03 Complete Enlightenment (Michell)

03 Complete Enlightenment (Michell)
THE SUTRA OF COMPLETE ENLIGHTENMENT
Translated from the Chinese of Buddhatrata
by Ven. Guo-go Bhikshu.

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Bodhisattva of Universal Vision

please expound on the gradual stages
of the bodhisattvas practice.
How should one contemplate?

What should one abide in and uphold?
What expedient methods should one
devise to guide unenlightened
sentient beings, to universally
enable them to reach enlightenment?

you have asked the Tathagata
about the gradual stages of
cultivation, what contemplation
one should abide in and uphold,
as well as the various expedient
methods one should use.


newly initiated bodhisattvas and
sentient beings
should hold the right thought of
separating from myriad illusions.

First, they should rely on the samatha
practice of the Tathagatas and
strictly observe the precepts.

They should always be mindful that
the body is a union of the four elements.

When the four elements are separated
from one another, where is this illusory body?

Thus one knows that the physical body
ultimately has no substance and
owes its appearance to the union
of the four elements. In reality
it is not different from an illusory projection.

Due to the provisional union of the four
conditions of vision, hearing, perception,
and awareness, the illusory six sense
faculties come to exist.

The inward and outward combination of
the six sense faculties and the four
elements of earth, water, fire, and wind
gives rise to the illusory existence
of conditioned energy.

In this process, there seems to be
something which is cognizant.
This is provisionally called mind.

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