Every Bodhisattva Treasury
The catalogue of what a good friend makes possible continues: every precept, every samādhi, every secret Dharma, every treasury of merit, and every bodhisattva's own faculties, wisdom, and taking of rebirth — all purified, nurtured, and accomplished through this single relationship.
Precepts, Samādhi, Secret Dharma, and Every Treasury of Merit
「……淨修一切菩薩禁戒，一切菩薩禪定三昧，一切菩薩堅固無上菩提之心，一切菩薩摠持辯才；淨一切菩薩功德藏；同一切菩薩大願；解一切菩薩密法，一切菩薩法寶；長養一切菩薩諸根；積集一切菩薩智；聚護一切菩薩功德法藏；清淨一切菩薩受生；聞持一切菩薩法雲；出生一切菩薩正道；發起一切菩薩道心；成就一切諸佛菩提，一切菩薩諸行；了知十方一切法界；讚一切菩薩直心功德；起一切菩薩大……」
"… purely cultivates every bodhisattva precept, every bodhisattva's own meditative absorption and samādhi, every bodhisattva's own firm, unsurpassed mind of awakening, and every bodhisattva's own retentive eloquence; purifies every bodhisattva's own treasury of merit; shares in every bodhisattva's own great vow; comprehends every bodhisattva's own secret Dharma and every bodhisattva's own Dharma-jewel; nurtures every bodhisattva's own faculties; accumulates every bodhisattva's own wisdom; gathers and guards every bodhisattva's own treasury of merit and Dharma; purifies every bodhisattva's own taking of rebirth; hears and upholds every bodhisattva's own cloud of Dharma; gives rise to every bodhisattva's own true path; raises every bodhisattva's own mind set on the path; accomplishes every buddha's own awakening and every bodhisattva's own conduct; fully knows the entire Dharma-realm of the ten directions; praises every bodhisattva's own merit of an upright mind; raises every bodhisattva's own great … [the list continues]"
This stretch pairs an unusual term, "secret Dharma" (密法), with the otherwise open, freely-taught content this whole pilgrimage has modeled — Fazang reads "secret" here not as deliberately withheld but as accessible only through the mediation of a good friend, whose own presence is what makes an otherwise inaccessible teaching reachable. The repeated structure "every bodhisattva's own X" across more than a dozen distinct qualities in a row builds toward the same totalizing claim the earlier boundless-list made: there is no bodhisattva quality that stands outside the good friend's own causal reach.
Part 257 In Progress
The catalogue of the good friend's own indispensable role continues. Part 258 continues toward its close.
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