འཕགས་པ་ཕྱགས་བཅའ་མན་པ་རྣམ་པར་སལ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5

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made it so all the gods of the māra class that exist in that trichiliocosm would not regress from unsurpassed, completely perfect awakening. Young man, such was the heroic effort of that thus-gone one in sitting beneath the Bodhi tree. Young man, when you set out in the northeastern 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 without distraction, 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:

“If you travel while keeping in mind
The Buddha who defeated the māras
With his very first thought,
You will have no fear.

“Young man, in the southeastern direction, twenty thousand buddha fields beyond this buddha field, there is a world system known as Ever Radiant. There, the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect buddha known as Glory of the Arising of the Irreversible Wheel Since First Generating the Mind of Awakening presently resides, alive and well. Young man, that thus-gone one, from the moment of generating the first thought of awakening until attaining buddhahood, continually performed acts of generosity, guarded his moral discipline, assiduously practiced patience, exerted himself in diligence, established concentration, and practiced wisdom. Young man, such was the heroic effort of that thus-gone one. Young man, when you set out in the southeastern direction to attend to some affairs, prostrate with your five limbs⁸ and then depart from your home. Later