Tag: Buddha’s Enlightenment

• The Cosmic Quake and Revelation of the Buddha’s Enlightenment

  

  Source: Excerpt from “Chapter 7d–The Cosmic Quake and Luminosity: Revelation of the Buddha’s Enlightenment,” Main Theme: The excerpt describes the extraordinary cosmic events that occurred upon the Buddha’s enlightenment. This highlights the profound impact of this event on the universe and its inhabitants. Key Points: “Fifty hundred thousand myriads of spheres in each of the…

  William Altig

  December 4, 2024

  Chapter 7, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 7–The Journey of Enlightenment: Verses from the Lotus Sutra’s Path of Wisdom

  

  To further clarify this teaching, the Lord then expressed his thoughts through the following verses: A Leader, wise, whose name’s adorned,In truth’s terrace was he formed,Ten kalpas sought, but not enlightened,Still the essence he had sighted. Gods and Nāgas, demons bright,Showered flowers on the site,Where enlightenment was gained,Honoring the Jina, unchained. Cymbals high they beat…

  William Altig

  December 1, 2023

  Chapter 7, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 7–The Cosmic Quake and Luminosity: Revelation of the Buddha’s Enlightenment

  

  Monks, as the Lord Mahabhignagnanabhibhu, the Tathagata, reached the pinnacle of supreme, perfect enlightenment, something extraordinary occurred. Fifty hundred thousand myriads of spheres in each of the ten directions of space trembled in six different ways, illuminating with an intense, great brilliance. Even in the darkest, most desolate corners of the universe, where the sun…

  William Altig

  November 19, 2023

  Chapter 7, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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