Tag: Ancient Indian Tradition

• Chapter 19–Perfuming the Universe

  

  Further, Satatasamitabhiyukta, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva who preserves, shares, studies, and writes this Sacred Teaching (Dharmapāryaya), is blessed with a perfect sense of smell, endowed with eight hundred fine qualities. With this refined sense, he can detect various odors in the entire universe, inwardly and outwardly. These include unpleasant and pleasant smells, foul odors, and the…

  William Altig

  January 20, 2024

  Chapter 19, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 19–Hearing the Universe: The Twelve Hundred Sensory Qualities

  

  Moreover, Satatasamitabhiyukta (Ever and Constantly Strenuous), whether a young man from a noble family or a young woman who shares and teaches this Sacred Teaching to others, will possess twelve hundred fine qualities of the ear. They will hear all the sounds produced in the universe, from the depths of the great hell known as…

  William Altig

  January 19, 2024

  Chapter 19, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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