Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra

"kim asaṃskṛte 'sthānam? yadā śūnyatāyāṃ vyantīkaraṇam, śūnyatāsākṣātkaraṇantu nāsti; animittavyantīkaraṇam, paraṃ tvanimittasākṣātkaraṇannāsti; apraṇihitavyantīkaraṇam, ki tvapraṇihitasākṣātkaraṇannāsti; anabhisaṃskāravyantī-karaṇam, anabhisaṃskārasākṣātkaraṇantu nāsti /

"anityatāpratyavekṣā, paraṃ tu kuśalamūlāsantuṣṭiḥ; duḥkhapratyavekṣā, kiṃ tu saṃcintyopapattiḥ; nairātmyapratyavekṣā, ātmaparityāgastu nāsti /

"śāntipratyavekṣā, paraṃ tūpaśamānutthāpanam; vivekapratyavekṣā, ki tu kāyacittenautsukyam; anālayapratyavekṣā, api tu śucidharmālayapratikṣepo nāsti; anutpādapratyavekṣā, sattvānāṃ tu bhārādānadhāraṇam; anāsravapratyavekṣā, paraṃ tu saṃsāraprabandhotthāpanakaraṇam; apracārapratyavekṣā, sattvaparipācanārtha pracārotpādaḥ; nairātmyapratyavekṣā, api tu sattvamahākaruṇānutsargaḥ; aprarohaṇapratyavekṣā, api tu khalu punaḥ śrāvakaniyatyapātaḥ /

"(sarvadharmeṣu) tucchariktaniḥsārāsvāmikāniketapratyavekṣā, paraṃ tvatucchapuṇye cāriktajñāne ca paripurṇasaṃkalp (eṣu) ca svayambhūjñānābhiṣeke ca svayambhūjñānābhiyoge ca nītārthabuddhagotre pratiṣṭhā /

kulaputrāḥ, evaṃ hi tādṛśadharmādhimuktabodhisattvo 'saṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, saṃskṛtañcāpi na kṣapayati /

punaraparaṃ, kulaputrāḥ, bodhisattvaḥ puṇyasambhārasya samabhinirhārārtham asaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, jñānasambhārasamabhinirhārārtha saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / mahāmaitrī samanvāgataḥ (so) 'saṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, mahākaruṇāsamanvāgataḥ (sa) saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati /

"sattvaparipācanārthāya (so) 'saṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, buddhadharmādhimuktikāraṇāt (sa) saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / buddhalakṣaṇaparipūraṇārtham asaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, sarvajñajñānaparipūraṇārtha saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / upāyakauśalyakāraṇādasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, prajñāsuniścitaḥ (sa) saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / buddhakṣetrapariśodhanārthamasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, buddhādhiṣṭhānakāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / sattvārthānubhavakāraṇādasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, dharmārtha samprakāśanakāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati /

"kuśalamūlasaṃcayārthāyāsaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, kuśalamūlavāsanākāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / praṇidhānaparipūraṇārthamasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, apraṇihitakāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / āśayapariśuddhikāraṇādasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, adhyāśayapariśuddhikāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / pañcabhijñāvikrīḍanatākāraṇād asaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, buddhajñānasya ṣaḍabhijñārthāya saṃskṛtanna kṣapayayi /

"pāramitāsaṃcayaparipūraṇārtham asaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, kālaparipūrikāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / dharmadhanasaṃgrahārthamasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, prādeśikadharmāspṛhaṇatākāraṇāt saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / dharmabhaiṣajyasaṃgrahārthamasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, yathāyogaṃ dharmabhaiṣajyaprayogārthāya saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati /

"pratijñādhairyārthāyāsaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati; pratijñāhānyāḥ paścāt (yathā) aghigaccheta, (sa) saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / sarva dharmauṣadhyādhānārthāyāsaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, evam mṛdudharmauṣadhaprayogārtha saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati / sa sarvakleśarogaparijñānakāraṇādasaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati, sarvarogasaṃśamanārtha saṃskṛtakṣayannecchati / kulaputrāḥ, ityevaṃ bodhisattvaḥ saṃskṛtanna kṣapayati cāsaṃskṛte na tiṣṭhati / sa hi bodhisattvānāṃ kṣayākṣayannāma vimokṣaḥ / tasmin, satpuruṣāḥ, yuṣmābhirapi yogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ" /

atha te bodhisattvāḥ, imamupadeśaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭā udagrā āttamanasaḥ pramuditāḥ prītisaumanasyajātāḥ, bhagavatpūjanārthaca tebhyo bodhisattvebhyaścāsmai dharmaparyāyāya pūjanārthaṃ /, sarvamimaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātuṃ sarvānekacūrṇagandhadhūpapuṣṣairjānumātram ācchādayanti sma / bhagavataḥ parṣanmaṇḍalamabhikīrya, bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya, bhagavate triḥpradakṣiṇīkṛtya, udānamudānayāmāsuḥ / tatas (te) 'smādbuddhakṣetrādantarhitā ekakṣaṇalavamuhūrtena tasyāṃ sarvagandhasugandhāyāṃ lokadhātvānnyaṣīdan /

11 abhiratilokadhātvādānaṃ tathāgatākṣobhyasandarśanaṃ ca

atha bhagavāṃllicchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat- "kulaputra, yadā tathāgataṃ draṣṭumicchasi, tadā kathaṃ paśyasi tathāgatam?" evamāmantrayate sma / licchavirvimalakīrtibhagavantametadavocat- "bhagavan, yadāhaṃ tathāgataṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ, tadādhruvaṃ tathāgatādarśanena (taṃ) paśyāmi / (tathāgataṃ) pūrvāntādanutpannaṃ cāparāntamagacchantaṃca pratyutpanne 'dhvanyapyapratiṣṭhitaṃ paśyāmi / tat kasya hetoḥ?

