Sama-adhi Sutra : the sama-adhi enquired-of by Bhadra-pala
gan.a-s which came to the Haunt of the Kalandaka-s in the Bamboo Grove
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p. |
sect. |
title of leader |
name of leader |
# in retinue |
retinue |
|
12 |
1G |
bodhisattva-mahasattva |
Varun.a-deva from Saketa |
28,000 |
beings |
|
1H |
king |
A-jata-s`atru from Raja-gr.ha |
30,000 |
beings [humans] |
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13 |
the 4 Great Kings |
laks.a-s of kot.i-nayuta-s |
deva-s |
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|
lord of the deva-s |
S`akra |
" |
" |
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Brahma |
Saham-pati |
" |
" |
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deva-putra |
S`ri-bhadra |
" |
" |
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deva-putra |
Maha-is`vara |
1000s |
deva-putra-s from the Pure Abodes |
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1I |
the 4 asura Lords |
laks.a-s of kot.i-nayuta-s |
asura-s |
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naga-kings |
Nanda & Upa-nanda |
" |
naga-s |
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naga-king |
An-ava-tapta |
" |
" |
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naga-king |
Manas-vin |
" |
" |
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naga-king |
Elapatra (Sagara in Chin. – fn. 24) |
" |
" |
p. 13, fn. 23 S`ri-bhadra is both deva-putra (‘son of god’), and also is naga-king {cf. Iesous Khristos, who is both son of god, and also is lifted up as "the serpent in the wilderness"}
similes, describing the bodhisattva-mahasattva-s at the Haunt of the Kalandaka-s in the Bamboo Grove
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p. |
sect. |
# |
feature |
simile |
|
14 |
1K |
1st |
s`ruti (‘erudtion’) |
sea / ocean |
|
16 |
1O |
45th |
" |
" |
|
46th |
white dharma-s |
moon |
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47th |
dispelling ignorance |
sun |
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48th |
shedding light |
lamps |
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49th |
unobstructed |
sky |
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16-7 |
50th |
free from fixation |
akas`a (‘aither’) |
|
|
17 |
51st |
penetration of dharma-s |
vajra |
|
|
52nd |
steadiness of might |
mountains |
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54th |
steadfastness |
threshhold-stones |
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1P |
55th |
mental flexibilty |
catskin-bags |
|
|
18 |
1S |
85th |
lack of manyana (‘misconception’) |
maya-purus.a (‘illusory-person’) |
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19 |
86th |
having dharma-s which are unproduced |
phantoms |
|
|
87th |
understanding the 3 times [past, praesent, future] |
dreamlike |
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|
88th |
manifesting their own bodies in all world-systems |
reflections |
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89th |
possessing the dharma which neither passeth on, nor abideth, yet is unlocalized |
echoes |
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|
90th |
in all their deaths and births |
shadows |
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|
1T |
96th |
proficiency in analysis of all dharma-terms |
enterers of the gate of dharan.i-s |
|
|
99th |
fearless [preachers] |
utterers of the roar of bull and of lion |
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|
20 |
1U |
108th |
honest |
lamps for all worlds |
|
21 |
1V |
122nd |
overthrowing all rival teachers |
roaring tigres |
|
124th |
demonstrators of and elegant discussers of the Dharma |
occupiers of the Lion-Throne |
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|
1W |
131st |
"in giving repose in the most excellent of jewels, |
have plunged into the sea of Dharma" |
|
|
132nd |
"adorning all world-systems in various ways, |
are not to be shaken from any world-systems" {cf. Shaking Quakers ?} |
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|
22 |
1X |
139th |
"being well-formed, swift, and thorough-bred," |
are ["harnessed with the great harness" – fn. 43] |
3 former lives of Dipankara Buddha in which he had encountered tatha-gata-s
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p. |
sect. |
caste (& name) |
years lived |
Tatha-gata |
|
123 |
15C |
vais`ya Su-datta |
80,000 |
Ks.ema-raja [‘momentary king’ {‘moon-buddha’ in Zen ?}] |
|
15D |
ks.atriya in realm of the 33 deva-s |
80,000 (Chin. 84,000 – fn. 5) |
Vidyut-deva (‘lightning-king’ {living for merely as long long as a lightning-flash : another ‘moon-buddha’ ?}) |
|
|
124 |
15E |
brahman |
84,000 |
Ras`mi-raja |
the tathagata-sugata Simha-mati
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p. |
sect. |
location / event |
specifics of location / event |
|
176 |
23I |
cities in Jambu-dvipa |
population 68,000 (Chin. 6,400,000; or 18,000 – fn. 8) |
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Jambu-dvipa itself |
yojana-s in extent : 68,000 (Chin. 180,000 kot.i-nayuta-s; or 18,000 – fn. 9) |
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in Jambu-dvipa, the city named Bhadran-kara |
population 60 kot.i-s |
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|
176-7 |
23J |
assemblies of disciples |
3; 7 days apart; of 90 kot.i-s of disciples each |
|
177 |
23K |
visit by the cakra-vartin Vis`es.a-gamin |
sprinkled handfuls of gems over the tatha-gata |
|
23L |
dharma-preaching by bhiks.u Ratna |
to the 4 assemblies {3 of disciples + 1 of the 1000 sons of cakra-vartin}[; p. 184 23V.10 became the buddha Dr.d.ha-virya] |
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|
183-4 |
23V.6-11 |
bhiks.u Ratna’s 1000 disciples |
encountered 68,000 buddha-s (p. 183 23V.8-9); became the 1000 buddha-s Dr.d.ha-s`ura-s (p. 184 23V.11) |
STUDIA PHILOLOGICA BUDDHICA MONOGRAPH SERIES, V = Paul Harrison (translator from the Tibetan) : The Samadhi of Direct Encounter with the Buddha of the Present : the Pratyutpanna-Buddha-Sam.mukhavasthita-Samadhi-Sutra. Tokyo : The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1990. [with Chinese textual variants in fn.s]