Chapter 10 - Kāñcanamaya-bhūmyādi-upasthāna

Kāñcanamayabhūmyādyupasthānaṃ Daśamaṃ Prakaraṇam
(Chapter Ten named Kāñcanamayabhūmyādyupasthānam )

Then Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī said to the Bhagavat, ‘It is very difficult, Bhagavat, to hear the manifold description of Avalokiteśvara’s qualities.’

The Bhagavat said, ‘Noble son, there will be a description of Avalokiteśvara’s qualities after he has left Vajrakukṣi and come to the land of iron. Listen to it at that time. Before that there is this teaching: In a later time, there was 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 Devas and humans, the Buddha, the Bhagavat Viśvabhū. At that time, Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhi, I was a rishi who taught patience and lived in a cliff among the mountains where people did not go. At that time, I heard Tathāgata Viśvabhū describe the qualities of Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara. Avalokiteśvara had gone to the land of gold and taught the eightfold noble path, the dharma that teaches nirvāṇa, to the upside-down beings who lived there. Then he left the land of gold and went to the land of silver. Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara said to the four-legged beings who lived there, ‘you must listen with perfect, pure thought to this dharma teaching on contemplating nirvāṇa, on turning the mind to nirvāṇa. ‘Then Avalokiteśvara taught them the dharma. Those beings sat before Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara and said to him: ‘show the path to blind beings! Be a protector and refuge to beings who have no protector! Be a father and mother to those who do not have a father and mother! Be a lamp for the darkness of the three lower existences! Be aware of us and show us, with great compassion, the path to liberation. The beings who have obtained and always remember your name are happy; they are free from this kind of suffering that we experience.’

Then the precious king of the Mahāyāna Sūtras, The Sūtra of the Kāraṇḍyavyūha Sūtra, issued forth into the ears of those beings. When they heard it, they reached an irreversible level and were established in the highest happiness.

Then Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara left for another land, which was made of iron, where he approached the asura king Bali. As he approached, king Bali saw him in the distance, resembling a disc of gold emitting light rays of various colors.

End of the Chapter Ten named Kāñcanamayabhūmyādyupasthānam.