"(tathāgato) rūpatathatāsvabhāvaśca rūpāpagataḥ, vedanā-........ saṃjñā ...... saṃskāra........vijñānatathatā svabhāvaśca vijñānāpagataḥ / caturdhātvapratiṣṭhitas (tathāgata) ākāśadhātusamaḥ, ṣaḍāyatanānutpannaḥ, cakṣuḥ śrotraghrāṇajihvākāyamanomārgasamatikrāntaḥ / (tathāgatas-) traidhātukāsaṃkīrṇaḥ, malatrayarahitaḥ, vimokṣatrayānugataḥ, trividyāprāptaḥ, apratilabdha(śca) sampratilabdhaḥ /

"sa) sarvadharmeṣvaśleṣaniṣṭhāgataḥ, bhūtakoṭyapagataḥ, tathatāsupratiṣṭhitaḥ so 'nyonyavigataḥ / (tathāgato) hetvanutpādito 'pratyayapratibaddhaḥ, lakṣaṇāpagataḥ, asalakṣaṇaḥ, na caikalakṣaṇo na ca bhinnalakṣaṇaḥ, akalpitaḥ, asaṃkalpitaḥ, avikalpitaḥ / (tathāgataḥ) pāre nāsti, apāre ca nāsti, nāsti madhye 'pi; iha vā tena vā tatra vānyatra vā nāsti / vijñānena (so) 'jñātavyaḥ, vijñānasthānannāsti; (sa) na ca tamo na cālokaḥ /

"(tathāgato) nāmāpagato nimittāpagataḥ, (sa) nāsti durvalo vā balavān vā, na ca deśastho na ca pakṣasthitaḥ, kuśalākuśalāpagataḥ, saṃskṛtāsaṃskṛtāpagataḥ, kaścidabhilāpyo 'rtho nāsti; dānamātsaryaśīladauḥ śīlyakṣāntivyāpādavīryakausīdyadhyānauddhatyaprajñādauṣprajñāsu(so) 'nabhilāpyaḥ / (tathāgato) nāsti satyaṃ vā mṛṣā vāvadhāraṇaṃ vāanavadhāraṇaṃ vā, na ca jagadvidhirna ca jagadabidhiḥ, sarvavādacaryātyantasamucchinnaḥ / (sa) kṣetrabhāvo vā kṣetrābhāvo vā nāsti, na ca dakṣiṇīyo na ca dānānupabhogaḥ, na grāhitavyaṃ vā spṛśeyaṃ vā nimittaṃ vā / (so) 'saṃkṛtaḥ, saṃkhyāvigataḥ, samatāsamaḥ, dharmatāsamāsamaḥ, atulyavīryaḥ, tulanāsamatikrāntaḥ, gamanaṃ vā, āpannaṃ vā, samatikrāntaṃ vā (sa) nāsti / "(tathāgato) 'dṛṣṭaḥ, aśrutaḥ, amataḥ, avijñātaḥ, sarvagranthāpagataḥ, sarvajñajñānasamatāprāptaḥ, sarvadharmasama(tā)nirviśeṣaprāptaḥ, sarvatra niravadyaḥ, akiñcinaḥ, kaṣāyarahitaḥ, akalpaḥ, avikalpaḥ, akṛtaḥ, anutpannaḥ, ajātaḥ, abhūtaḥ, asaṃbhūtaḥ; abhāvī, anabhāvī, abhayaḥ, anālayaḥ; aśokaḥ anānandaḥ, ataraṃgaḥ, sarvavyavahāranirdeśāvaktavyaḥ / "tathāgatakāyo hi, bhagavan, īdṛśaḥ; sa evaṃ draṣṭavyaḥ / ya evaṃ paśyati, samyak paśyati saḥ / yo 'nyathā paśyati, sa mithyā paśyati" / tata āyuṣmāṃśāriputro bhagavantametadavocat- "sa kulaputro vimalakīrtiḥ, bhagavan, kasmādbuddhakṣetrāccyutvā, asmin buddhakṣetra āgataḥ?" bhagavānāmantrayate sma- "śāriputra, imaṃ satpuruṣaṃ 'tvaṃ kasmāccyutvā, iha jāta?' iti pṛccha" / tata āyuṣmāṃśāriputro licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat- "kulaputra, tvaṃ kasmāccyutvā, iha jātaḥ?" vimalakīrtirāha-

