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Post by Neo on Oct 20, 2020 10:41:03 GMT -5
"Having attained this samadhi, one should abide in it and always remember the kindness of one's teacher. This samadhi sutra is hard to encounter. There are those who seek for 100,000 kalpas but cannot even hear the name of this samadhi. How could anyone who has learned it not progress diligently? If there are those who give, as alms, treasures filling Buddha Lands as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, they cannot be compared with one who is learning this samâdhi or one who has attained it, is progressing energetically, and is teaching it to others." ~ Sutra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhavasthita Samadhi Source:daitangkinh.net/Books... |
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Post by Neo on Oct 20, 2020 10:50:59 GMT -5
Chapter IV: Similes
The Buddha said to Bhadrapala: "If the bodhisattvas who lovingly
seek the meditation do not practise this meditation energetically
once they have obtained it, it is, Bhadrapala, like a man who loads
up a ship with precious gems with the intention of transporting
them over the ocean; before arriving, the ship is wrecked midway;
and the men of Jambudvlpa are all stricken with grief, thinking:
'So many precious gems of ours are lost!'—in the same way, Bhadrapala,
once these bodhisattvas hear this meditation, if they do not
copy it, study it, recite it, or keep it in conformity with the Dharma,
then all the gods and the people will be stricken with grief and
will lament: 'So many precious sutras of ours are thus lost, because
of the loss of this profound meditation!'"
-- Sutra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhavasthita Samadhi
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Post by Neo on Oct 20, 2020 11:12:06 GMT -5
The Buddha said to Bhadrapala: "Any bodhisattvas who study
this meditation, or keep it, or recite it, or cultivate it will obtain
five hundred meritorious virtues for themselves in this very life.
Bhadrapala, it is like a monk with a loving heart—he is never
harmed by poison, he is never harmed by weapons, fire cannot
burn him, he cannot drown, and rulers cannot take advantage of
him.
In the same way, if bodhisattvas cultivate this meditation,
they are never harmed by poison, never harmed by weapons, never
burnt by fire, never drowned, and never taken advantage of by rulers.
For example, Bhadrapala, when the aeon is destroyed in flames,
even if the bodhisattva who possesses this meditation were to fall
into that fire, the fire would immediately be extinguished, in the
same way that a large pitcher of water extinguishes a small fire."
-- Sutra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhavasthita Samadhi
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Post by Neo on Oct 20, 2020 11:21:30 GMT -5
The Buddha said: "[There is a meditation called] the Meditation
in Which the Buddhas of the Present All Stand Before One.
Those who practise this meditation will be able to attain all those
things you have asked about."
The bodhisattva Bhadrapala said to the Buddha: "I pray that
the Buddha might, out of his compassion, preach it. If the Buddha
were to preach it now, many would be set free, many would be set
at rest. I pray that the Buddha might manifest a great light for
the sake of bodhisattvas."
The Buddha said to the bodhisattva Bhadrapala: "There is one
Dharma practice which you should always rehearse and preserve,
which you should always cultivate without following any other
dharmas; which is most exalted and foremost among all meritorious
qualities. What is that foremost Dharma practice? It is this
meditation called the Meditation in Which the Buddhas of the
Present All Stand Before One."
-- Sutra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhavasthita Samadhi
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Post by Neo on Oct 20, 2020 11:42:26 GMT -5
Chapter II: Practice
By what means does one bring about the Meditation in Which the
Buddhas of the Present All Stand Before One?
In this way, Bhadrapala: if
there are any monks or nuns, laymen or laywomen who keep the
precepts in their entirety, they should settle down somewhere all
alone and call to mind the presence of the Buddha Amitabha in the
western quarter; then, in accordance with what they have learned,
they should reflect that a thousand million myriad Buddha-fields
away from here, in his land called SukhavatI, in the midst of a
host of bodhisattvas, he is preaching the sutras. Let them all constantly
call to mind the Buddha Amitabha."
The Buddha said to Bhadrapala: "It is like a man who goes to
sleep and in a dream sees all his gold, silver, and jewels, his parents,
brothers, wife and children, relatives and friends, and together
with them he amuses himself and enjoys himself immensely.
When he wakes up he tells others about it, and afterward he even
sheds tears thinking about what he saw in the dream. In the same
way, Bhadrapala, bodhisattvas, whether they be ascetics or wearers
of white [laymen or lay women], having learned of the Buddha-
field of Amitabha in the western quarter, should call to mind
the Buddha in that quarter. They should not break the precepts,
and call him to mind single-mindedly, either for one day and one
night, or for seven days and seven nights. After seven days they
will see the Buddha Amitabha. If they do not see him in the waking
state, then they will see him in a dream.
-- Sutra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhavasthita Samadhi
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