Again, like unto the vast ocean that refuses to take filth, And wherein when absorbed doth foulness change to purity; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Whom all the filth of passion cannot tarnish. Again, like unto the vast ocean whose bottom is unfathomable; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Whose virtues and wisdom are so immeasurable That none ever knows their limits. {400} Again, like unto the vast ocean in which there’s no diversity, All the waters and streams pouring thereinto become of one taste alone; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Who listeneth to one note of Dharma. Again, like unto the vast ocean that existeth not For the interests of one individual; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Whose aspirations are for the benefit of all. Again, like unto the vast ocean that embosoms the jewel called “all-jewel.” Of which all jewels are produced; Even so is the jewel-treasure of the Bodhisattva, For it is through this that all the other jewels shine. Again, like unto the vast ocean that produces the three kinds of jewel, And yet discriminates not between them; Even so is the teaching of the Bodhisattva, Who, equally delivering the three yânas, maketh not any distinction. Again, like unto the vast ocean that by degrees becomes deeper; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Who, practising virtues for the sake of all, Forever aspireth after the deepest omniscience. Again, like unto the vast ocean that harbors not a corpse; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Who, with the heart of purity and the vow of Bodhi, Harboreth not a passion, nor the thought of the Çrâvaka. --- {401} THE BODHISATTVA’S FAITH. (1)[a27] Perceiving all in one, And one in all, The Bodhisattva diligent in his work Is never given up to indolence. Pain he shunneth not, to pleasure he clingeth not, As he is ever bent on the deliverance of all beings; To him all Buddhas will themselves reveal, And of their presence he is never weary. He is in the deepest depths of the Dharma, Where is found the inexhaustible ocean of merit. All sentient beings in the fivefold path of existence, He loveth as his own child; Removing things unclean and filthy, Supplying them with dharmas pure and immaculate. --- THE BODHISATTVA’S FAITH. (2)[a28] While to the doctrine most high listening, The Light of Pure Intelligence within me glows, That shining over all the universe All the enlightened ones to me reveals. Who think there are individuals They put themselves in the position most difficult; Dharmas have no ego-master which is real, For they are merely names and expressions. The vulgar and ignorant know not That within themselves they have a reality true and real, That the Tathâgata is not of any particular form; Therefore the Tathâgata they see not. {402}