"yaḥ sthavireṇa sākṣātkṛtadharmaḥ, kiṃ tasmiścyutyutpattī staḥkecit?" āha- "tasmin dharme keciccyutyutpattī na staḥ" / āha- "bhadanta śāriputra, sarveṣu dharmeṣvevameva cyutyuttyapagateṣu, kasmādevaṃ 'tvaṃ kasmāccyutvā, iha jāta?' iti manyase? bhadanta śāriputra, māyākāranirmitau cet strīṃ vā puruṣaṃ vā 'tvaṃ kasmāccyutvā, iha jāta?' iti pṛcchet, tatsamādhānaṃ kim (abhaviṣyat)?" āha- "nirmāṇañceccyutyutpattyapagataṃ, tat kiṃ vyasarjayiṣyat?" āha- "bhadanta śāriputra, nanu na 'sarvadharmā nirmāṇasvabhāvā iti tathāgatenākhyātam?" āha- "tat tatheti, kulaputra" / āha- "sarveṣu dharmeṣu, bhadanta śāriputra, nirmāṇasvabhāveṣu, kasmādidaṃ 'tvaṃ kasmāccyutvā, iha jāta?' iti manyase? bhadanta śāriputra, cyutirnāmābhisaṃskārasaṃvarta lakṣaṇā; utpattirnāma-sābhisaṃskārasantatilakṣaṇā / tato bodhisattvo yadyapi mriyate, kuśalamūlābhisaṃskāranna kṣapayati / sa yadyapi jāyate, akuśalasantatinna pratisandadhāti" / atha bhagavānāayuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat- "śāriputra, ayaṃ satpuruṣa ihāgatobhiratilokadhātorakṣobhyasya tathāgatasyāntikāt" / āha- "āścaryam, bhagavan, (yathā) 'yaṃ satpuruṣaḥ, etāvadviśuddhabuddhakṣetrādāgato ('smin) bahulātyayaduṣṭe buddhakṣetre 'bhinandati" / tato licchavirvimalakīrtirabravīt- "śāriputra, tat ki manyase? sūryaprabhāsāḥ kimandhakārasahitāḥ?" āha- "no hīdaṃ, kulaputra" / "nanu tau na sahitau?" āha- "tau, kulaputra, asahitau / sūryamaṇḍala abhyudgatamātre, sarvāndhakārā vigacchanti" / āha- "kasmājjambudvīpe sūrya udayati?" āha- "tadhyālokakaraṇārthaṃcāndhakārāpakarṣaṇārtham" / āha- "evameva, bhadanta śāriputra, bodhisattvaḥ sattvapariśodhanārthaṃ ca jñānālokakaraṇārtha ca mahāndhakārāpakarṣaṇārtha saṃcintyāpariśuddhakṣetreṣu jāyate / kleśaiḥ sārdhanna virahati, sarvasattvānāṃ tu kleśāndhakāraṃ vinodayati" / tataḥ sarvāsāṃ tāsāṃ parṣadāṃ 'sābhiratilokadhātuśca so 'kṣobhyastathāgataśca te bodhisattvāśca te mahāśrāvakā asmābhirdraṣṭavyā iti bhāvanābhūt /

atha bhagavān sarvāsāṃ tāsāṃ parṣadāṃ cetasaiva cetaḥparivitarkamājñāya, licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat- "kulaputra, iyaṃ hi parṣattāmabhiratilokadhātuṃ cākṣobhyaṃ tathāgataṃ draṣṭumicchati; tena tasyai parṣade deśaya" / atha licchavaye vimalakīrtaya evaṃ bhavati sma- "asmāt siṃhāsanād anutthāya, tāmabhiratilokadhātuṃ ca bodhisattvānām anekaśatasahasrāṇi ca sacakravāḍa parvataparivṛtabhavanān devanāgayakṣagandharvāsurāṃśca (tāṃ lokadhātuṃ) sanadītaḍāgotsasarassamudraparikhāṃ ca sasumerugiryalpaharmyā ca sacandrasūryatārakāṃ ca sadevanāgayakṣagandharvasthānāṃ ca sabrahmabhavanaparivārāṃ ca sagrāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭranaranarīgṛhāṃ ca sabodhisattvaśrāvakaparṣadaṃ cākṣobhyasya tathāgatasya bodhivṛkṣaṃ cāpi parṣatsāgare niṣaṇṇaṃ ca dharma deśayantamakṣobhyaṃ tathāgataṃ ca tāni padmāni, daśadikṣu yāni sattveṣu buddhakārya kurvanti, (tatsarvam upādāsyāmi) / (yās) tisro ratnaniḥśreṇyo jambudvīpādyāvat trayāstriśabhavanaṃ, tāsvabhyāryaniḥśreṇīṣu trayastriṃśā devā akṣobhyasya tathāgatasya darśanāya vandanāya paryupāsanāya dharmaśravaṇāya ca jambudvīpam upayānti, (tāsu ca) jambudvīpasya manuṣyāstrayastriṃśānāṃ devānāṃ darśanāya trayastriṃśabhavanam ārohanti, (tāśca) tāmevaṃrupām apramāṇaguṇasañcayām abhiratilokadhātum āpskandhādyāvadakaniṣṭhabhavanaṃ kumbhakārasya cakramivopādāya, kevalaṃ chittvā, dakṣiṇapāṇinā ca puṣpamālāmiva gṛhītvā, asyāṃ ca sahālokadhātau prakṣepsyāmi / prakṣipya, asyai sarvaparṣade nirdekṣyāmi" / tato licchavirvimalakīrtiretādṛśaṃ samādhi samāpadyate smaitādṛśaṃ caddhryabhisaṃskāramabhisaṃskaroti sma, (yathā-)bhiratilokadhātuṃ, tāṃ kevalaṃ chittvā, dakṣiṇapāṇinā gṛhītvā, asyāṃ sahālokadhātau prakṣipati sma /

