. 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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The Buddha emits light from his feet. All the Manjushri Bodhisattvas speak verses describing the World Honored One’s inconceivable states.
Countless Manjushri Bodhisattvas appear in all Wayplaces, expounding verses in unison. All the Manjushri Bodhisattvas, accompanied by innumerable Bodhisattvas from different directions, come to draw near to the Buddha.

Annotation
Manjushri Bodhisattva is known as Wen Shu Shr Li Pu’sa in Chinese. He is foremost in Wisdom. His name means ‘Wonderfully Auspicious.’ Ten auspicious signs manifested when he was born. A verse in praise says,
An ancient Buddha, riding past vows, came to save the Saha World. Manjushri, the Greatly Wise, proclaims the Mahayana.
On FivePeaks, he guides beings in number like the Ganges’ sands.
At Nine Flowers, he teaches multitudes as numerous as grains and sesame seeds.
Through over a hundred cities traveled the Youth Good Wealth.
A thousand auspicious clouds gathered when the Dragon Girl became a Buddha.
Wonderful Virtue universally manifests his lion’s roar.
In the Flower Adornment Assembly, he constantly speaks the ineffable.
How did the Buddha practiced the Way in the past in order to realize the inconceivable, ineffable, perfect, and unsurpassed state of the Thus Come One? The Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua says,

For three asamkhyeyas,
 the Buddha cultivated blessings and wisdom.
 For a hundred great kalpas
he walked the Bodhisattva Way,
 benefiting himself and others,
enlightening himself and enlightening others,
 and crossing over himself and crossing over others.
 For the sake of the Dharma
 he forgot about himself.
In his seeking for the Buddhadharma
 he gave his body, mind, nature, and life.
The Buddha
 wouldn’t do the smallest bit of evil,
 and he did every good deed
 that there was to do,
 no matter how small it was.
 Because he didn’t neglect
 to do small good deeds,
 they accumulated into great good deeds.
And because
 he wouldn’t do the smallest evil thing,
 his evil karma is empty.
 Therefore, the Buddha’s merit and virtue
 is limitless and boundless.‘

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