THUS I HAVE HEARD
The Tathagata is benevolent and has great compassion,
fearlessly he is willing to impart to living beings
the Wisdom of the Buddha
fragments taken from
सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्र Saddharmapundarīka-sūtra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PsqekVz1eE
It is like unto a great cloud
rising above the world
covering all things everywhere
a gracious cloud laden with moisture
Lighthing-flames flash and dazzle
a voice of thunder vibrates afar
bringing joy and ease to all
The sun rays are veiled
and the earth is cooled
The cloud´s masses lower and spread
as if to be touched;
it rains down equally
Descending on all sides
Streaming and pouring unstinted
permeating the land everywhere:
fragments taken from
सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्र Saddharmapundarīka-sūtra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PsqekVz1eE
It is like unto a great cloud
rising above the world
covering all things everywhere
a gracious cloud laden with moisture
Lighthing-flames flash and dazzle
a voice of thunder vibrates afar
bringing joy and ease to all
The sun rays are veiled
and the earth is cooled
The cloud´s masses lower and spread
as if to be touched;
it rains down equally
Descending on all sides
Streaming and pouring unstinted
permeating the land everywhere:
The Dharma taught by the Buddha
is like this great-rain cloud
whose rain of one flavour
moistens human flowers
is like this great-rain cloud
whose rain of one flavour
moistens human flowers
Having appeared in the world,
for the sake of living beings
Shakyamuni Buddha,
The Thus Come One
is now passing on to you,
the Highest Truth
The Bodhisattva Path
by whose learning and practice you shall achieve Buddhahood
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