tatra ye śrāvakabodhisattvadevamanuṣyā divyacakṣurabhijñāprāptāḥ, te krandati sma- "bhagavan, upādīyāmahe / sugata, upādīyāmahe / sugata, asmabhyaṃ śaraṇaṃ kurva"-iti yācante sma / vinayārtha bhagavān tānetadavocat- "bodhisattvena vimalakīrtinohyadhve; sa hi madgocaro nāsti" / tatrānyadevamanuṣyādibhiḥ-kutrohyāmahe-hyajñātamadṛṣṭam / sābhiratilokadhāturasyāṃ sahālokadhātau prakṣipyamāṇāpi, asyāṃ lokadhātau pūrṇatvaṃ vonatvaṃ vā na jñāyete sma, na ca saṃbādho vā bandhanaṃ vā / sāpyabhiratilokadhāturanūnatvā yathāpūrva, paścāttathā dṛśyate sma / atha bhagavāṃśākyamunistāḥ sarvāḥ parṣada āmantrayate sma- "he mitrāṇi, paśyatābhiratilokadhātuṃ cākṣobhyaṃ tathāgataṃ cemān buddhakṣetraśrāvakabodhi sattvavyūhān" / te 'vocan- "dhruvam, bhagavan, paśyāmaḥ" / āha- "(yo) bodhisattva etādṛśaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ parigrahītukāmaḥ, (tena) tathāgatasyākṣobhyasya bodhisattvānāṃ sarvacaryā anuśikṣitavyāḥ" /

tathā hyabhiratilokadhātusaṃdarśanasyārddhiprātihāryeṇa cākṣobhyatathāgatasaṃsarśanenāsyāḥ sahālokadhātoścaturdaśadevamanuṣyaprajāyutairanuttarasamyaksambodhicittānyutpāditāni / sarve 'pi tasyāmabhiratilokadhātau janituṃ praṇidhānamakārṣuḥ, bhagavāṃśca sarveṣāṃ teṣāmabhiratilokadhātāvupapatti vyākaroti sma / licchavirvimalakīrtistathā hi sarvāstān, yāvat paripācanīyānasyāṃ sahālokadhātau, sattvān vipācya, tāmabhiratilokadhātuṃ yathāsthānaṃ punaḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati sma / tato bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat- "nanu paśyasi, śāriputra, tāmabhiratilokadhātuṃ cākṣobhyaṃ tathāgatam?" āha- "dhruvam, bhagavan paśyāmi / sarvasattvebhyo 'stu tādṛśo buddhakṣetraguṇavyūhaḥ / sarve sattvāśca bhavantu kulaputro licchavirvimalakīrtiryathā tādṛśarddhisampannāḥ / lābhā naḥ sulabdhā yadvayaṃ tādṛśaṃ satpuruṣaṃ paśyāmaḥ / ye sattvāḥ pratyupannasya vā parinirvṛtatathāgatasya vemaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ śṛṇvantyantaśaḥ, lābhāsteṣāmapi sulabdhā bhaveyuḥ / kaḥ punarvādo ya (imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ) śrutvā, adhimucyante pattīyantyudgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyantyadhimucya, deśayiṣyanti prapaṭanti parebhyaśca saṃprakāśayiṣyanti bhāvanādhigamānuyuktā (bhaviṣyanti)? "ye sulabdhā imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ, dharmaratnanidhi te pratilapsyante / ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ svādhyāyanti, te bhavanti tathāgatasya sahāyāḥ / ya etaddharmādhimuktan satkurvanti paryupāsanti ca, te hi bhūtā dharmapālāḥ / ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ samyag likhanti dhārayiṣyanti mānayiṣyanti, teṣāṃ gṛhe tathāgato vihariṣyati / ye 'smin dharmaryāye 'numodante, te parirakṣanti sarvapuṇyāni / ye kecidito dharmaparyāyādantaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya, parebhyo deśayeyuḥ, te hi mahādharmayajñaṃ kuryuḥ / ye(ṣām) asmin dharmaparyāye kṣāntiśca chandaśca buddhiścāsāvabodhanādarśanādhimuktayaḥ, tebhyastadeva vyākaraṇam / abhiratilokadhatvādānasya tathāgatākṣobhyasaṃdarśanasya ca parivarta ekādaśaḥ /

12 pūrvayogaḥ saddharmaparīndanā ca

atha bhagavantaṃ śakro devānāmindra etadavocat- "purā, bhagavan, tathāgatānmaṃjuśrīkumārabhūtācca dharmaparyāyānāṃ bahuśatasahasrāṇyaśrauṣam, paraṃ tu yathāsmāddharmaparyāyādīdṛśācintyavikurvaṇanayapraveśanirdeśaḥ purā na kadācidaśrauṣam /

