Aṣṭamaṃ prakaraṇam
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aṣṭamaṃ prakaraṇam |
atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–āgato bhagavannavalokiteśvaraḥ| yathāndhabhūtena cakṣuranuprāptam, evaṃ bhagavannavalokiteśvaro'nuprāptaḥ| adya me saphalaṃ janma| adya me āśā paripūrṇā| adya me pariśodhito bodhimārgaḥ| sa cetanasadharmakāyanirvāṇopadarśakam||
atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī punareva bhagavantametadavocat– adyāsmākaṃ bhagavan deśaya tvamavalokiteśvarasya guṇaviśeṣam||
bhagavānāha–tadyathāpi nāma sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin cakravālamahācakravālau parvatarājānau| mucilindamahāmucilindau parvatarājānau| kālamahākālau parvatarājānau| saṃsṛṣṭamahāsaṃsṛṣṭau parvatarājānau| pralambodaraḥ parvatarājā| anādarśakaḥ parvatarājā| kṛtsrāgataḥ parvatarājā| jālinīmukhaḥ parvatarājā| śataśṛṅgaḥ parvatarājā| bhavanaśca parvatarājā| mahāmaṇiratnaḥ parvatarājā| sudarśanaśca parvatarājā| akāladarśanaśca parvatarājā| eteṣu parvatarājeṣvekaikaṃ lokadhātuṣu śakyate mayā parvatarājānāṃ palāni vā palaśatāni vā palasahasrāṇi vā palakoṭīniyutaśatasahasrāṇi vā saṃkhyāmapi kalāmapi gaṇanāmapi śakyate mayā kulaputra gaṇayitum| na tu kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya śakyate puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ gaṇayitum| tadyathāpi nāma kulaputra śakyate mayā paramāṇurajasāṃ pramāṇamudgṛhītum, na tu kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya śakyate puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ gaṇayitum| tadyathāpi nāma kulaputra śakyate mayā mahāsamudrasyaikaikaṃ binduṃ gaṇayitum, na tu kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya śakyate mayā puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ gaṇayitum| tadyathāpi nāma kulaputra śakyate mayā śīrṣavanasyaikaikāni patrāṇi gaṇayitum, na tu kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya śakyate puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ gaṇayitum||
tadyathāpi nāma kulaputra sumeruḥ parvatarājo bhūryarāśirbhavet| mahāsamudraḥ bheraṇḍumaṇḍalaṃ bhavet| caturdvīpanivāsinaḥ strīpuruṣadārakadārikādayaḥ sarve te lekhakā bhaveyuḥ| sa ca sumeruparvatarājo'nanto likhito bhavet| śakyate mayaikaikākṣaraṃ gaṇayitum| na tvavalokiteśvarasya śakyate puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ gaṇayitum| tadyathāpi nāma sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin dvādaśa gaṅgānadīvālukopamāstathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāścīvarapiṇḍapātraśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ sarvopakaraṇaiḥ samupasthitā bhaveyuḥ| yaśca teṣāṃ tathāgatānāmupasthāne puṇyaskandhaḥ, tataḥ kulaputra avalokiteśvarasyaikavālāgre puṇyaskandhaḥ| tadyathāpi nāma sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin avalokiteśvaraḥ anekaiḥ samādhiśataiḥ samanvāgataḥ| tadyathā–prabhaṃjano nāma samādhiḥ| vibhūṣaṇakalo nāma samādhiḥ | abhūṣaṇakaro nāma samādhiḥ | vidyullocano nāma samādhiḥ | kṣapaṇo nāma samādhiḥ| mahāmanasvī nāma samadhiḥ| ākārakaro nāma samādhiḥ| vajramālā nāma samādhiḥ| varado nāma samādhiḥ| śatavīryo nāma samādhiḥ| andhavyūho nāma samādhiḥ| pratibhānakūṭo nāma samādhiḥ| rājendro nāma samādhiḥ| vajraprākāro nāma samādhiḥ| vajramukho nāma samādhiḥ| sadāvaradāyako nāma samādhiḥ| indriyaparimocano nāma