Avatamsaka Sutra 2011-03-19




Berkeley Buddhist Monastery show

Summary: Avatamsaka Sutra, Ten Grounds Chapter, Second Ground, covering following text paragraph: "Disciples of the Buddha, the ten unwholesome karmic paths can bring forth the multitude of great masses of suffering as limitless and boundless as these. Therefore, the Bodhisattva makes the following reflection: I should leave the ten unwholesome karmic paths far behind. I should consider the ten wholesome paths as a garden of Dharma, and delight in dwelling in them. I, myself, should dwell within them, and I should encourage other peole to dwell within them, too. Disciples of the Buddha, this Bodhisattva, Mahasattva further brings forth the thought to benefit all living beings, the thought of making them happy, the thought of kindness, the thought of compassion, the thought of sympathy, the thought of gathering them in, the thought of protecting them, the thought of identity with them, the thought of being their teacher, the thought of being their great teacher. " In Chinese "佛子!十不善業道能生此等無量無邊眾大苦聚,是故菩薩作如是念: 十不善道,以十善道為法園苑,愛樂安住,自住其中,亦勸他人,令住其中。』  「佛子! 一切眾生生利益心、安樂心、慈心、受心、守護心、自己心、師心,大師心。"