Sixty Koṭis of Nayutas of Buddhas, Named in Full
The list continues through forty-five further names, closing on the buddha Vast Liberation, Light — the very last of sixty hundred thousand koṭis of nayutas of buddhas who arose, one after another, within that single kalpa. At his presence, Gopā attained the pure eye of wisdom.
Forty-Five Buddhas, and the Pure Eye of Wisdom Attained
「次名淨明月普照智；次名智觀幢；次名廣智光明王；次名精進金剛那羅延；次名不壞智；次名智普緣；次名淨德智雲；次名師子智光；次名周羅光明；次名功德光幢；次名智日幢；次名開寶蓮華身；次名功德光；次名智光雲；次名普明淨月；次名莊嚴蓋妙音；次名師子勇猛智照；次名法界慧月；次名覺眾生心虛空電光；次名善鼻妙香；次名寂滅響；次名甘露山；次名法海雷音；次名無壞智音；次名覺空電光周羅；次名月光白毫相雲；次名圓面淨慧；次名善覺智華光；次名寶焰山妙德王；次名廣德夜光；次名妙寶月幢；次名具三昧身；次名勝寶光王；次名現普智光；次名焰海門燈；次名離垢妙音王；次名無等功德；次名勝幢；次名修臂；次名本願淨月；次名真實智燈；次名法上妙音；次名明淨妙德藏王；次名乘幢；次名法海蓮華。佛子！彼一劫中，如是次第六十百千億那由他佛出興于世，我悉親近、恭敬、供養，其最後佛名廣解脫光，於彼佛所得淨智眼。」
"Next, named Pure, Bright Moon of Universally Illumining Wisdom; next, named Banner of the Wisdom of Contemplation; next, named King of the Light of Vast Wisdom; next, named Nārāyaṇa of Diligent Vajra; next, named Indestructible Wisdom; next, named Wisdom's Universal Condition; next, named Cloud of the Wisdom of Pure Virtue; next, named Lion's Light of Wisdom; next, named Light of the Crest; next, named Banner of the Light of Merit; next, named Banner of the Sun of Wisdom; next, named Body That Opens the Jeweled Lotus Flower; next, named Light of Merit; next, named Cloud of the Light of Wisdom; next, named Universal, Bright, Pure Moon; next, named Sublime Voice of the Adorned Canopy; next, named Lion's Valiant Illumination of Wisdom; next, named Moon of the Wisdom of the Dharma-Realm; next, named Lightning of Empty Space That Awakens Sentient Beings' Own Minds; next, named Sublime Fragrance of the Good Nose; next, named Echo of Tranquil Cessation; next, named Mountain of Ambrosia; next, named Thunder-Sound of the Ocean of Dharma; next, named Indestructible Sound of Wisdom; next, named Crest of the Lightning of Awakened Emptiness; next, named Cloud of the Mark of the White Curl, Moonlight; next, named Pure Wisdom of the Perfect Countenance; next, named Light of the Flower of Well-Awakened Wisdom; next, named King of Sublime Virtue, Mountain of the Jeweled Flame; next, named Night-Light of Vast Virtue; next, named Banner of the Sublime, Jeweled Moon; next, named Body Endowed with Samādhi; next, named King of Supreme, Jeweled Light; next, named Manifesting the Universal Light of Wisdom; next, named Lamp of the Gate of the Ocean of Flame; next, named King of the Stainless, Sublime Sound; next, named Merit Without Equal; next, named Supreme Banner; next, named Cultivated Arm; next, named Pure Moon of the Root Vow; next, named Lamp of True Wisdom; next, named Sublime Sound Supreme in the Dharma; next, named King of the Treasury of Bright, Pure, Sublime Virtue; next, named Banner of the Vehicle; next, named Lotus Flower of the Ocean of Dharma. Child of the Buddha, within that one kalpa, sixty hundred thousand koṭis of nayutas of buddhas arose in the world in this order, one after another, and I drew near to, reverenced, and made offerings to every one of them; the very last buddha was named Vast Liberation, Light, and at that buddha's own presence I attained the pure eye of wisdom."
Forty-six named buddhas in unbroken sequence — a list this project translates in full rather than abbreviate, matching the convention already established at earlier teachers' own 98- and 110-buddha lists. What the number "sixty hundred thousand koṭis of nayutas" actually names is beyond ordinary comprehension; what the list itself does is make that unimaginable span concrete, one name at a time, ending on the single buddha whose own teaching finally delivered Gopā "the pure eye of wisdom" — the entry-level clarity this collection has granted its newer bodhisattvas elsewhere, arriving here only after an entire kalpa's worth of buddhas already met.
Part 179 In Progress
The whole kalpa of sixty koṭis of nayutas of buddhas is now told in full. Part 180 turns to what came next — Gopā becoming queen again to that final buddha, and attaining, at his presence, the very Dharma-gate she has held ever since.
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