. picture of Master Hua  Master Hsuan Hua
lectured the Avatamsaka Sutra in the U.S. over a nine year period.

 
 
Introduction
Table of Contents
Title
1 World Rulers
2 Thus Come One
3 Universal Worthy
4 Coming into Being
5 Flower Store
6 Vairochana
7 Names
8 Four Holy Truths
9 Enlightenment
10 Clarification
11 Pure Conduct
12 Worthy Leader
13 Mount Sumeru
14 Praises
15 Ten Dwellings
16 Brahma Conduct
17 Bringing Forth
18 Understanding
19 Suyama
20 Praises in Suyama
21 Ten Conducts
22 Ten Treasuries
23 Tushita Heaven
24 Praises in Tushita
25 Ten Transferences
26 Ten Grounds
27 Ten Samadhis
28 Ten Penetrations
29 Ten Patiences
30 Asamkhyeas
31 Life Spans
32 Dwelling Places
33 Dharmas
34 Ten Bodies
35 Characteristics
36 Conduct
37 Appearance
38 Leaving the World
39 Dharma Realm
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Bibliography
Glossary
Transference
 
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Universal Worthy Bodhisattva expounds upon the Buddhas’ marks of Greatness and characteristics.
Annotation
The World Honored One has the thirty-two hallmarks of Greatness and eighty subsidiary characteristics. In the Sutra on Upasaka Precepts, the Buddha told Sujata,
Good son, the Bodhisattva always greatly benefits sentient beings during innumerable kalpas, and earnestly and diligently does all good deeds. Therefore, the Tathagata perfects innumerable virtues. The thirty-two marks are the rewarding result of Great Compassion. Although a universal monarch also has these marks, they are not as perfect. It is actions of body, speech, and mind that result in these marks…
The Buddha’s thirty-two marks are:

  1. Level feet
  2. Thousand-spoke wheel sign on feet
  3. Long, slender fingers
  4. Pliant hands and feet
  5. Toes and fingers finely webbed
  6. Full-sized heels
  7. Arched insteps
  8. Thighs like a royal stag
  9. Hands reaching below the knees
  10. Well-retracted male organ
  11. Height and stretch of arms equal
  12. Every hair root dark colored
  13. Body hair graceful and curly
  14. Golden-hued body
  15. A ten foot aura around him
  16. Soft, smooth skin
  17. Two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded.
  18. Below the armpits well filled
  19. Lion-shaped body
  20. Body erect and upright
  21. Full, round shoulders
  22. Forty teeth
  23. Teeth white, even and close
  24. Four canine teeth pure white
  25. Lion-jawed
  26. Saliva improving the taste of all food
  27. Tongue long and broad
  28. Voice deep and resonant
  29. Eyes deep blue
  30. Eyelashes like a royal bull
  31. A white urna or curl between the eyebrows emitting light.
  32. A fleshy protuberance on the crown.

That does not imply that the Buddha resembles certain animals, but that, the World Honored looks majestic, magnificent, lordly and supremely adorned.

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