samādhiḥ| dveṣaparimocano nāma samādhiḥ| candravaralocano nāma samādhiḥ| divākaravaralocano nāma samādhiḥ| dharmābhimukho nāma samādhiḥ| vajrakukṣirnāma samādhiḥ| sudarśako nāma samādhiḥ| nirvāṇakaro nāma samādhiḥ| anantaraśminiṣpādanakaro nāma samādhiḥ| yogakaro nāma samādhiḥ| vikiriṇo nāma samādhiḥ| jambudvīpavaralocano nāma samādhiḥ| buddhakṣetravaralocano nāma samādhiḥ| maitryābhimukho nāma samādhiḥ| prajñāpratibhāsito nāma samādhiḥ| sudanto nāma samādhiḥ| akṣarākṣaro nāma samādhiḥ| avīcisaṃśoṣaṇo nāma samādhiḥ| sāgaragambhīro nāma samādhiḥ| śataparivāro nāma samādhiḥ| mārgasaṃdarśano nāma samādhiḥ| ebhiḥ kulaputra avalokiteśvaraḥ samanvāgataḥ||
tadyathāpi nāma sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin bhūtapūrvaṃ kulaputra krakucchando nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| tena kālena tena samayena ahaṃ dānaśūro nāma bodhisattvo'bhūvam| tadā etasya tathāgatasya puraḥ sthitvā īdṛśamavalokiteśvarasamantabhadrayoḥ samādhivigraho mayā dṛṣṭaḥ| bhadrādibhiścānyairbodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ samādhivigraho dṛṣṭaḥ| yadā samantabhadro bodhisattvo vajrodgataṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo vividhamādhisamādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadraścandravaralocanaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvaraḥ sūryavaralocanaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede | yadā samantabhadro vicchuritaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvaro gaganagañjaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadra ākārakaraṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvara indramatiṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadro bhadrarājaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadā avalokiteśvaraḥ sāgaragambhīraṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadraḥ siṃhaviṣkambhitaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvaraḥ siṃhavikrīḍitaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadro varadāyakaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede, tadāvalokiteśvaraḥ avīcisaṃśoṣaṇaṃ nāma samādhiṃ samāpede| yadā samantabhadraḥ sarvaromavivarāṇyuddhāṭayati, tadāvalokiteśvaraḥ sarvaromavivarāṇyapāvṛṇoti| tadā samantabhadrastametadavocat–sādhu sādhvavalokiteśvara, yastvamīdṛśaṃ pratibhānavān| atha krakucchandastathāgatastametadavocat–alpaṃ tvayā kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya pratibhānaṃ dṛṣṭam | yādṛśamavalokiteśvarasya pratibhānaṃ tādṛśaṃ tathāgatānāṃ na saṃvidyate| īdṛśaṃ mayā kulaputra krakucchandasya tathāgatasya sakāśācchrutam||
atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–deśayatu me bhagavān kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ yena vayaṃ dharmarasenāpūryamāṇāḥ saṃtṛptāḥ bhavema| bhagavānāha–ye kulaputra kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarājasya nāma śroṣyanti, teṣāṃ pūrvakāni karmāvaraṇāni na saṃvidyante| ye paradāragamanaprasaktā aurabhrikakarmodyuktāḥ, ye mātāpitṛghātakā arhaddhātastūpabhedakāstathāgatasyāntike duṣṭacittarudhirotpādakāḥ, īdṛśānāṃ pāparatānāṃ sattvānāṃ tadapi kāraṇḍavyūho mahāyānasūtraratnarājaḥ sarvapāpaparimokṣaṇaṃ kurute ||
atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–kathaṃ jānāmyahaṃ bhagavan kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ sarvapāpaparimokṣaṇaṃ kurute? bhagavānāha–asti kulaputra sumeroḥ parvatarājasya dakṣiṇapārśve saptabhiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmalanirmalau tīrthau parikalpitau| etarhi mayā vikalpitau| yathā pāṇḍulavastraṃ nīlamanugacchanti, sa pāparāśiriva draṣṭavyaḥ| evameva kulaputra idaṃ kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ sarvapāpāni dahati| suśuklabhāvaṃ kurute | tadyathāpi nāma sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin varṣākālasamaye sarvāṇi tṛṇagulmauṣadhivanaspatayaḥ sarve nīlābhi(rūpā) bhavanti| atha śatamukho nāma nāgarājaḥ bhavanādavatīrya sarvāstā tṛṇagulmauṣadhivanaspatīrdahati| evamevāyaṃ kulaputraṃ kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ sarvapāpāni dahati, śuklabhāvaṃ kurute| sukhitāste sattvā bhaviṣyanti, ya imaṃ kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraṃ ratnarājaṃ śroṣyanti| na te kulaputra pṛthagjanā iti vaktavyāḥ| avaivartikā bodhisattvā iva draṣṭavyāḥ| teṣāṃ ca maraṇakāraṇasamaye dvādaśa tathāgatā upasaṃkramya āśvāsayanti–mā bhaiṣīḥ kulaputra| tvayā kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ śrutam| na tvayā punareva saṃsāraṃ saṃsaritavyam| na punarapi teṣāṃ jātijarāmaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati| tata iṣṭapriyaviprayogo priyasaṃprayogo na bhaviṣyati| gamiṣyasi tvaṃ kulaputra sukhāvatilokadhātum| amitābhasya tathāgatasya sakāśāddharmamanuśroṣyasi| evaṃ kulaputra teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ sukhamaraṇaṃ bhaviṣyati| athāvalokiteśvaro bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya ekānte prakrāntaḥ| atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhistūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitaḥ| ta ca devā nāgā yakṣā gandharvā asurā garūḍāḥ kinnarā mahoragā manuṣyāmanuṣyāḥ prakrāntāḥ ||
yadā te prakrāntāstadāyuṣmānānando bhagavantametadavocat–deśayatu me bhagavānasmākaṃ śikṣāsaṃvaram| bhagavānāha–ye bhikṣava upasaṃpadābhāvamicchanti, taiḥ prathamataraṃ gatvā āvāsaṃ samyagavalokayitavyam| vyavalokayitvā bhikṣuka(?)mārocayitavyaṃ śuddhayate bhadanta nānāvāsaṃ na ca yatra nānāvāse'sthīni saṃvidyante| uccāraprastāve na saṃvidyete| pariśuddhayati| evaṃ bhadanta nānāvāsamarhati upasaṃpadābhāvo bhikṣūṇām||
bhagavānāha–duḥśīlena bhikṣuṇā nopasaṃpādayitavyam| na ca jñaptirdātavyā| kiṃ bahunā? bhikṣavo duḥśīlena bhikṣuṇā nānāvāsaṃ na kartavyam, prāgeva jñapticaturtham| ete hi śāsanadūṣakāḥ| duḥśīlānāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ śīlavatāṃ dakṣiṇīyāṇāṃ madhye āvāso na dātavyaḥ | teṣāṃ bahirvihāre āvāso dātavyaḥ| tathā saṃghālāpo na dātavyaḥ| na ca teṣāṃ sāṃghikī bhūmimarhati | na ca teṣāṃ kiṃcidbhikṣubhāvaṃ saṃvidyate||
atha khalvāyuṣmānānando bhagavantametadavocat–katame kāle bhagavannīdṛśādakṣiṇīyā bhaviṣyanti? bhagavānāha–tṛtīye varṣaśatagate mama parinirvṛtasya tathāgatasya īdṛśādakṣiṇīyā bhaviṣyanti, ye vihāre gṛhisaṃjñāṃ dhārayiṣyanti| te dārakadārikāparivṛtā bhaviṣyanti| te sāṃghikaṃ mañcapīṭhaṃ vaṃśikopabimbopadhānakaṃ śayanāsanaṃ asatparibhogena paribhokṣyante| ye ca sāṃghikopacāre uccāraṃ prasrāvaṃ kurvanti, te vārāṇasyāṃ mahānagaryāmuccāraprasrāve gūḍhamṛttikodare prāṇino jāyante | ye sāṃghikaṃ dantakāṣṭhamasatparibhogena paribhuñjante, te kūrmamakaramatsyeṣu jāyante| ye sāṃghikaṃ tilataṇḍulakodravakulatthadhānyādīnasatparibhogena paribhūñjante, te