[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Mahākarmavibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga) › [ལས་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo) › [The Exposition of Karma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000) › 14 # ལས་རྣམ་པར་འབྱད་པ 14 The Exposition of Karma 14 - **Language:** English ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000.14) “ ‘Having heard their words, he said, “So be it!” and again went to his mother to ask. But she clasped his feet,¹⁶⁴ and so, again, he stayed. Immediately upon having asked her for a third time, he went back to the orchard. “ ‘His friends said to him, “This is impossible! We must go!”¹⁶⁵ And Maitrāyajña went once again to his mother and said, “I will go to a foreign land!” The mother then gathered all their possessions, clasped one of his feet, and made him stay once again. “ ‘Therefore, once more the boy went to the orchard, and his friends said, “It is your fault that we, too, still have not left. We will now leave on the thirteenth day!”¹⁶⁶ “ ‘Then Maitrāyajña, without his mother’s knowledge, drew out their abundant merchandise and put it on the street. His mother, standing in the doorway, clasped his feet again and said, “Son, don’t go!” but Maitrāyajña, in his anger, stepped on his mother’s head,¹⁶⁷ left, and went to the shore of the sea. “ ‘There he instructed his friends, “When we are going to set sail, it is uncertain whether we will live or die. Therefore, we should all maintain the eight precepts!” And they, heeding Maitrāyajña’s words, promised to maintain the precepts. “ ‘Thus, they set sail, and when they had gone far into the center of the ocean, they were caught by a mighty storm, and their ship capsized. All the others died, but Maitrāyajña had seized a large copper vessel whose mouth could be closed with a piece of fabric, and eventually he reached the end of the ocean.¹⁶⁸ He then continued to wander until he came to a city with a golden city wall and an orchard and a lotus pond that was pervaded by a pleasant fragrance. He saw flower petals scattered everywhere and many wreaths made from silk ribbons that had been put up as ornaments.¹⁶⁹ From inside this city, four goddesses appeared and, taking him by the hand, led him inside. Then, after he amused himself with them for many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, and many hundreds of thousands of years, the goddesses ordered¹⁷⁰ him, “Son of noble family,¹⁷¹ since you are a stranger in this land, you should not go outside. - [Previous: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000.13) - [Next: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000.15) ## Linked texts (1) - [ལས་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo.14) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo~en-84000.14) · Pramāṇa