འཕགས་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པ་ལ་དད་པ་རབ་ཏ་སྒམ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.5

1.5

bodhisattva, who is on the level of devoted engagement and knows the Dharma but has not yet gained understanding, relinquish doubt about the profound and vast Dharma of the Great Vehicle? How is such a bodhisattva freed from the stain of doubt?”

The Blessed One replied, “Noble son, bodhisattvas are not freed from the stain of doubt, or doubt regarding the profound and vast Dharma of the Great Vehicle through that knowledge which does not understand reality. However, due to their interest, which is kindled by other bodhisattvas, they are able to become free from the stain of doubt regarding the profound and vast Dharma of the Great Vehicle. In this way, novice bodhisattvas who are on the level of devoted engagement may consider the teachings of the profound and vast Dharma of the Great Vehicle to relate to the Thus-Gone One. In this way, they will think, ‘The Thus-Gone One imparted these teachings!’ and so they will feel devotion for the Thus-Gone One’s realization. In this way, they develop irreversible interest in the entire Dharma. Through the power of their interest that was kindled by other bodhisattvas, they will be without doubt, and thus freed from the stain of doubt regarding the profound and vast Dharma taught by the Thus-Gone One. This, noble son, is how you should view the characteristic of clarity concerning the bodhisattvas’ trust in the Great Vehicle that allows them to accomplish the Great Vehicle.”

2. Saturation

The bodhisattva Great Skillful Trust said, “Blessed One, how is saturation a characteristic of the bodhisattvas’ trust in the Great Vehicle that allows them to accomplish the Great Vehicle?”

The Blessed One replied, “Noble son, the characteristic of saturation refers to the body and the mind becoming saturated with feelings of happiness. This happiness and well-being in turn come from the bodhisattvas’ trust in the Great Vehicle that allows them to accomplish the Great Vehicle. The happiness and well-being that are connected to the bodhisattvas’ trust satisfy body and mind.