འཕགས་པ་དཀན་མཆག་ཏ་ལ་ལའ་གཟངས་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.5

1.5

Mañjuśrī said, “Blessed One, tathāgatas do not remain in indifference.”

The Blessed One said, “Son of a good family, I am not abandoning the realm of sentient beings. Nevertheless, the teaching of the bodhisattvas is an immeasurable and inconceivable teaching.”

Then Mañjuśrī repeated, “I request the Blessed One to explain the dhāraṇī of the jewel torch.”

The Blessed One answered, “Son of a good family, ask the bodhisattva Samanta­bhadra! He will teach it to you. Why? Because that sublime man remains in the accumulation of gnosis.”

Mañjuśrī said, “If it is the Tathāgata’s intention that I do so, I will request it from that sublime man.”

The Blessed One said, “Mañjuśrī, if you have attained as many meditative absorptions as there are atoms, what need is there for you to request it from the Tathāgata? Son of a good family, you possess fortunate endowments regarding all the qualities of a buddha.”

Mañjuśrī said, “Blessed One, all the qualities of a buddha that I have relied on, cultivated, and enhanced should be understood as the power of the person of the Tathāgata.”

The Blessed One said, “Son of a good family, excellent, excellent! You have spoken well. But I request you, Mañjuśrī, to ask the bodhisattva Samanta­bhadra to teach.”

Then Mañjuśrī Kumāra­bhūta said to the Blessed One, “This bodhisattva Samanta­bhadra teaches the exceedingly profound. He has mastered the Mahāyāna.”