Tag: Sensory Gifts
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Chapter 19–Tasting the Divine
Further, Satatasamitabhiyukta, whether a young man from a noble family or a young woman who preserves, teaches, shares, and writes this Sacred Teaching (Dharmapāryaya), shall possess a sense of taste with twelve hundred fine qualities of the tongue. All flavors tasted will yield a divine, exquisite pleasure. Even typically unpleasant tastes will transform into heavenly…
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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…
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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…
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Chapter 19–The Sensory Gifts of the Virtuous Bodhisattva
The Lord then spoke to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Satatasamitabhiyukta, meaning “Ever and Constantly Strenuous.” He declared that anyone, whether a young man or a young woman from a noble family, who shall preserve, read, teach, or write this Teaching, or have it written, will gain extraordinary qualities. They will receive eight hundred fine traits of…
Mr. Altig’s Overview of the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Sutra 