The Buddha cultivated an ocean of blessings

 

The Buddha cultivated an ocean of blessings   -48
As numerous as the motes of dust in all lands.
His spiritual powers and vows made this possible.
The bodhimanda is adorned, pure, and unsullied.

The roots are made of magnificent, wish-fulfilling jewels.
The body of the tree is made of vajra and mani.
 Jeweled nets cover it from high above.
A mist of sublime fragrance circulates around it.

Myriads of jewels adorn the branches of the tree.
Its trunk of mani vigorously stretches upward.
The dense covering of branches resembles layered clouds.
The Buddha sits in the bodhimanda below.

The bodhimanda is vast beyond conception—
Covered entirely by the shade of the tree.
Its flourishing leaves and flowers protect and reflect one another.
A mani fruit grows in each blossom.

Shimmering rays shine between the branches,
Lighting up the entire bodhimanda.
Such pure, infinite resplendence
Appears by the power of the Buddha’s vows.

The flowers are made of mani gems in abundance.
The shadows and radiance resemble exquisite clouds,
Enshrouding the tree with all-pervasive fragrance
And decorating every part of the bodhimanda.

Look inside the bodhimanda of the Well Gone One.
The precious nets of lotuses are pure and clean.
Emerging from them are flaming orbs of light.
Bells tinkling and tolling are heard in the clouds.

All beautiful trees of wondrous colors
That grow in the lands of the ten directions
Appear within the bodhi tree.
Beneath that tree, the Buddha transcends all defilement.

The vast, expansive bodhimanda results from blessings.
Jewels rain down endlessly from the branches.
From each jewel emerge Bodhisattvas,
Who serve and make offerings to Buddhas in the ten directions.

The realm of the Buddhas is inconceivable.
They universally cause their trees to make music.
Hearing the sound, the multitudes are able to see
The Buddhas’ past practices on the bodhi path.

=chapter 1, avatamsaka sutra