The Changeless Nature

Buddha Activity 129its meaningLike this, all-pervading buddhahood is without effort and so on,yet its buddha-speech permeates all beings, without exception,teaching the noble doctrine to those who are karmically ripe.its significanceJust as the divine drum's throb sounds in the deva realms, throughthe power of their former karma, so also the sage's dharma speecharises in the world due to worldly beings' former karma. Just as thedivine drum's sound, without effort, source, form or mind, bringspeace, so also, without effort and the others, is peace procured bydharma.The sound of the drum in the celestial citadel is the cause whichbestows fearlessness, to vanquish Asura armies when, through theirdefilement,, wars occur. It also ends divine playfulness.As in the example, that arising from the formless dhyanas 7 andother meditations, proclaims, in the worlds, the way of the insurpassablepath of peace, in order to totally defeat sentient beings'defilements and suffering.its superiorityUniversal, joyously beneficial and having threefold miracles 8 ,sages' melody is superior to the celestial cymbals.theits miraculous activityThe mighty sound of the divine drum cannot be heard by those onearth yet those beings in the underground reaches of samsara can hearthe buddha's speech.In the heavens, tens of millions of celestial cymbals resound toreinforce desire's fires. Yet those buddhas, whose identity iscompassion, effect a single melody to extinguish sufferings' firestotally.