Selections from the Sutra of Golden Light: Chapters 1 & 5, Part 2 of 2

“‘Always and incessantly, the taste senses of conquerors Are smooth, sublime and outstandingly supreme. A single hair emerges from their every pore And curls to the right. Their plaited hair, deep blue, lustrous and glistening, Is blue as the peacock’s beautiful neck. As soon as they are born, their bodies illuminate The triple realms and all ten directions’ worlds; Limitless suffering is dispelled by this light And sentient beings are sustained with all happiness. In the realms of hell beings, animals, Hungry ghosts, humans and Gods, All beings are endowed with peace and happiness. Migrating beings of the lower realms are calmed. Of fine complexion, their bodies glow With light the color of refined gold. Like a pure spotless moon, the faces of sugatas, smiling, Are most beautiful and pristine.’”

“‘Having praised the Buddhas in this way, the king made the following wish: In limitless eons, in the future too, Wherever I am reborn, May I see such a drum as in the dream, And from it, hear such confession. In every birth, may I find a eulogy to conquerors Equal to Source of Lotuses. Buddha qualities, limitless and peerless, Hard to find in thousands of eons, I will hear these virtues in the dream. Upon waking, I shall expound them. I shall liberate all beings from the ocean of suffering; I shall complete the six perfections. When in this way I achieve peerless enlightenment, May my Buddha field not be loose and infirm. As an effect of the fruition of offering the drum And singing praise to all Buddhas, I shall directly behold the Lord Shakyamuni. Then, with my sons Kanakabhujendra and Kanakaprabha, May I receive the supreme prophecy. Along with my two children, May the prediction of enlightenment be attained. For those beings who lack abode or support And are wretched and bereft of refuge, May I in future times Become their refuge, protector and guardian. So that I may end their suffering and its source, And become a wellspring of all virtue, In the future, I shall accomplish enlightening deeds For eons as many as those gone past. Through this confession of Sublime Golden Light, May the ocean of my misdeeds dry up. May the ocean of my karma be depleted. May the ocean of my delusions be exhausted. May the ocean of my merit be complete. May the ocean of my wisdom be perfectly pure And become an ocean of every virtue. May enlightenment’s precious qualities be complete Through the power of the confession of Sublime Golden Light. May the force of my merit brightly shine. May the light of my enlightenment be pristine. Through the sublime light of stainless wisdom, May the light of my form glisten And cause the light of merit to gleam. Always endowed with virtue’s power, May I be renowned in all three realms. So I may free beings from an ocean of suffering And offer peace and happiness vast as the sea, For eons in future times, I shall always engage in enlightening deeds. However many Buddhas exist in three realms, Just as their worlds are impeccably distinguished, Through the virtue of conquerors and limitless merit, May my Buddha field be likewise so.’”