If Sages like the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas
Did not appear within the world,
Not a single sentient being
Would gain happiness and peace.
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The Thus Come Ones of Proper, Equal Enlightenment
And the multitudes of worthy Sages
Show themselves within the world,
Giving happiness to sentient beings.
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*Chapter 14:“Praises at the Summit of Mount Sumeru”
~The Avatamsaka sutra.
