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CH 32 - Dwelling Places of Bodhisattvas

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Chapter Thirty-two is also a brief chapter delivered by Mind King Bodhisattva-mahāsattva. the chapter describes a ‘mandala’ of locations where bodhisattvas have ‘abided since ancient times’:

E - Immortal Mountain, where Vajra Victory is with three hundred (other bodhisattvas)\

S - Supreme Peak Mountain, where Dharma Wisdom is with five hundred

W - Vajra Flame Mountain, where Vigorous Fearless Practice is with three hundred

N - Fragrant Accumulation Mountain, where Fragrant Elephant is with three thousand

NE - Cool Mountain, where Mañjuśrī is with ten thousand bodhisattvas

In the ocean - Vajra Mountain, where Dharma Arising is with a retinue of twelve hundred

SE - Stupa Mountain, where Heavenly Crown is with one thousand

SW - Light Mountain, where Worthy Victor is with three thousand

NW - Fragrant Wind Mountain, where Fragrant Light is with a retinue of five thousand

Within the great ocean - Adorned Cave

South of Vaisali - Well-Abiding Root

Mathura City - Perfect Cave

Kuśinagara - Dharma Seat

Pure Shore City - Mucilinda Cave

Malada (Magadha? Marundha?) Country - Established by the Unobstructed [Naga King]

Kamboja Country - Giving Rise to Compassion

China - Nārāyaṇa Cave

Kashgar - Ox Head Mountain

Kashmir - Sequential

In Increasing Joy City - Elder's Cave

Ambulima Country - Seeing Millions of Treasury Light

Gandhara Country - Shambhala Cave

Suggested Reading

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