འཕགས་པ་དཀན་མཆག་སྤྲན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.15

1.15

To worship the one who benefits beyond compare.

“With his peaceful mind of constant love,
He is unstained by afflictions, like a lotus unstained by the water—
Here we have arrived at this most excellent mountain
To worship the one who masters supreme qualities.

“His pure body, adorned with the blossoms of perfect marks,
Sustains wandering beings with the grains of excellent signs—
Carrying offerings, here together we have arrived
To worship this jewel tree that bears infinite branches.”

As soon as these verses were heard, the venerable Mahā­maud­galyā­yana rose from his seat, draped his shawl over one shoulder, and knelt on his right knee. Joining his palms, he bowed toward the Blessed One and said, “Blessed One, we are witnessing many unprecedented sounds and sights. Whose signs are all these?”

The Blessed One replied to the venerable Mahā­maud­galyā­yana, “Maud­galyā­yana, to the east, beyond as many worlds as there are grains of sand in the river Gaṅgā, there is a world known as Realm of Lotuses. There at present resides the thus-gone, worthy, perfect buddha Padma­netra. Residing and flourishing in that realm, he also teaches the Dharma. Now the bodhisattva great being Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkam­bhin has come to this world called Endurance from the buddha realm of that thus-gone one. This holy being is arriving here accompanied by one hundred sextillion other bodhisattvas, and what you perceive are the signs of their arrival.”

As soon as the Blessed One had spoken, the bodhisattva Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkam­bhin, surrounded and venerated by a retinue of one hundred sextillion bodhisattvas,