Lotus Sutra (Miao fa lian hua jing) - Sixi Tripitaka Edition

...and all the great assembly witnessed the worlds of the Buddhas everywhere tremble in six different ways. At that time, within the assembly, there were monks Monks: (Bhikshus) Ordained male members of the Buddhist monastic community., nuns Nuns: (Bhikshunis) Ordained female members of the Buddhist monastic community., laymen Laymen: (Upasakas) Male followers who have taken vows but remain in secular life., and laywomen Laywomen: (Upasikas) Female followers who have taken vows but remain in secular life., as well as gods, dragons, yakshas Yakshas: Nature spirits or celestial guardians who protect the Dharma., gandharvas Gandharvas: Celestial musicians who nourish themselves on fragrance., asuras Asuras: Powerful demigods or titans often characterized by their fierce and competitive nature., garudas Garudas: Mythical bird-like beings of immense size and power., kinnaras Kinnaras: Celestial beings with human bodies and bird-like features, known for their divine songs., mahoragas Mahoragas: Great serpent deities associated with the earth and wisdom., human and non-human beings, as well as various minor kings and Wheel-turning Sage Kings Wheel-turning Sage King: A Chakravartin, an ideal universal monarch who rules with justice and possesses a sacred wheel that rolls over all obstacles..

All those in this great assembly attained what they had never experienced before. Filled with joy, they joined their palms in reverence and, with a single mind, gazed upon the Buddha.

At that moment, the Buddha emitted from the white tuft of hair between his eyebrows original: baihao xiang; one of the thirty-two marks of a "Great Man," this tuft of hair (the urna) symbolizes the Buddha's translucent wisdom and serves as the source of miraculous light in the sutras. a ray of light that shone forth...