(23) O Ananda, all the Buddhas are equal m their physical bodies, in their dignity and births, in their discipline, meditation, wisdom, liberation, and wisdom of liberation, in their ten powers, the [fourfold] fearlessness, and the attributes of their extraordinary qualities, in their greatness of mercy and compassion, in their attitudes, conduct, and longevity of life, in their discourses, teachings, in the perfection of beings, in the purification of the Buddha-lands, and in the equipment of Buddha quality. Therefore the Buddhas are called Samyak-sambuddhas, Tathagatas, and Buddhas.

(44) There in this chamber all the Buddhas of all the ten quarters led by Sakyamuni, Amitabha, Akshobhya, Ratnasri, Ratnatejas, Ratnacandra, Ratna-vyuha, Durdharsha, Simhaghosha and Sarvarthasiddha, at any moment this excellent man wills, come to expound the mine of the Law which is the secret essence of all the Buddhas; and they return when their task is done; this is the seventh of those things which are unobtainable and have never existed before.

(66) From this eternal and ancient androgyne--Kether--come forth Chochmah, the great Father, and Binah, the great Mother. These two are usually referred to as Abba and Aima respectively--the first male and the first female, the prototypes of sex. These correspond to the first two letters of the sacred name, Jehovah, יהוה, IHVH. The Father is the י, or I, and the Mother is the ה, or H. Abba and Aima symbolize the creative activities of the universe, and are established in the creative world of Briah. In the Sepher ha Zohar it is written, "And therefore are all things established in the equality of male and female; for were it not so, how could they subsist? This beginning is the Father of all things; the Father of all Fathers; and both are mutually bound together, and the one path shineth into the other--Chochmah, Wisdom, as the Father; Binah, Understanding, as the Mother."

(11) Vimalakirti replied in the following gathas: “ Prajnaparamita is the mother of the Bodhisattva; Upaya is his father; all the leaders of men are born of such [parents], “ The joy of hearing the law is his wife: the mind of mercy and compassion is his daughter; and to possess good will and sincerity is his son; absolute emptiness is his house. “Passions are his disciples; they are obedient to the intentions of his will; the [thirty-seven] branches of knowledge are his friends by whom he attains to supreme enlightenment. “ All the Paramitas are his friends of righteousness; the four acceptances are his singing maidens who sing in concert the song of the law. ‘ ‘ There are the gardens of the Dharmas; the trees of the law far above passion, the pure and excellent flowers of the mind of Bodhi, and the fruits of wisdom of emancipation. “ There in the bathing lake of the eightfold deliverance the water of meditation runs over, strewn with the flowers of the sevenfold purity. * Those who bathe [in that water] are men free from the filth of passion.

(37) O Sariputra, any [beings], either Sakra, or Brahman, or the four guardian gods, or deities, or serpents, or goblins, all entering this chamber, hear only tins excellent man preaching the law; and when they go out, they all cherish the thought of supreme enlightenment, finding pleasure in the odour of the virtues of Buddha.

(5) those Bodhisattvas who were thus endowed with these qualities were :—(1) Samatavalokita-Bodhisattva [one who sees equality], (2) Asamatavalokita-Bodhisattva [one who sees non-equality], (3) Samatasamatavalokita-Bodhisattva [one who sees both equality and non-equality], (4) Sama-dhisvararaja-Bodhisattva [one who is powerful as a king in meditation], (5) Dharmesvara-Bodhisattva [one who is powerful in righteousness], (6) Dharmalakshana-Bodhisattva [one who comprehends the nature of things], (7) Prabhalakshana-Bodhisattva [one who comprehends the nature of light], (8) Prabha-vyuha-Bodhisattva [light-adorned one], (9) Mahavyuha-Bodhisattva [majestically adorned one], (10) Ratnakuta-Bodhisattva [treasure-heaped one], (11) Supralapakuta-Bodhisattva [lord of eloquence], (12) Ratnahasta-Bodhisattva [treasure-laden one], (13) Ratnamudrahasta-Bodhisattva [treasure-seal-handed one], (14) Sadotthitahasta-Bodhisattva [one with ever-lifted hands], (15) Sadavalambitahasta-Bodhisattva [one with ever-let-down hands], (16) Sadaprarudita-Bodhisattva [one ever weeping for those who suffer], (17) Harshendriya-Bodhisattva [one with joyful sense-organs], (18) Harsharaja-Bodhisattva [king of joy], (19) Supralapaghosha-Bodhisattva [one with eloquent voice], (20) Akasagarbha-Bodhisattva [one who conceives the sky], (21) Ratnadipadhara-Bodhisattva [one who holds the treasure-torch], (22) Ratnasura-Bodhisattva [one who is a hero as precious as a jewel], (23) Ratnadarsana-Bodhisattva [one whose understanding is like a jewel], (24) Indrajala-Bodhisattva [one who is like Indra’s jewelled net], (25) Prabhajala-Bodhisattva [one who is like a jewelled net of surpassing brilliancy], (26) Nalambana-samahita-Bodhisattva [one who meditates on the causelessness of things], (27) Jnanakuta-Bodhisattva [one who with a mass of wisdom], (28) Ratnavijaya-Bodhisattva [one who possesses the treasure surpassing that of the world], (29) Devaraja-Bodhisattva [king of deities], (30) Marapramardana-Bodhisattva [one who smashes the Evil One], (31) Vidyutprapta-Bodhisattva [one who holds lightning], (32) Isvararaja-Bodhisattva [mighty king], (33) Gunalamkara-Bodhisattva [one who is adorned with all qualities], (34) Simhanada-Bodhisattva [one who roars as a lion], (35) Stanitaghosha-Bodhisattva [one whose voice is like thunder], (36) Parvatasamghataghosha-Bodhisattva [one whose voice is like that of crashing mountains], (37) Gandhahastin-Bodhisattva [one whose fragrance is like that of an elephant], (38) Sveta-gandhahastin-Bodhisattva [one whose fragrance is like that of a white elephant], (39) Nityodyukta-Bodhisattva [ever-diligent one], (40) Anikshiptadhura-Bodhisattva [one who is never at rest], (41) Sujati-Bodhisattva [one who is of excellent birth], (42) Pushpavyuha-Bodhisattva [one adorning himself with flower] (43) Avalokitesvara-Bodhisattva [the lord of mercy for all sufferers], (44) Mahasthamaprapta-Bodhisattva [one possessing mighty power], (45) Brahmajala-Bodhisattva [one resembling Brahma’s jewelled net], (46) Ratnadanda-Bodhisattva [one possessing a jewelled scepter], (47) Ajita-Bodhisattva [the unconquered one], (48) Almkarakshetra-Bodhisattva [the possessor of the land of splendor], (49) Suvarnacuda-Bodhisattva [one with golden locks], (50) Manicuda-Bodhisattva [one whose hair is adorned with a precious gem], (51) Maitreya-Bodhisattva [a descendant of Mitra], (52) Manjusrikumarabhuta [Manjusri, one endowed with excellent virtue, the prince of the Law].

(4) Therefore, O king of deities, he who holds, recites, and reveres the scripture is said to honour all the Buddhas of the past, the present, and the future. "O king of deities, if there be many Tathagatas so many in number even as the bushes, whether of sugar-cane, bamboo, reed, paddy, or hemp, and the three great Chiliocosms may be full of them, and a son or daughter of a noble family will honour, revere, praise, and pay homage to them and dedicate their dwellings to them for the space of one kalpa or thereabout, and after the passing of those Buddhas, he or she will elect a Stupa of seven jewels containing the perfect body of each of the Tathagatas as wide as the four worlds and as high as the heaven of Brahman, erecting a pole adorned with all magnificence and do homage to them with all the rarest flowers, all kinds of incense, garlands, banners and music, for the space of one kalpa or thereabout; what dost thou think, O king of deities, is the merit planted by this man much or little?”

(1) THUS it was heard by me. At one time the Blessed One dwelt at Vaisali, in the grove of Amrapali, together with eight thousand great Bhikshus and thirty-two thousand Bodhisattvas. These Bodhisattvas were well known to the world; they were endowed with profound wisdom and fundamental duties, and supported by the power of all the Buddhas ; they were the maintainers of the true law which they preached, like the roaring of a lion, for the protection of the law-fortress ; their names were heard in all the ten quarters; though not requested they made themselves advisers of all people, giving them peace; transmitting and elevating the Three Treasures they rendered them immortal; conquering the Evil Ones and repressing all the heresies; they were all pure and undefiled, ever free from all the hindrances, and their minds were abiding in unimpeded emancipation; they were never interrupted in their recollection, meditation, self-control, and eloquence; they were endowed with [the virtues of] Charity, Discipline, Patience, Energy, Meditation, Wisdom, and Capacity for devising Skilful Means; they attained to recognition in the law which is uncreated and unobtainable; they were obedient to [the doctrine of all the Buddhas] in rolling the Wheel which never turns back; comprehending the nature of things, they were acquainted with the capacity of all beings; they could never be excelled by any, as they attained to the state of fearlessness ;

(6) Buddha spoke to the king of deities: "It should be known that the merits of a son or daughter of a noble family who hearing this scripture of Inconceivable Emancipation comprehends, holds, recites and practises it would obtain greater merits than those. And why? The Bodhi of all the Buddhas springs forth from it; and the essence of the Bodhi is infinite. For this reason the merits are immeasurable.”