Transcending the World

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This is the latest translation of Mahayana texts by Rulu, whose Preface outlines the contents:

This book, presents in three parts the English translations of six sūtras
selected from the Chinese Buddhist Canon.
Sūtra 1 in part I is an English
translation of chapter 38 of text 279 (T10n0279), which is one of the three
Chinese versions of the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra of Buddha Adornment. This chapter
“Transcending the World” provides teachings on the universal worthy actions
that a Bodhisattva takes throughout the Bodhisattva Way and beyond. One can
study Sūtra 1 as a stand-alone sūtra or as a sequel to text 279’s chapters 27–37,
the English translations of which are in my fifth book, Two Holy Grounds.

Sūtras 2–5 in part II have never before been translated into English. They
provide a glimpse into the inconceivable Buddha Ground. Sūtra 2 describes the
dharma realm (dharma-dhātu) and the four kinds of wisdom-knowledge
revealed on the Buddha Ground. Sūtra 3 describes the dharma body
(dharmakāya) realized by a Buddha. Sūtra 4 describes a Tathāgata’s state as an
elaboration of the dharma body. Sūtra 5 describes the inconceivable glory of the
ten Buddha grounds.

Sūtra 6 in part III is the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment. It reveals
one’s true mind with perfect awareness, the Cause Ground for one’s
enlightenment, and provides teachings on meditation as a skillful means for one
to train to attain perfect enlightenment, immediately or gradually.

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Many Mahayana teachings are aimed at aspiring bodhisattvas, this is one of the best. Here Samantabhadra Bodhisattva answers many question about the Path. It is chapter 38 in the Avatamsaka Sutra, newly translated by Rulu in the anthology titled Transcending the World.

Here is the first question by Universal Wisdom Bodhisattva and the reply:

[He asked] “On what kinds of things does a Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva rely?”

Then Samantabhadra Bodhisattva told Universal Wisdom Bodhisattva and the other Bodhisattvas, “Buddha-Sons, a Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva relies on ten kinds of things. What are these ten?

They are (1) the bodhi mind, because he never forgets or loses it; (2) his beneficent learned friends, because they unite with him; (3) his roots of goodness, because he develops and expands them; (4) the pāramitās, because he fully practices them; (5) all dharmas, because he eventually transcends them; (6) his great vows, because they strengthen the bodhi mind; (7) his actions, because he completes them; (8) all other Bodhisattvas, because he and they have the same wisdom; (9) making offerings to Buddhas, because he purifies his faith in Them; (10) all Tathāgatas, because, like loving-kind fathers, They ceaselessly teach him.

These are the ten. If a Bodhisattva relies on these ten kinds of things, he will acquire a Tathāgata’s unsurpassed great wisdom as his reliance.”

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