མཆག་ཏ་གདགས་པའ་མད 1

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Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavān, together with a saṅgha of śrāvakas, was staying at Kalandakanivāsa in the Bamboo Grove at Rājagṛha, observing the pledge to stay in retreat during the rains. Then the Bhagavān spoke to the monks:¹⁸

“Monks, there are three declarations of what is supreme.¹⁹ What are the three? They are the declaration of the Buddha as supreme, the declaration of the Dharma as supreme, and the declaration of the Saṅgha as supreme.

“In this regard,²⁰ what is the declaration of the Buddha as supreme? It is taught that among all beings—those without legs, with two legs, with four legs,²¹ or with many legs; those with form or without form; those with perception, without perception, or neither with perception