འཕགས་པ་མཚན་མ་བཟང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 2

2

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavān was staying in Rājagṛha’s Bamboo Grove, in the Habitat of Kalandaka Birds. At that time, a certain monk was residing on the banks of Rājagṛha’s hot springs. When night had fallen, a deity with a brilliant golden complexion appeared before the monk and¹² illuminated the entire bank of the hot springs with a vast radiance.

The deity asked, “Monk, do you know the teaching of Auspicious Night?”

The monk replied, “Deva, I am ignorant of the teaching of Auspicious Night. Now, are you, Deva, aware of the teaching of Auspicious Night,