འཕགས་པ་ཕྱགས་བཅའ་མན་པ་རྣམ་པར་སལ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4

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at that time, pay homage to that thus-gone one, remembering and honoring him. If you bring this clearly to mind and then depart without defilements, undistracted, and with mindfulness, you will not fear anything.”

Then, at that time, the Blessed One spoke this verse:

“There are no phenomena that arise,
Nor are there any that cease.
Those who understand phenomena thus
Have no fear whatsoever.

“Young man, in the northern direction, ten billion buddha fields beyond this buddha field, there is a world system known as Possessing a Buddha’s Eloquence. There, the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect buddha known as Overpowering with the Light of an Array of the Reflections of Jewels presently resides, alive and well. Young man, when you set out in the northern direction to attend to some affairs, at that time, pay homage to that thus-gone one, remembering and honoring him. If you bring this clearly to mind and then depart while remaining undistracted, you will accomplish the purpose for which you embarked, and you will not fear anything.”

Then, at that time, the Blessed One spoke this verse:

“Always make the mind equal
Toward all sentient beings.
If you do not disrespect any sentient being,
You will experience no fear.⁷

“Young man, in the northeastern direction, eighty thousand buddha fields beyond this buddha field, there is a world system known as Conquered the Legions of Māra. There, the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect buddha known as Māras and Doubt Conquered and Subdued presently resides, alive and well. That thus-gone one, by merely sitting under the Bodhi tree,