Introduction 260 1. The Sūtra is the direct teaching of the inner realization of Mahāvairocana 259 2. Inherent awakening and identity with the Buddha 258 3. The immediate attainment of buddhahood 255 [I. Introductory prose-verse] 254 [II. General introduction to the Sūtra] 251 [III. Title of the Sūtra] 247 [III.1. The three versions of the Sūtra] 247 [III.2. The three section of the Sūtra] 246 [III.3. General explanation of the title of the Sūtra] 245 [III.3.1. Explanation of mahā or “great”] 244 [III.3.2. Explanation of Vairocana] 243 [III.3.3. Explanation of “attainment”] 243 [III.3.4. Explanation of “buddhahood”] 241 [III.3.5. Explanation of vikurvita or “miraculous transformation”] 241 [III.3.5.1. The four kinds of “miraculous transformation”] 240 [III.3.5.1.1 Downward-turning miraculous transformations] 240 [III.3.5.1.2 Upward-turning miraculous transformations] 240 [III.3.5.1.3 Both upward- and downward-turning miraculous transformations] 239 [III.3.5.1.4. Neither upward- nor downward-turning miraculous transformations] 239 [III.3.6 Explanation of adhiṣṭhāna or “empowerment”] 238 [III.3.7. Explanation of Sūtra] 237 [III.3.8. Explanation of Indra] 236 [III.3.8.1. The meaning of supreme and highest] 236 [III.3.8.2. The meaning of interpenetration] 235 [III.3.9 Explanation of rāja or “king”] 235 [IV. The overall meaning of the title] 234 [IV.1. The fourfold Dharmakāya and the three bodies of the Buddha in the title] 234 [IV.2. Essence, manifestations, and functions in the title] 233 [IV.3. The person, teaching, and the analogy in the title] 233 [IV.3.1. Person, teaching, and analogy applied to the word “great”] 233 [IV.3.2. “Great” as an analogy for the remaining words] 232 [IV.4 The meanings if the letters used in the Sanskrit title] 232 [IV.4.1. The meanings if the letters in mahā] 232 [IV.4.2. The meanings of the letters in Vairocana] 231 [IV.4.3. The meanings of the letters in abhisaṃbodhi] 231 [IV.4.4. The one letter a is essence of all the letters, and of the whole Sūtra] 230