"ye sattvāḥ, bhagavan, imaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti, te 'pi niḥsaṃśayametādṛśadharmabhājanaṃ bhaveyuḥ / kaḥ punarvādo ye bhāvanādhigamanānuyuktā (bhaviṣyanti)? te chetsyanti sarvadurgati-(mārgam), tebhyaḥ sarvasugatimārgo vivṛtaḥ; sarvabuddhaiste dṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti; te sarvaparapravādighnā bhaviṣyanti; sarvamārāstaiḥ suparājitā bhaviṣyanti; te viśodhitabodhisattvamārgā bhaviṣyanti, bodhimaṇḍasamāśritāstathāgatagocare samavasaranti / "kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā, bhagavan yau dhārayiṣyata imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ, tābhyāṃ sarvaparivāreṇa saha satkāraṃ paryupāsanaṃ kariṣyāmi / (teṣu) grāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣu, yeṣvayaṃ dharmaparyāyaścaryate nirdiśyate prakāśyate, tena dharmaśravaṇāya saparivāro gamiṣyāmi / aśraddheṣu kulaputreṣu śraddhāmutpādayiṣyāmi, śrāddhānāṃ dhārmikena rakṣāvaraṇa gupti kariṣyāmi" /

evamukte, bhagavāṃśakraṃ devānāmindrametadāmantrayate sma- "sādhu, devendra, sādhu / (yat) tvayā subhāṣitam, tasmiṃstathāgato 'pyanumodate / (yā), devendra, atītānāgatapratyutpannānāṃ bhagavatāṃ buddhānāṃ bodhiḥ, sāsmāddharmaparyāyānnirdiṣṭā / ato devendra, ye kecit kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyanti, antaśaḥ pustake likhiṣyanti, udgrahīṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti, te hyatītānāgatapratyutpannān bhagavato buddhān pūjayiṣyanti /

"ayaṃ, devendra, trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātustathāgataiḥ paripūrṇaḥ (syāt, paripūrṇas) tadyathāpi nāmekṣuvanairvā naḍavanairvā veṇuvanairvā tilavanairvā khadiravanairvā; (yairayaṃ lokadhātuḥ) paripūrṇastāṃstathāgatān, klpaṃ vā kalpādhikaṃ vā, kulaputroo vā kuladuhitā vā mānayedgurukuryāt satkuryāt pūjayet sarvapūjāsukhopadhānaiḥ / teṣāṃ parinirvṛtānāmapi tathāgatānāmekaikasya tathāgatasya pūjanārtha sarvaratnamayaṃ vistareṇa caturmahādvīpakalokapramāṇamārohe brahmalokasamprāptamucchritacchatrapatākayaṣṭisūpaśobhitam ekāntakaṭhorākuthitaśārīrikadhāstūpaṃ (kuryāt) / sa evameva sarvatathāgatānāṃ pratyekaṃ stūpaṃ kṛtvā, tat kalpaṃ vā kalpādhikaṃ vā sarvapuṣpagandhadhvajapatākaiḥ pūjayedghaṭṭiyadundubhitūryaiśca /

"tat ki manyase, devendra, api nu sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ bahu puṇyaṃ prasavet?" āha- "bahu bhagavan, bahu sugata / kalpakoṭiśatasahasrairapi tasya puṇyaskandhasya paryantamanuprāptumaśakyam" / bhagavānāmantrayate sma- "adhimucyasva., devendra, tvayānugantavyam yaḥ kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vemamacintyavimokṣanirdeśasya dharmaparyāyamudgṛhṇīyādvācayet paryavāpnuyāt, (so 'smād-) bahu(taraṃ) puṇyaṃ prasavet / tat kasya hetoḥ? bhagavatāṃ buddhānāṃ hi bodhiḥ, devendra, dharmasambhavā; sā ca dharmapūjāyai śakyā, na paraṃ tvāmiṣeṇa (pūjyā) / anene paryāyeṇa, devendra, tvayaivaṃ veditavyam" / "bhūtapūrva, devendra, atīte 'dhvanyasaṃkhyeyaiḥ kalpairasaṃkhyeyataraivipulairaprameyairacintyaistebhyaḥ pareṇa paratareṇa yadāsīt tena kālena tena samayena bhaiṣajyarājo nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksambuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddhobhagavān vicāraṇe kalpe mahāvyūhāyāṃ lokadhātau / tasya bhaiṣajyarājasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksambuddhasya viśatyantarakalapānāyuṣpramāṇamabhūt / tasya ṣaṭtriśatkoṭinayutāḥ śrāvaka(saṃnipāto) 'bhūt dvādaśakoṭinayutā bodhisattva(saṃnipāto) 'bhūt /

"tena khalu punaḥ samayena ratnacchattro nāma rājodapādi cakravartī cāturdvīpaḥ saptaratnasamanvāgataḥ / purṇa cāsyābhūt sahasraṃ putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarupiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānām /

"sa ratnacchattro rājā pañcāntarakalpān sarvasukhopadhānairbhagavantaṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ tathāgataṃ saparivāraṃ mānayati sma / teṣu pañcāntarakalpeṣvatīteṣu, devendra, ratnacchattro rājā sahasraṃ putrānetasavocat- 'he, vitta / ahaṃ tathāgatamapūjayam / ata idānīṃ yūpamapi pūjayata tathāgatam' / tataste rājakumārāḥ pitre ratnacchattrāya rājñe sādhukāraṃ dattvā, tasmai pratyaśrauṣuḥ / te ca saha gaṇena tathāgataṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ pañcāntarakalpān sarvasukhopadhānaiḥ satkaronti sma /

