Vimalakirti

By killing the culprit klesa
Is his boldness unsurpassed.
By defeating four demons
He plants his triumphant banner as a bodhimandala.
Though he knows there is neither birth nor death
He is reborn to show himself to all,
Appearing in many countries
Like the sun seen by everyone.
When making offerings to countless
Buddhas in the ten directions
He does not discriminate
Between himself and them.





The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra translated by Charles Luk (Shambhala, 1990, p. 88)

Melodies...

Hymns, chants and intonations of Dharma are his melodies...

From the "Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra" (Translated by Charles Luk, Shambhala, 1990, p. 86)

The Bodhisattva's Companions

His wife is joy in the Dharma's law,

Kindness and pity are his daughters,

His sons morality and truthfulness,

Absolute voidness his quiet abode...

From the "Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra" (Translated by Charles Luk, Shambhala, 1990, p. 86)

Wisdom-perfection is a Bodhisattva's Mother,

His father is expedient method,

For the teachers of all living beings

Come only from these two...

From the 'Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (Translated by Charles Luk, Shambhala, 1990, p. 86)