pretanagareṣupapadyante| hīnendriyā dagdhasthūṇākṛtibhirasthipatravaducchritaiḥ svakeśaromapraticchannaiḥ parvatodarasaṃnibhaiḥ sūcīchidropamamukhaiḥ kāye īdṛśaṃ te duḥkhaṃ pratyanubhavanti| ye sāṃghikasyānnapānāderanyāyena paribhogaṃ kurvanti, te'lpaśruteṣu kuleṣu jāyante| hīnendriyāśca jāyante| khañjakubjakāṇavāmanāśca jāyante| paramukhayācanakāśca jāyante| tataścottari vyādhitāśca jāyante| pūyaśoṇitaṃ kāye vahanti| svakīyalomasaṃkucitakāyā uttiṣṭhanti, tadā māṃsapiṇḍā bhūmau patanti| asthīni dṛaśyante| evaṃ te bahūni varṣaśatāni kāyikaṃ duḥkhaṃ pratyanubhavanti| ye sāṃghikīṃ bhūmimasatparibhogena paribhuñjante, te dvādaśa kalpān raurave mahānarake upapadyante| teṣāṃ taptānyayomuhāni mukheviṣkambhānte dahyante| oṣṭhamapi, dantā api viśīryante| tālūni sphūṭanti dahyante| kaṇṭhamapi tālvapi hṛdayamapi| anyānyapi sarveṇa sarvaṃ dahyante, avaśeṣaṃ gacchanti| tadā bhikṣavaḥ karmavāyavo vānti yena te mṛtāḥ purūṣāḥ punareva jīvanti| tataḥ punarapi yamapālaiḥ puruṣaiḥ saṃgṛhyante| tataḥ teṣāṃ karmopagānāṃ karmavaśānāṃ mahatī jihvā prādurbhavati| tatra jihvāyāmupari halaśatasahasraṃ kṛṣyate| evaṃ te bahūni varṣaśatāni bahūni varṣasahasrāṇi bahūni varṣaśatasahasrāṇi nārakaṃ duḥkhaṃ pratyanubhavanti| tataścyutvā agnighaṭe mahānarake upapatsyante| tataste yamapālapuruṣā gṛhītvā ca tasya jihvāyāṃ sūcīśatasahasraṃ vidhyanti| tadapi karmavaśājjīvanti, tata utkṣipya agnikhadāmadhye kṣipanti| tasyāmagnikhadāyāmutkṣipya mahatīṃ vaitaraṇīṃ kṣipanti, tadapi kālaṃ na kurvanti, tadanyanarakeṣupapadyante| evaṃ parikramatāṃ teṣāṃ trayaḥ kalpāḥ parīkṣīyante| tataścyutvā jambūdvīpe jāyante daridrāḥ jātyandhāḥ | tasmātte hyanindānyuttarāṇi sāṃghikāni vastūni rakṣitavyāni ||
ye bhikṣavaḥ śikṣāsaṃvarasaṃvṛtāśca bhavanti, taiḥ imāni trīṇi cīvarāṇi dhārayitavyāni| ekaṃ cīvaraṃ saṃghasya viśvāsena saṃghaparibhogāya, tathā dvitīyaṃ cīvaraṃ rājakuladvāragamanāya ca, tṛtīyaṃ cīvaraṃ grāmanagaranigamapallīpattaneṣu ca| imāni trīṇi cīvarāṇi bhikṣavo dhārayitavyāni| ye śīlavanto guaṇavantaḥ prajñāvantastairbhikṣava imāni śikṣāpadāni mayā prajñaptāni dhārayitavyāni| asatparibhogena bhikṣavo na paribhoktavyaṃ sāṃghikaṃ vastu agnighaṭopamam| sāṃghikaṃ vastu viṣopamam| sāṃghikaṃ vastu vajropamam| sāṃghikaṃ vastu bhāropamam| viṣasya pratīkāraṃ kartuṃ śakyate, na tu sāṃghikasya vastunaḥ pratikāraṃ kartuṃ śakyate||
athāyuṣmānānando bhagavantametadavocat–ājñaptāni bhagavatā śikṣāpadāni, ye bhikṣavo dhārayanti, te pratimokṣasaṃvarasaṃvṛtā bhavanti| vināyābhimukhā bhavanti| kośābhimukhā bhavanti| śikṣākuśalā bhavanti| tāni ca bhagavataḥ śikṣāpadāni bhavanti||
āyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā prakrāntaḥ| atha te mahāśrāvakāḥ svakaṃ svakaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ prakrāntāḥ| te ca devā nāgā yakṣā gandharvā asurā garuḍāḥ kinnarā mahoragā manuṣyāḥ, sarve te prakrāntāḥ||
iti śikṣāsaṃvaro nāma dvādaśaṃ(?) prakaraṇam||
idamavocadbhagavān, te ca bodhisattvāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanniti||
ayaṃ kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarājasya dhāraṇivyūhaḥ maheśvaraḥ samāptaḥ ||
āryakāraṇḍavyūho mahāyānasūtraratnarājaḥ samāptaḥ ||
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ye dharma hetuprabhavā hetusteṣāṃ tathāgato hyavadat|
teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃ vādī mahāśramaṇaḥ||