The king said, "I purify and fulfill the enlightening beings' practice, which is characterized by great benevolence. [...] Based on this enlightening practice of great benevolence, I command kingship justly, I treat the world justly, I pass through the world justly, I lead the people justly, I being justice to people and turn them to the sphere of right, I give them right guidance, I saturate them with justice, I direct them to attainment of what is right, I get them to contemplate the nature of things. [...] I inspire them to omniscience. [...] Thus do I govern righteously based on this enlightening practice of great benevolence.
"Furthermore, no one goes away from me intimidated, threatened, or frightened." (pp. 1248-1249)
Excerpted from "Entry into the Realm of Reality" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
by Thomas Cleary
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