Then forthwith nine millions of lion-thrones magnificent as before were manifested by Vimalakirti, and all those Bodhisattvas seated themselves thereon. Then the incarnate Bodhisattva handed Vimalakirti that bowl filled with perfume-food; the fragrance of the food filled the entire city of Vaisall and all the three great Chiliocosms.

Then, from the Central Realm, called the Spreading Forth of the Seed, the Bhagavan Vairochana, white in colour, and seated upon a lion-throne,...