DESCRIPTION

The First Assembly concludes with an enigmatic chapter that almost reads like a bed-time story. Samantabhadra tells the bodhisattvas about yet another ocean of worlds it the remote past, many kalpas ago. The description of the world Supreme Sound, which rests on a sea of crystal net flowers, is reminiscent of the cosmology of Chapter Four and Five, with the overlaying of a narrative surrounding Prince Light of Great Power, the son of King Benevolent Mind a Joy to Behold, and their meeting with buddhas throughout the ages.