Visualization Sutra

 

          The Buddha said to Ananda and Vaidehi, "When these visualizations are completed, they are called the complete perfection of the visualization of Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta.  When you have seen these things, visualize yourself as being born in the Western Realm of Ultimate Bliss, sitting cross-legged inside a lotus flower.  Visualize the lotus flower as being closed.  When the lotus flower opens, rays of five hundred colors shine down and illuminate your body.

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          "Then your eyes are open and you see the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas filling the skies and hear the sounds of waters and trees, the notes of birds, and the voices of the Buddhas all proclaiming the exquisite Dharma in accordance with the twelve divisions of the Sutras.  Even after you rise from meditation, keep in mind and do not forget all that you have seen and heard.

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          "Seeing these things is called the vision of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life and the Realm of Ultimate Bliss.  This is the comprehensive visualization of its imagery and is called the Twelfth Visualization.  The countless miraculously created bodies of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life together with those of Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta will always appear before those who contemplate this.  Performing this visualization is called the right visualization.  If one performs other visualizations, that is called an incorrect visualization."

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