འཕགས་པ་མ་ཏག་བརྩགས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས 4

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and if someone else, thoroughly embraced by the mind of awakening (bodhicitta), offers a few flowers to a stūpa of the Tathāgata who has passed completely into nirvāṇa to honor the Tathāgata, or sprinkles a palmful of water, or draws a mark of ointment, or sweeps away withered flowers, or offers ointment, or offers incense, or offers flowers, or offers burning incense, or offers garlands, or offers musical instruments, or offers parasols, or offers bells, or offers tassels, or offers victory banners, or offers pendants, or offers ribbons, or offers lamps, and having offered them, takes a few dancing steps with a joyful mind and says, 'Homage to that Buddha, the Blessed One!'—for them, Siṃhavikrīḍita, there is no possibility of going to the bad migrations or falling into ruins for an eon, or a hundred eons, or a thousand eons, or even a hundred thousand eons; one should harbor no doubts, hesitation, or skepticism about this. Siṃhavikrīḍita, there is a dhāraṇī called 'Heap of Flowers'; for the welfare of many beings, for the happiness of many beings, out of compassion for the world, and for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the great mass of gods and humans, I shall explain it. Siṃhavikrīḍita, whoever retains, holds, reads, mentalizes, masters, or extensively and correctly teaches this 'Heap of Flowers' dhāraṇī to others will always remember their past lives. They will not fall into the bad migrations or ruins; they will attain leisure; they will never be parted from the Three Jewels; they will never be parted from the Tathāgatas; they will never be parted from recollection of the Buddha; they will never be parted from bodhisattvas;