"teṣu candracchattrasya nāma rājaputrasya rahogatasyaivaṃ bhavati sma- 'tasyāḥ pūjāyā anyā viśiṣṭatarodārā pūjā nanu bhavatī' ti / buddhādhiṣṭhānenāntarīkṣāddevā etadāhuḥ- 'dharmapūjā hi, satpuruṣa, sarvapūjāsūttamā / sa āha- 'sā dharmapūjā kimasti?' devā āhuḥ- 'tasya, satpuruṣa, tathāgatasya bhaiṣajyarājasya samīpaṃ gatvā, sā dharmapūjā kimastīti pṛccha / bhagavāṃste vyākariṣyati' /

"atha, devendra, candracchattro rājakumāro yena bhagavān bhaiṣajyarājastathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya, bhagavatpādau śirasā vanditvā, ekānte 'sthāt / ekāntasthitaścandracchattro rājaputro bhagavantaṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ tathāgatametadavocat- 'dharmapūjā nāma, bhagavan, sā kimasti?'

"sa bhagavānāmantrayate sma- 'kulaputra, dharmapūjā hi tathāgatabhāṣitā gambhīrasūtrāntāḥ gambhīrāvabhāsāḥ sarvalokavipratyanīkā durvigāhyā durdṛśā duravabodhāḥ sūkṣmā nipuṇā atarkāvacarāḥ / (te sūtrāntā) bodhisattvapiṭakāntarbhūtā dhāraṇīsūtrāntarājamudrāmudritā avaivartika(dharma-) cakrasaṃdarśakāḥ ṣaṭpāramitāsambhūtāḥ sarvagrāhāparigṛhītāḥ / "'(te sūtrāntā) bodhipakṣyadharmadsamanvāgatā bodhyaṅganiṣpādanāparyāpannāḥ sattvamahākaruṇāvatāraṇā mahāmaitrīsaṃdarśakāḥ sarvamāradṛṣṭigatāpagatāḥ pratītyasamutpādasaṃdarśakāḥ /

"'(dharmeṣu te sūtrāntā) anātmakā niḥsattvā nirjīvā niṣpudgalāḥ śūnyatānimittāpraṇihitānabhisaṃskārānutpādāsambhavasamprayuktāḥ / (te) bodhimaṇḍaṃ samudāgacchanti dharmacakrapravartakāḥ / praśaṃsitās- (te) varṇitā devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādhipatibhiḥ / (sūtrāntāste) saddharmavaṃśāsraṃsanā dharmakośagrāhakā dharmapūjāvarāpannāḥ / sarvāryajanaiḥ parigṛhītās (te) sarvabodhisattvacaryāḥ samprakāśayanti bhūtārthadharmapratisaṃvidāpannāḥ / dharmasūtrāntā anityatāduḥkhanairātmyaśānti (-nirdeśa-) nairyānikāḥ /

"'mātsaryadauḥśīlyavyāpādakausīdyamuṣitasmṛtiduṣprajñāvasāda parapravādikudṛṣṭisarvālambanābhiniveśāṃ jahati (te) sarvabuddhastomitāḥ, saṃsārapakṣapratipakṣā nirvāṇasukhaṃ samprakāśayanti / ye tādṛśasūtrāntāḥ samprakāśanadhāraṇapratyavekṣaṇasaddharmasaṃgrahāḥ, sā hi dharmapūjā nāma /

"'punaraparaṃ, kulaputra, dharmapūjā hi dharmā-(nu-)dharmanidhyaptirdharmā-(nu-) dharmapratipattiḥ pratītyasamutpādasamādānaṃ; (sā) sarvāntagrāhadṛṣṭirahitā, anutpādānopapattikṣāntiḥ, nairātmyaniḥsattvapraveśaḥ, hetupratyayo ravirodho 'vivādo 'kalahaḥ, ahaṃkāramama(kārā-)pagatā /

"'(dharmapūjā) hyarthapratisaraṇanna vyañcanapratisaraṇam, jñānapratisaraṇanna vijñānapratisaraṇam, nītārtha sūtrapratisaraṇanna neyārthasaṃvṛtyabhiniveśaḥ, dharmatāpratisaraṇanna pudgaladṛṣṭyupalabdhigrahaṇābhiniveśaḥ; yathābuddhadharmamavabodhaḥ, anālayapraveśaḥ, alayasamuddhātaḥ; pratītyasamutpādasya dvādaśāṃge(ṣu) tadyathā- avidyānirodhād yāvajjarāmaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsā nirudhyanta ityakṣayasattvadṛṣṭyabhinirhāreṇābhisampannaṃ sarvadṛṣṭyadarśanaṃ ca-sā hi, kulaputra, anuttarā dharmapūjā nāma' /

