Chapter 4 - Candrādyutpatti

Candrādyutpattirnāma Caturthaṃ Prakaraṇam
(Chapter Four named Candrādyutpatti )

Then Bodhisattva Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī asked the Bhagavat, ‘Bhagavat, did Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara leave?’ The Bhagavat replied, ‘Noble son, each day, he completely ripens a million trillion beings. Noble son, not even the Tathāgatas have Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara’s prowesses.’

Then Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī asked, ‘Bhagavat, how is that so?’ The Bhagavat replied, ‘Noble son, there appeared in this world the Tathāgata, the arhat, the samyaksaṃbuddha, the one with wisdom and conduct, the Sugata, the knower of the world, the unsurpassable guide who tamed beings, the teacher of gods and humans, the Buddha, the Bhagavat Vipaśyin. At that time, Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī, I was a merchant named Sugandhamukha, and I heard Tathāgata Vipaśyin describe the qualities of Avalokiteśvara’.

Then Bodhisattva Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī asked the Bhagavat, ‘what were the qualities of Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokitesśvara that you heard the Tathāgata describe?’

The Bhagavat replied, ‘Āditya and Candra came from his eyes, Maheśvara came from his forehead, Brahmā came from his shoulders, Nārāyaṇa came from his heart, Devi Sarasvati came from his canines, Vāyu came from his mouth, Dharaṇī came from his feet, and Varuṇa came from his stomach. When those deities had come from Avalokiteśvara’s body, that Bhagavat said these words to the deity Maheśvara: Maheśvara, in the Kaliyuga, when beings have bad natures, you will be declared to be the primal deity who is the creator, the maker. All those beings will be excluded from the path to enlightenment.

They will say these words to ordinary beings:

‘It is said: the sky is his liṅga,
The earth is his seat.
He is the foundation of all beings.
The liṅga is so called because they dissolve into it.’

‘Noble son, those are the words I heard Tathāgata Vipaśyin say.’

In a later time, there appeared in this world the Tathāgata, the arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha, the one with wisdom and conduct, the Sugat, the Knower of the world, the unsurpassable guide who tamed beings, the teacher of gods and humans, the Buddha, the Bhagavat śikhin. At that time, Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin, I was Bodhisattva Dānaśūra, and I heard from him the description of the qualities of Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara.

End of the Chapter four named Candrādyutpatti.