Karunapundarika-sutra [sanskrit]
31,638 words
The Sanskrit edition of the ### (lit. “the sutra of the lotus of compassion”) is an ancient Mahayana scripture devoted to Buddha Padmottara, possibly dated to as early as the 3rd century A.D. The Karunapundarika-sutra praises Shakyamuni’s compassionate activities in the Kaliyuga (the degenerate period). Alternative titles: Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra (करुणापुण्डरीकसूत्र), Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka sūtra (करुणापुण्डरीक सूत्र, Karunapundarika-sutra).
Section 105-106
IV bodhisattvavyākaraṇaparivartaścaturthaḥ
atha khalu kulaputra ratnagarbhasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyaitad abhavat / "bahyo'nena samudrareṇunā brāhmaṇena prāṇakoṭyo'nuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau samādāpitā niveśitāḥ pratiṣṭhāpitā avaivartikabhūmau sthāpitāste ca mayā vyākartavyā buddhakṣetrāśca darśayitavyāḥ" / atha khalu bhagavān bodhicittāsaṃpramoṣaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpannaḥ / smitaṃ ca prāviṣkṛtavān, yena smitāviṣkaraṇenānantā paryantā buddhakṣetrā udareṇāvabhāsenāvabhāsya rājño'raṇemino'nyeṣāṃ ca bahūnāṃ prāṇakoṭināṃ buddhakṣetraguṇavyūhaṃ ādarśayati / tena khalu punaḥ samayena daśasu dikṣu gaṇanātikrānteṣu buddhakṣetreṣu bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ tamavabhāsaṃ dṛṣṭvā buddhānubhāvenemāṃ lokadhātuṃ samāgatā bhagavato darśanāya vandanāya paryupāsanāya bhikṣusaṅghaṃ ca / te ca vividhairbodhisattvavikurvitairbhagavataḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavantaṃ paryupāsya purato niṣaṇṇā bodhisattvapraṇidhānaṃ śrotukāmāḥ /
atha khalu kulaputra ratnagarbhasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyaitad abhavat / "bahyo'nena samudrareṇunā brāhmaṇena prāṇakoṭyo'nuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau samādāpitā niveśitāḥ pratiṣṭhāpitā avaivartikabhūmau sthāpitāste ca mayā vyākartavyā buddhakṣetrāśca darśayitavyāḥ" / atha khalu bhagavān bodhicittāsaṃpramoṣaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpannaḥ / smitaṃ ca prāviṣkṛtavān, yena smitāviṣkaraṇenānantā paryantā buddhakṣetrā udareṇāvabhāsenāvabhāsya rājño'raṇemino'nyeṣāṃ ca bahūnāṃ prāṇakoṭināṃ buddhakṣetraguṇavyūhaṃ ādarśayati / tena khalu punaḥ samayena daśasu dikṣu gaṇanātikrānteṣu buddhakṣetreṣu bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ tamavabhāsaṃ dṛṣṭvā buddhānubhāvenemāṃ lokadhātuṃ samāgatā bhagavato darśanāya vandanāya paryupāsanāya bhikṣusaṅghaṃ ca / te ca vividhairbodhisattvavikurvitairbhagavataḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavantaṃ paryupāsya purato niṣaṇṇā bodhisattvapraṇidhānaṃ śrotukāmāḥ /