"tatassa rājaputraścandracchattraḥ, devendra, bhagavato bhaiṣajyarājāttathāgatāddharmapūjāmevaṃ śrutvā, anulomikīṃ dharmakṣānti prāpnoti sma / sarvavastravibhūṣaṇeṣu tasmai bhagavata upanāmiteṣu, etadvacanamavocat- 'bhagavati tathāgate parinirvṛte, saddharmaparigrahapūjanārtha saddharma parigrahītum utsahe / adhitiṣṭhatu māmevaṃ bhagavān, yathāhaṃ māraparapravādino nihatya, saddharma parigṛhṇīyām' / "tathāgatastasyādhyāśayaṃ buddhvā, 'paścimakāle pāścimasamaye saddharmanagaraṃ pālayiṣyase rakṣiṣyasi parigrahīṣyasī'-(ti) vyākaroti sma / "atha sa rājaputraścandracchattrastathā tathāgatapratiṣṭhitaśraddhayāgāradanāgārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ kuśale(ṣu) dharme(ṣū) vīryamārabhate sma / ārabdhivīryaḥ sthitvā, kuśaleṣu dharmeṣu supratiṣṭhitaḥ so 'cireṇa dhāraṇīgatigataḥ pañcabhijñā utpādayati sma / so 'nācchedyapratibhānapratilābhī, bhagavati bhaiṣajyarāje tathāgate parinirvṛte, abhijñādhāraṇīivaśena dharmacakraṃ pravartayati sma / sa bhagavān bhaiṣajyarājastathāgato yathā, tathā daśāntarakalpān (dharmacakram) anupravartayati sma / "tathā hi, devendra, candracchattrasya bhikṣoḥ saddharmaparigrahābhiyogena koṭidaśaśataṃ sattvā anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi(mārg-) āvaivartikā abhūvan / prāṇināṃ catvāriśannayutāni śrāvakapratyekabuddhayāne vinītāny (abhūvan) / apramāṇasattvāḥ svargeṣūtpadyante sma / "manyethāḥ, devendra, anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena ratnacchattro nābhābhudrājā cakravartī / na khalu punastvayaivaṃ draṣṭavyam /

tat kasya hetoḥ? ayameva sa ratnārcistathāgatastena kālena tena samayena ratnacchattro nāma rājā cakravartyabhūt / (ye) tasya ratnacchattrasya rājñaḥ putrāḥ sahasramabhūvan, te santīme vartamānasya bhadrakalpasya bodhisattvāḥ / asmin bhadrakalpe pūrṇabuddhānāṃ sahasramutpadyante / teṣāṃ catvāro hi-krakucchandādaya utpannapūrvāḥ / avaśiṣṭā api prādurbhaviṣyanti-kakutsundādayo yāvadrocaṃ / ante roco nāma tathāgata utpadyate / "manyethāḥ, devendra, anyaḥ sa tena kālena ten samayena candracchattro nāma rājaputro 'bhūt tasya bhagavato bhaiṣajyarājasya tathāgatasya saddharmaparigrāhakaḥ / na khalu punastvayaivaṃ draṣṭavyam / tat kasya hetoḥ? ahameva sa, devendra, tena kālena tena samayena candracchattro nāma rājaputro 'bhūvam /

"anena paryāyeṇa, devendra, vedyam- yāvattathāgatapūjāḥ, (tāsu) dharmapūjā hyuttamā nāma, varā paramā varāgrā praṇītottarānuttareti / tasmāttarhi, devendra, nāmiṣeṇa dharmapūjayā pūjā me kartavyā / nāmiṣeṇa satkāro me kartavyaḥ, dharmasatkātreṇa mānayitavyam" / atha bhagavān maitreyaṃ bodhisattvammahāsattvamāmantrayate sma- "imāmahaṃ maitreyāsaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭisamudānītāmanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhi tvayi parīndāmi, yathā paścime kāle paścime samaye 'yamevaṃrūpo dharmaparyāyastvadadhiṣṭhānena parigṛhīto jambudvīpe vardheta na cāntardhīyeta, tat kasya hetoḥ? anāgate 'dhvani, maitreya, (ye) 'varipitakuśalamūlāḥ kulaputrakuladuhitṛdeva nāgayakṣagandharvāsurā anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhisamprasthitāḥ, ta imaṃ dharmaparyāyanna śrutvā, dhvaṃsiṣyante / evaṃrupaṃ sūtrāntaṃ śrutvā, prahṛṣṭāḥ śraddhāṃ pratilapsyante śirasā cā- (bhivandya, taṃ) grahīṣyanti / teṣāṃ kulaputrakuladuhitṝṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya, maitreya, tena kālena tvayāyamīdṛśaḥ sūtrāntaḥ sfaraṇīyaḥ /

"ime hi, maitreya, bodhisattvānāṃ dve mudre / katame dve? nānāpadavyañjanaprasannasya mudrā gambhīreṇa dharmanayenātrastasya yathābhūtaṃ pratipannakasya mudrā ca / te, maitreya, bodhisattvānāṃ dve mudre / tato ye bodhisattvā nānāpadavyañjanaprasannāstatparāḥ, te hyādikarmikā acirabrahmacāriṇo veditavyāḥ / ye, maitreya, bodhisattvā asya gambhīrasyānupaliptasya sūtrāntasya yamakavyatyastāhārasya granthaṃ vā paṭalaṃ vā paṭhanti śṛṇavantyadhimucyante deśayanti, (te) hi cirabrahmacāriṇo veditavyāḥ /

