ĐẠI-THẾ-CHÍ BỒ-TÁT VIÊN-THÔNG KIẾN-ĐẠI GREAT STRENGTH BODHISATTVA THE ELEMENT OF PERCEPTION. 1. He tells how he was transmitted the dharma by a Buddha of old. SUTRA: Ðại Thế Chí Pháp Vương Tử, dữ kỳ đồng luân, ngũ thập nhị Bồ-tát, tức tùng tọa khởi, đảnh lễ Phật túc, nhi bạch Phật ngôn: 大勢至法王子。與其同倫五十二菩薩即從座起。頂禮佛足而白佛言。 Dharma prince, Great Strength, together with fifty-two Bodhisattvas of similar rank, arose from his seat, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and said to the Buddha: COMMENTARY: Dharma prince, Great Strength, and Guan Yin Bodhisattva were sons of Amitabha Buddha when he was a wheel-turning king in a past life. Once Amitabha Buddha accomplished Buddhahood, these two Bodhisattvas served him. They are his daily companions, one on his left, one on his right. When Amitabha Buddha retires as teaching host of the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, in the first half of the night, the Dharma will become extinct, and in the second half of the same night, Guan Yin Bodhisattva will acc...
