“Disciples of the Buddha, in this
SAHA WORLD, the Four Holy Truths are explained in forty trillion names. To the
east, are hundreds of thousands of millions, countless, measureless, boundless,
unequalled, uncountable, inestimable, inconceivable, ineffable worlds that
exhaust the Dharma Realm and the realm of emptiness. In each of those worlds
where the Four Holy Truths are explained, there are also forty trillion names.
By according with living beings’ thoughts these names cause them all to be
tamed and subdued. As it is in the east, so too, it is in the south, west, and
north, the four intermediate directions, and above and below.”
“Disciples of the Buddha, just as in this Saha world system, there
are worlds in the ten directions as described above, so too, there are worlds
in the ten directions in each of those other world systems. In each and every
one of those worlds the Holy Truth of Suffering is described in forty trillion
names. The Holy Truth of Accumulation, the Holy Truth of Extinction, and the
Holy Truth of the Way are also each described in forty trillion names. And
according to what living beings like in their minds, they cause them all to be
tamed and subdued.”
~ CHAPTER 8:
THE FOUR HOLY TRUTHS
AVATAMSAKA SUTRA
