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སངས་རྒྱས་ཕལ་པ་ཆ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཤན་ཏ་རྒྱས་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 31.12

The Ten Bhūmis; The Chapter on the Scale of Life; The Dwellings of Bodhisattvas; The Stem Array; The Stem Array 31.12

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31.12

and (10) are within the Dharma of the buddhas and do not rely on anything else.

“O jinaputra, through the blessing of the tathāgatas teach well all these bodhisattvas who are present before you in this place.”

The bodhisattva Vimukti­candra, in order to repeat his meaning clearly, recited these verses to the bodhisattva Vajra­garbha:⁷⁰

“Teach the supreme Dharma of sublime peace,
Which presents and differentiates the bhūmis
Of the unsurpassable conduct of the bodhisattva
That purifies wisdom and causes enlightenment.

“Those in this assembly are supreme, free of the kleśas.
With perfectly pure motivation and thought,
They have practiced with many trillions⁷¹ of buddhas
And have examined and gained conviction in this bhūmi.”

The bodhisattva Vajra­garbha said these words to the bodhisattva Vimukti­candra: “O jinaputra, this very pure assembly of gathered bodhisattva mahāsattvas (1) has very pure higher motivation, (2) has very pure thoughts, (3) has practiced excellent conduct, (4) has excellently served trillions of buddhas, (5) has excellently gathered the accumulations,⁷² (6) possesses limitless qualities and wisdom, (7) is free of doubt and uncertainty, (8) is free of blemish, (9) is resolute in its motivation and aspiration, and (10) is within the Dharma of the buddhas and does not rely on anything else.

“However, other beings with lesser aspiration will have doubts and uncertainty if they hear such inconceivable subjects as these, which for a long time will not bring them benefit but will harm them and cause them unhappiness. Therefore, I remained silent out of compassion for them.”

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