in meditation, within a single thought, every one of the ten directions appears entirely before me, because my wisdom is pure; within a single thought, every world appears entirely before me, because I pass through worlds numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable; within a single thought, buddha-lands numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable are all entirely adorned and purified, because of the power of my great vows accomplished; within a single thought, the distinct conduct of beings numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appears entirely before me, because the wisdom of the ten powers is fulfilled; within a single thought, the pure bodies of buddhas numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appear entirely before me, because of the power of Samantabhadra's own practices and vows accomplished; within a single thought, I reverently make offerings to tathāgatas numbering as many as the fine motes of dust in an Unspeakably Unspeakable number of buddha-lands, because of the power of the vow to make offerings to tathāgatas with a soft and pliant mind;
Dharma, Samādhi, Faculties, Time, and the Three Times
The second half of this list turns inward, from the dharma received to oceans of samādhi and faculties, before closing on time itself — every moment across every world, and the three times understood in their entirety, all appearing within the very same single thought.
一念中,領受不可說不可說如來法,得證阿僧祇差別法住持法輪陀羅尼力故;一念中,不可說不可說菩薩行海皆悉現前,得能淨一切行如因陀羅網願力故;一念中,不可說不可說諸三昧海皆悉現前,得於一三昧門入一切三昧門皆令清淨願力故;一念中,不可說不可說諸根海皆悉現前,得了知諸根際於一根中見一切根願力故;一念中,不可說不可說佛剎微塵數時皆悉現前,得於一切時轉法輪眾生界盡法輪無盡願力故;一念中,不可說不可說一切三世海皆悉現前,得了知一切世界中一切三世分位智光明願力故。
Within a single thought, I receive the dharma of tathāgatas numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable, because of the power of the dhāraṇī that upholds the dharma-wheel of asaṃkhyeya distinct dharmas realized; within a single thought, oceans of bodhisattva practice numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appear entirely before me, because of the power of the vow to purify every practice like Indra's net; within a single thought, oceans of samādhi numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appear entirely before me, because of the power of the vow that, entering one samādhi-gate, causes entry into every samādhi-gate to become entirely pure; within a single thought, oceans of faculties numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appear entirely before me, because of the power of the vow to clearly understand the limit of every faculty, seeing every faculty within a single faculty; within a single thought, times numbering as many as the fine motes of dust in the Unspeakably Unspeakable buddha-lands all appear entirely before me, because of the power of the vow that turns the dharma-wheel at every moment, the dharma-wheel never exhausted even when the realm of beings is exhausted; and within a single thought, oceans of all three times numbering the Unspeakably Unspeakable all appear entirely before me, because of the power of the vow of the wisdom-light that clearly understands the divisions of the three times within every world.
得於一切時轉法輪眾生界盡法輪無盡 — the dharma-wheel never exhausted even when the realm of beings is exhausted. Every other clause in this list pairs a vast vision with an equally vast power. This one alone measures itself against an ending — the exhaustion of every being — only to insist that even then, the teaching itself would still not run out.
Part 988 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-five. Part 989 turns to Well-Seen naming his own liberation — the Liberation of the Lamp of Accordance — and describing the great bodhisattvas as a vajra lamp burning without ever being extinguished.