Great Power Arrived, the Dharma Prince, with his similar peers of
52 Bodhisattvas, immediately rose from their seats, prostrated
at the Buddha’s feet, and said to the Buddha, ‘I recollect, in past
kalpas ago, as numerous as the Ganges River’s sands, there was a
Buddha who arose in the world, named “Immeasurable Light”. Twelve
Tathāgatas arose in succession for one kalpa, and its last Buddha
was named “Surpassing Sun And Moon Light”. That Buddha taught me
the Samādhi from Mindfulness of Buddha.
For example, there are persons, of one focused on recollecting, and
one person focused on forgetting. Such two persons, if they come
across each other, it is as if they do not come across each other,
or if they see each other, it is as if they do not see each other.
If these two persons mutually recollect each other, with the duo’s
mindful recollection being deep, thus, even from life to life,
similar to form and shadow, they will not depart from each
other. The ten directions’ Tathāgatas are sympathetically
mindful of sentient beings, like a mother recollecting her child.
If the child runs away, although there is recollection, what is the
use? If the child recollects the mother, like when the mother
recollects the child, the mother and child, in life after life,
will not be far away from each other. If sentient beings’
minds recollect the Buddha [Amitābha], and are mindful of the
Buddha, now or in the future, they will definitely see the Buddha.
With the Buddha not far away, without use of expedient means, they
will, by themselves, attain awakening of their minds.
Like a person perfumed by incense, whose body has fragrance, this
is thus named “Adornment With Fragrance And Light”. I, when on the
fundamental causal ground, with my mind being mindful of the
Buddha, entered the Patience of Non-Birth. Now in this world, I
gather those mindful of the Buddha, for return to his Pure Land.
The Buddha asked about Perfect Penetration, and I have no other
choice, than to gather in the six roots, with pure mindfulness of
the Buddha in continuous succession, to attain Samādhi, as this is
the foremost method.’ (The
Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s
Section On Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva’s Perfect
Penetration With Mindfulness Of Buddha – Translated from Chinese
into English in 2556 B.E. by Upāsaka Shen Shi’an from
Singapore)
