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སངས་རྒྱས་ཕལ་པ་ཆ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཤན་ཏ་རྒྱས་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 38.3

The Ten Bhūmis; The Chapter on the Scale of Life; The Dwellings of Bodhisattvas; The Stem Array; The Stem Array 38.3

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38.3

“O children of the Victorious One! In the southwestern direction, there is a mountain called Jyotiṣprabha, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided. In this dwelling place a bodhisattva called Bhadraśrī teaches Dharma surrounded by a retinue of three thousand bodhisattvas.

“O children of the Victorious One! In the northwestern direction, there is a mountain called Gandhamādana, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided. In this dwelling place a bodhisattva called Radiating Luminous Incense teaches Dharma surrounded by a retinue of five thousand bodhisattvas.

“O children of the Victorious One! In the great ocean, there is a place called Good Cave, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“O children of the Victorious One! To the south of Vaiśālī, there is a place called Stable Roots, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“In a land called Pāṭaliputra, there is a place called Golden Park of the Saṅgha, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“In a land called Mathurā,⁶ there is a place called Satisfying Cave, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“In a land called Relinquishing the Vase, there is a place called Dharma Seat, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“In a land called Perfect Virtue, there is a place called Mucilinda Cave, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

“In a land called Vatsa, there is a place, established by nāgas, called Añcala, where bodhisattvas in the past have resided.

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