《Toh 504 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh504
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was wandering through the provinces and came to Vaiśālī. There in Vaiśālī, at the base of the musical tree, Tib. rol mo’i sgra can gyi shing ljon pa. Skt. vādyasvaravṛkṣa. The corresponding term in the Chinese translation of this text is 樂音樹 (Chi. yue yin shu, “musical tree”), a term that is commonly used to describe the trees in Amitābha’s pure land. he was accompanied by a great saṅgha of eight thousand monks, and with him, too, were thirty-six thousand bodhisattvas and all manner of kings, ministers, brahmins, householders, gods, asuras, garuḍas, kinnaras, and mahoragas, all of whom encircled and venerated him as he taught the Dharma. Then, through the Buddha’s power, the bodhisattva great being and Dharma prince Mañjuśrī rose from his seat, adjusted his upper robe on one shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, bowed to the Blessed One with his palms together, and made this request to the Blessed One: “May the Blessed One please teach a detailed account of the names and previous aspirations of the thus-gone ones, so that beings who hear them V, G: vayam śrutvā; SC: taṃ śrutvā; Tib.…
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