ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 31.5

31.5

The Blessed One directly apprehended the householder’s thoughts, habitual tendencies, temperament, capacity, and nature, and taught him the Dharma accordingly. When he heard it, the householder and his retinue destroyed with the thunderbolt of wisdom the twenty high peaks of the mountain of views concerning the transitory collection, and manifested the resultant state of stream entry right where they sat.

After seeing the truths the householder went again and again to the garden of Prince Jeta to hear the Dharma from the Blessed Buddha. There, again and again his thoughts turned to his son, and he thought, “How nice it would be for him to come here and find faith in the doctrine of the Blessed One, and to receive such teachings as these!”

One day the householder’s son completed his voyage and returned. Upon his arrival he dropped off all the riches in the garden and hurried home to see his parents, but his parents had gone to the garden of Prince Jeta to listen to the Dharma. When he was told that his parents had gone to the garden of Prince Jeta to listen to the Dharma, the householder’s son went there too. When he arrived, thinking, “I shall see my parents,” he saw them sitting before the Blessed One listening to the Dharma. He approached them, touched his head to the Blessed One’s feet, embraced his parents, and sat before the Blessed One to listen to the Dharma.

With the boy seated before him, the Blessed One gave a discourse on generating enthusiasm for unexcelled, total, and complete enlightenment, and as soon as the young man heard it, he felt a strong desire for unexcelled, total, and complete enlightenment.

After they had heard the Dharma from the Blessed One, the householders returned home with their son.

When they arrived they asked him, “Child,