COMPLETE ENLIGHTENMENT SÙTRA _ CHAPTER 01 : MANJUSRI BODHISATTVA


COMPLETE ENLIGHTENMENT SÙTRA

I heard like this:

At one time, Buddha Entered the Right-Meditation named Great Light Treasure of Ubiquitous Supernatural Power. That treasure is the place that keeps brilliantly the solemnity of all Buddhas, and also the Nature-of- Enligtenment-Wisdom which is very transparent and pure of all kinds of beings. Buddha Entered this Right-Meditation, so his Body and Mind were very quiet, identical with the ubiquitous universe nature, which means to be consistent with Non-Duality. This Non-Duality represents Pure world where Buddha and Ten Thousand  Mahàsattvas with the leaders such as Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Universal Vision Bodhisattva, Vajragarbha Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Pure Wisdom Bodhisattva, Power and Virtue Unhindered Boddhisattva, Voice of Discernment Bodhisattva, Purifier of All Karmic Hindrances Bodhisattva, Universal Enlightenment Bodhisattva, Perfect Enlightenment Bodhisattva and Most Excellent of Worthies Bodhisattva; these Bodhisattvas and their entourage, entered the  Right-Meditation, so they joined the Equal-Dharma-Congress of Buddha.

CHAPTER 01 :  MANJUSRI BODHISATTVA

At that time, Manjusri Bodhisattva was among The mass, from his seat stood up, then worshiped with his forehead as high as Buddha’s feet, according to right tendency of Buddha, walked around Buddha three times, kneeled straight, joined his hands and said:

Buddha with great compassion, for the Bodhisatvas joining this Dharma Congress, could You talk about Buddha’s preliminary basic actions? About how Bodhisattvas in Mahàyàna should arise Bodhichitta so that it can be Pure, Free from sickness? And in the final period, what should people who seek Mahàyàna Dharma do to avoid wrong knowledge?

After announciating, Manjusri Bodhisattva put his five body parts on the ground to worship Buddha. Bodhisattva made that request three times in that posture respectfully, after each time of request he started over again.

Then, Buddha taught Manjusri Bodhisattva:

It’s great, Good Son, for  other Bodhisattvas, you ask about Tathàgata’s preliminary basic actions, and for people who seek Mahàyàna Dharma in the final period, you ask how to reach Correct Dwelling, not to Fall into the Wrong Knowledge. You should listen carefully, Tathagàta will expound.

Manjusri Bodhisattva felt glad and together with The mass listened quitely.

Buddha taught:

Good Son, Supreme Dharmaràja has Maha-Dhàrani Dharma named Complete Enlightenment, pouring out all pure Dharmas such as Eternal True Entity, Bodhi, Nirvàna and Pàramita, to teach all Bodhisattvas. Tathàgata’s preliminary basic actions are Based on Complete Enlightenment — based on that Wisdom that is Pure and that perfectly Shines to destroy Ignorance permanently, to Achieve Buddha Wisdom.

Good Son, what is Ignorance? It is the Aberration which has existed since  without beginning of all kinds of beings. Aberration seems like a Person with Misconception; it will cause the positions of Four Directions to be changed. Therefore, there is misconception that the Combination of Four Elements is Self-Body, misconception that the Perception of Six Gunas is Self-Mind, the same as deseased eyes seeing the space full of Blur Spots, or seeing the Moon have the second Moon on it. But the space actually has no Blur Spots, it appears due to the  misconception of deseased people: due to this misconception, there is not only the Misconception of the Truth of space, but also the Misconception of the Exact Origin of Blur Spots in the space. And thus, there is the wheel of Births-and-Deaths, existing without reality, so it is named Ignorance.

Good son, such ignorance Does Not Truly Exist, exactly like characters in Dreams, in dreams things are seen to exist, but when Awake know that they are Nothingness — Here Nothingness is like when Blur Spots disappear in the Space, we can’t say that Space has the Position of Disappearance, because Space has No Position of  Birth. In such No-Birth No Disappearance, all kinds of beings mistakenly see that there are Birth-Disappearance, so it is called the wheel of births-and-deaths; and all Tathàgatas’s preliminary basic actions are to observe Complete Enlightenment: Knowing that it is Blur Spots in the space is to know that the wheel of births-and-deaths are Nothingness — , the Body and the Mind that suffer that  wheel of births-and-deaths are also Nothingness — Nothingness, it does not mean that things must be made to disappear to become Nothingness, but in reality  Nature is Nothingnness. When knowing that things are Blur spots in the space, that Knowledge is also Nothingness; knowing that that knowledge is also Nothingness is also a shade of Blur Spots in the space; and yet it can’t be said that we Do Not Know Anything:  when both existence and non-existence are denied, it can be said that it is Suitable for Pure Wisdom. Pure Wisdom is because the nature is like Space, Permanently Immmovable, which means Tathàgata-garbha Is Without Birth and  Disappearance, Without the Seeing and Knowing that reflect Birth and Disappearance, but is The Universe Nature which is Absolute, Complete and  Ubiquitous.

That is Tathàgata’s Preliminary Basic Actions. Bodhisattvas base on that fundamental to arise Pure Bodhichitta in Mahàyàna. And people in the final period base on that foundation to conduct, will Not Fall into Wrong Knowledge.

Lokajyestha would like to repeat the expounded meaning so he said the following words:

Manjusri should know,
All Tathàgatas
Preliminary basic
Applying Enlightenment Wisdom:
Knowing that Ignorance
Is just like Blur Spots in the space
So without the wheel of births-and-deaths,
Not different from Images in Dreams
In Dreams seeing that there is existence
When Awake is completely Nothingness.
The above knowledge
Is also Nothingness,
Universal, Immovable
Ubiquitous in Ten Directions:
It’s the Achievement of
Buddha Enlightenment Wisdom.
Illusion disappears
So Without positions,
Achieved Enlightenment Wisdom
Is also Nothingness,
Because Nature
Is Completely Full.
Basing on this
All Bodhisattvas
Can arise
Great Bodhichitta;
Subsequent generations
According to this conducting
Will not fall into
The Wrong Knowledge./.

—oOo—

Esoteric Dharma Vajrapani Lineage
Vajrapani group – “Sun” generation
Translator: Nhat Loan