The Eighth Abode

 8. The Abode of the Child of the Truth

The Flower Garland Sutra says:

"These Bodhisattvas abide in ten kinds of karmic deeds, which are

1. Conduct of the body that is without error
2. Conduct of speech that is without error
3. Conduct of thought that is without error
4. Being born according to one’s wishes
5. Recognizing the various desires of living beings
6. Recognizing the various understandings of living beings
7. Recognizing the various spiritual realms of living beings
8. Recognizing the various karmic deeds of living beings
9. Recognizing the attainment and loss of worlds
10. The mastery of spiritual feet and traveling anywhere with them without hesitation

These Bodhisattvas should encourage the study of these ten things:

1. Recognizing all the spiritual lands (ksetra) of the Buddhas
2. Stirring all the spiritual lands of the Buddhas
3. Embracing all the spiritual lands of the Buddhas
4. Observing all the spiritual lands of the Buddhas
5. Going to all the spiritual lands of the Buddhas
6. Traveling in all the countless worlds
7. Receiving and accepting the Buddha’s countless teachings
8. Presenting one’s life and mastering spiritual transformation and influence
9. Raising up a great full and broad sound
10. Serving and worshipping the countless Buddhas in a single instant

This is to make Bodhisattvas progress in skillfully applying the teachings so that they grasp what they hear without having to depend upon others to explain it."

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