Wisdom of the East | Page 5

into this sinful world, even like unto that Buddha made flesh in India,
he wearieth not in seeking the welfare of all men.
19. Seek refuge in the World-Honoured, for His Divine Power is
Almighty and beyond man's measure, being made perfect in
inconceivable Holiness.
20. The Sravakas, the Bodhisattvas, the Heavenly Beings and Souls in
Paradise, they in whom wisdom is made equal unto beauty, declare
their attributes in order, according to their former birth.
21. Seek refuge in Him in whom all strengths are equal.
Nought is there to compare with the excellent beauty of the Souls in
Paradise, for their being is infinite as space, and far are they above
celestials and mortal man.
22. Whoso would be born into Paradise shall in this life be made one
with those men that return no more unto birth and death.
In that Pure Land is none who hath stood among doubting men, and
none also who hath trusted in his own deeds for Salvation. To this do
all the Buddhas witness.
23. If all having life in the Ten Regions hear this Holiest Name of Him
that is Infinite, and attain unto the true faith, they shall obtain joy and
gladness.
24. For when a man with joy accepteth the sacred vow of Him that is
infinite who saith, "I will not attain unto perfect Enlightenment unless
in Me shall all the world be made whole," at that very time he shall
assuredly be born into Paradise.
25. Seek refuge in the Almighty Spirit.

By the divine might of His promise, by the Infinite One was Paradise
created; yea, and the Souls of men that dwell therein. And there is
nought that may compare with them.
26. Seek refuge in the unutterable Wisdom.
Of His Land of Peace the half cannot be told. Even the word of the
Buddha himself could not utter it.
27. Myriads of happy souls were born, are born and shall be born into
that Land of Purity, not from this world alone, but from the hidden
worlds also, and the Ten Regions.
28. So soon as man heareth the holy name of the Infinite One and with
great gladness praiseth him, he shall attain to the reward of the holy
Treasury of Merit.
29. Go forward, O Valiant Souls, seeking the Law though all the
worlds fall into flame and ruin, for ye shall have passed beyond birth
and death!
30. The innumerable Buddhas praise the triumphant divinity of the
Bringer of Light. To Him do gather the myriad Bodhisattvas,
unnumbered as the Sands of Ganges in worship from the Eastern world.
31. As from the East, so gather also to the Infinite One the Bodhisattvas
from the Nine Regions of the worlds.
With Sacred Psalms the Gautama Buddha himself laudeth the
boundless glory of the Infinite One.
32. Seek refuge in the World-Honoured.
To Him do the myriad Buddhas of the ten Regions bring homage with
songs and praises, that they may sow the seeds of merit.
33. Bring homage to the Hall of Great Teaching and to the living Bo
tree that is in Paradise! Yet this land, glorious with the Holy Tree,
radiant with the Hall of Great Teaching that shineth with the Seven
Jewels, where innumerable souls hastening from all the ends of the
Earth shall be born, is but the temporal Paradise.
34. In awful reverence seek refuge in the purity of Him that welcometh.
For by His Divine Promise was this glorious land, great beyond human
measurement, made to be.
35. Seek refuge in the wisdom inconceivable. For the perfection of His
Virtue--that Virtue availing for all the world, and the perfect way by
which He willeth that man shall take refuge in Him, are past all human
speech or thought.

36. Take refuge in the wisdom that is most truly infinite. For He is
faithful, having promised in His Divine Might, and on his perfect clear
promise that cannot be shaken is the merciful way of salvation builded.
OF PARADISE
37. Seek refuge in the heavenly harmony.
For the jewel groves and gem trees of Paradise give forth a sweet and
most excellent melody in pure and ordered unison.
38. Seek refuge in the Divine Promise, the Treasury of Merit,
For the seven jewel trees are fragrant in Paradise where the flowers, the
fruits, the branches and the leaves thereof
Cast back their radiance the one to the other.
39. Bring homage to the perfect Righteousness.
As the pure wind blows over the trees glorious with jewels,
It draweth from them a noble music with five-fold strains of harmony.
40. In all the world is no place hidden from the glory shed by hundreds
of myriad rays from the heart of every flower of Paradise.
41. Like unto