Having yesterday provided a detailed look at the white king elephant in The Sutra of Contemplation of the Dharma Practice of Universal Sage Bodhisattva (Reeves, p402-404), I feel a need to offer the description of the Buddha provided by the 80,000 Bodhisattvas in The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings (Reeves, p26-27):
Born of precepts, concentration,
Wisdom, liberation, and insight,
He stems from contemplation,
The six powers, and the elements of the Way.
Springing from kindness and compassion,
The ten powers and courage,
He emerges from
The good actions of living beings.
He shows his body:
Sixteen feet tall,
Shining with purple gold,
Well proportioned,
Brilliant and very bright.
The tuft of curled hair is like the moon.
The light of the sun comes from the nape of his neck.
His curly hair is deep blue
And on the top of his head is a protuberance.
His pure eyes are like mirrors,
And work well in all directions.
His eyebrows are dark blue;
His mouth and cheeks well shaped.
His lips and tongue are a nice red,
Like a bright red flower.
His forty white teeth
Look like snowy jewels.
See this blog post
His forehead is broad,
His nose long and his face open.
His chest, marked with a swastika,
Is like the chest of a lion.His hands and feet are soft,
Marked with the spokes of a wheel.
Their soles and palms are well rounded,
And the grip is firm.
His arms are long,
His fingers straight and slender.
His skin is delicate and soft
And his hair curls to the right.
His ankles and knees are exposed.
His male organ is concealed,
Like that of a horse.
His muscles are smooth.
His joints are strong.
His legs are tapered,
Like those of a deer.
His back is as resplendent as his front,
Pure and without blemish,
Untainted, like clear water,
Unspotted by any dirt.
His distinguishing thirty-two characteristics
And the eighty different attractive features seem to be visible,
Yet in reality, his form is neither with nor without features.
All visible features are transcended.
Without having features
His body has features.
This is also true of the features
Of the bodies of all living beings.
They incite joy and respect
In living beings,
Eliciting devotion, esteem,
And courtesy toward him.
By cutting off pride and arrogance,
He has acquired such a glorious body.
Now we, the assembly of eighty thousand,
Together make obeisance
To the one who has extinguished
Reflective thought and consciousness.
For more about the swastika and Buddhism, see this story quoting Rev. Kanjin Cederman of Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple
