མད་ཆན་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཆག་ཅས་བྱ་བ 7

7

The Blessed One rejoiced with delight at the generosity of the many merchants of Vaiśālī.

“O merchants, you have sustained
The saṅgha of monks with food and drink
In the manner of wise and noble beings
Who, in their wisdom, practice generosity.¹⁷ [1]

“This is a benediction for your offering.
By making this gift, O merchants,
May the aims you rightfully desire
Always be accomplished. [2]

“May there be goodness for those of you who travel on two feet.¹⁸
May there be goodness for those of you who travel on four feet.
May there be goodness as you embark upon your journey,
And may there be goodness when you return. [3]

“May there be goodness all night and goodness all day,
And may there be goodness at midday.
May you experience goodness in all situations,
And may negativity never befall you. [4]

“When perfect¹⁹ seeds are sown
In perfect fields
And enjoy perfect rainfall,
A perfect harvest will abound. [5]

“When perfectly free from damage,
When crops grow with perfection
And burst forth with perfection,
A perfect harvest will abound. [6]

“So, too, by giving perfect foods
To those with perfect discipline,
You will accomplish perfection,²⁰
For your act itself was perfect. [7]

“Thus, when people who seek perfection
And strive toward perfection
Attend to those with perfect wisdom,
Perfection is what they accomplish. [8]

“Thus, those with stable faith
In the unsurpassed Buddha
And in the Dharma and the Saṅgha
Will find perfection of mind. [9]

“Those with perfect thoughts
Toward the one with knowledge and conduct
Perform virtuous actions.
This is the perfection of action. [10]

“When one truly knows the world as it is,
One attains the perfection of the view.
When the noble vision is perfectly present,
One’s mind becomes perfect too. [11]