[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) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Dhvajāgramahāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra) › [མདོ་ཆེན་པོ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཆོག་ཅེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo) › [The Mahasutra “The Crest Insignia” (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000) › 7 # མད་ཆན་པ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཆག་ཅས་བྱ་བ 7 The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (1) 7 - **Language:** English ### [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000.7) 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. \[11\] - [Previous: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000.6) - [Next: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [མདོ་ཆེན་པོ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཆོག་ཅེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo.7) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.dhvajagramahasutra*bo~en-84000.7) · Pramāṇa