[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) › [Avadāna and jātaka literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana) › [Śrīguptasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo) › [The Shrigupta Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000) › 14 # འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 14 The Śrīgupta Sūtra 14 - **Language:** English ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.14) are these: “I do this not to be a king, nor for the sake of wealth or a higher rebirth. I do this not to attain the rank of Śakra, Māra, or Brahmā, nor to acquire the kingdom of a universal monarch. Rather, I do this in order to attain supreme and perfect awakening and reach perfect buddhahood, so that I may tame those beings who are not yet tamed, liberate those not yet liberated, reassure those who need reassurance, and place beyond suffering those who are still suffering.” By this truth, and by these words of truth, may my self-sacrifice not be fruitless!’ “With these words, he hurled himself into the large fire pit. “Lay brother, as soon as the hare jumped into the fire pit, the fire within it died out and became a pool of lotuses. The hare was teaching the Dharma while seated on a thousand-petaled lotus that was buzzing with bees. He gave instructions in proper spiritual conduct that were virtuous in the beginning, middle, and end; that were excellent in meaning and in expression; and that were uncontaminated, perfect, pure, and unsullied. “When the sage witnessed this, he was overjoyed and delighted, and so he rejoiced. Filled with joy and happiness, he joined the palms of his hands and bowed to the hare. “Lay brother, if you suspect or have doubts that the sage who lived at that time in that dense forest was someone else, reconsider. Lay brother, at that time the monk Kāśyapa was the forest sage. Lay brother, if you suspect or have doubts that the forest hare at that time was someone else, reconsider. At that time, I was the hare. Lay brother, fire could not physically affect me even then, when I was born as an animal; how much less so now that I am a completely awakened buddha? There is no basis for fire to physically affect me.” - [Previous: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.13) - [Next: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.15) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo.14) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.14) · Pramāṇa