Everlasting Immortal Firmament Book 07 Chapter 152: Gao Xianzhi Taking Decisive Action

Jiang Gautama, Mortal Gautama, and Heavenly Gautama burst out in rage. Jiang Gautama and Mortal Gautama immediately charged over.

Just then, Vairocana suddenly guffawed, “Hahahaha! Mister Gu, move the divine blood poison ant in quickly. I’ll block the three of them!”

Vairocana pressed his palms together.

“Sahā World! World descend!” Vairocana shouted coldly.

Endless chanting rang out in the entire secret realm immortal firmament.

“When Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara had deeply understood the Supreme Wisdom, he realized that the five skandhas making up a person were but an illusion, and with this, he was delivered from all sorrow and suffering. O Śāriputra…”

[TL Note: The above is from the Heart Sutra. Here is the Wikipedia entry on the Heart Sutra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra. The five skandhas and Śāriputra are explained in the summary of the sutra in the Wikipedia entry.]

“Thus have I heard. One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍika Monastery at Prince Jeta’s Grove, near the great city of Śrāvastī…”

[TL Note: The above is from the Diamond Sutra, a discourse of the Buddha to a senior monk, Subhuti. Here is its Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra.]

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Suddenly, the chanting of countless Buddhists rang out, filling the world with a powerful Buddhist conception. The expressions of Jiang Gautama and Mortal Gautama, who were about to charge Gu Hai, changed suddenly. Even Heavenly Gautama’s face sank.

Vairocana shielded Gu Hai while seated cross-legged on his Nine-Petaled Golden Lotus. He held his palms together, showing a dignified expression. Bright lights appeared behind him, manifesting figures that looked both material and immaterial.

These figures were of various buddhas and bodhisattvas. There was Avalokiteśvara [Bodhisattva Guanyin], Samantabhadra, Manjushri, Kṣitigarbha, the Universal Light Buddha, the Universal Brightness Buddha, the Universal Purity Buddha…

[TL Note: The above lists notable figures in Buddhism.]

The figures of various buddhas and bodhisa

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