འཕགས་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་མ་སྤང་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3

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The bodhisattva great being Undaunted rose from his seat, draped his shawl over one shoulder, knelt on his right knee, and bowed with joined palms toward the Blessed One. He then said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, these ten noble sons exerted themselves for seven years with the aim of attaining dhāraṇī, yet they did not accomplish their goal, and so they have left the teaching and profess to having taken up the householder life. This being so, Blessed One, I beseech you to please bestow upon these noble sons an instruction that will enable them to swiftly attain wisdom.”

The Blessed One replied to the bodhisattva great being Undaunted, “Noble son, these individuals have not heard the Dharma discourse called Not Forsaking the Buddha, and so they have ended up forsaking the Buddha. That is why these noble sons have failed to swiftly develop in their understanding.”

The bodhisattva great being Undaunted then addressed the following verses to the Blessed One:

“Illuminating Dharma King,
Sun of humans, I request you to teach
The conduct that bodhisattvas engage in⁵—
Please explain that conduct.

“Your intelligence is immeasurable and exalted;⁶
Unimpeded Buddha, your ten powers are unmatched.
You are free from the three realms of existence and beyond conceptual constructs—
Buddha, you have taught the stainless conduct of bodhisattvas.

“Master of immeasurable wisdom, I ask you.
Dispeller of doubts, I ask you.
Matchless Blessed One, I ask you.
What is the proper conduct of bodhisattvas?

“Victor, tamer of demons, Well-Gone One,
You liberate beings from all the afflictions.
You compassionately tame the afflictions and show the path to awakening;