"ādikarmikāstataḥ, maitreya, bodhisattvā dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmātmānaṃ vraṇayanti gambhīre ca dharme na nidhyāyanti / katame dve? aśrutapūrva gambhīraṃ sūtrāntaṃ śrutvā, trastāśca saṃśayitā nānumodante / sa evamasmābhiraśrutapūrvaḥ kuta āgata iti (pṛcchantastaṃ) tyajanti / ye kulaputrā gambhīraṃ sūtrāntamudgṛhṇanti gambhīradharmabhājanabhūtāśca gambhīraṃ dharma deśayanti, tebhyo na sevanti cāsamāgamā na paryupāsate tāṃ ca na satkurvanti / antatasteṣvavarṇamapi niścārayanti / tābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmādikarmikabodhisattvā ātmānaṃ vraṇayanti gambhīre ca dharme nāvakalpayanti /

"tābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāṃ gambhīrādhimuktika bodhisattvā ātmānaṃ vraṇayanti cānutpattikadharmakṣāntinna labhante / katame dve? ādikarmikānaciracaritān bodhisattvān avamanyante vimānayanti, na (samā-)dāpayanti na (vi-)varanti na deśayanti / gambhīre (dharme) 'lpaśraddhāḥ śikṣānna mānayanti, lokasya cāmiṣadānena na tu dharmadānena sattvānupakurvanti / "maitreya, gambhīradhimuktikabodhisattvā ābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmātmānaṃ vraṇayanti cānutpattikadharmakṣānti śīghranna labhante" / evamāmantrayate sma / bhagavantaṃ bodhisattvo maitreya etadavocat- "bhagavatā yathā subhāṣitam, bhagavan, (tad) āścaryam / sādhu, bhagavan / adyāgreṇa, bhagavan, imānatyayān (vi-)varjayeyam / (yā) tathāgatenāsaṃkhyeyakoṭinayutaśatasahasrebhyaḥ kalpebhyo 'nuttarasamyaksaṃbodhiḥ samudānītā, imāmārakṣiṣyāmi dhārayiṣyāmi / "(ye) 'nāgate ('dhvani) kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā bhājanabhūtāḥ, tebhya īdṛśaṃ sūtrāntaṃ hastagataṃ kariṣyāmi / (teṣāṃ) smṛtimupasaṃhariṣyāmi yayemamevaṃrūpaṃ sutrāntam / adhimucyodgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti parpavāpsyanti viveśayanti likhiṣyanti parebhyaśca vistareṇa samprakāśayiṣyanti / tānahaṃ, bhagavan, prasthāpayiṣyāmi / (ye) bhagavan, tena samayenāsminevaṃrūpe sūtrānte 'dhimucyante 'bhiniviśanti ca, te hi, bhagavan, maitreyasya bodhisattvasyādhiṣṭhānenādhiṣṭhitā veditavyāḥ" /

atha bhagavān maitreyāya bodhisattvāya sādhukāramadāt- "sādhu, maitreya, sādhu / subhāṣitaṃ tatte vākyam / tathāgato 'pi tatte subhāṣitamanumodayati" /

tatas (sarve) te bodhisattvā ekanirghoṣiṇaitadvākyamavocan- "vayamapi, bhagavan, tathāgate parinirvṛte, nānābuddhakṣetrebhya āgatāstathāgatasya buddhasyemāṃ bodhimupabṛṃhayiṣyāmaḥ / te 'pi kulaputrā adhimokṣayiṣyanti" /

atha bhagavantaṃ caturmahārājikā (devā) apyetadavocan- "yeṣu yeṣu, bhagavan, grāmanagaramigamarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣvevaṃrupo dharmaparyāyaścarito deśitaḥ samprakāśitaḥ, teṣu teṣu, bhagavan, vayamapi caturmahārājikā (devāḥ) sabalavāhanaparivārā dharmaśravaṇārtham eṣyāmaḥ / teṣāṃ dharmabhāṇakānām ā yojanāparisāmantakādrakṣāṃ kariṣyāmo yathā na kaścitteṣāṃ dharmabhāṇakānāmavatāraprekṣyavatāragaveṣyavatāraṃ lapsyate" /

atha bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandametadavocat- "udgṛhṇīṣva tvam, ānanda, imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ, dhāraya pareṣāṃ ca vistareṇa samprakāśaya" / āha- "asmin dharmaparyāya udgṛhīte, ko nāmayaṃ bhagavan dharmaparyāyaḥ, kathaṃ cainaṃ dhārayāmi?" bhagavānāmantrayate sma- "tasmādānanda, imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ 'vimalakīrtinirdeśaṃ' vā 'yamakavyatyastābhinirhāraṃ' vāpy 'acintyavimokṣaparivartannāma' dharmaparyāyaṃ dhāraya" / idamavocad bhagavān / āttamanā licchavirvimalakīrtirmajuśrīśca kumārabhūtaḥ sa cāyuṣmānānandaste ca bodhisattvāte ca mahāśrāvakāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣatsadevamānuṣāsura gandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanniti /

pūrvayogasya saddharmaparīnandanāyāśca parivarto nāma dvādaśaḥ /

vimalakīrtinirdeśo nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam /