འཕགས་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་བཅ་གཉས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7

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in the Victor’s teaching.

“Those who bear these names in mind
Will hear the profound Dharma
From all the world protectors
And retain all they have heard.

“Then they will perfect
All the perfections and the grounds,
The four types of fearlessness, the powers,
And the major and minor marks.

“They will go to the field
Of one of those buddhas.
They will realize unsurpassed, perfect,
Complete awakening and become a buddha.

“A buddha could describe
These and the other qualities
Of any man or woman
Who bears these names in mind for an entire eon.

“People who heed this teaching
And learn about these excellent qualities
Should bear the names of these renowned
Perfect buddhas in mind.

“Anyone who hears the names
Of these buddhas who are glorious by nature,
Who are world protectors, supreme among human beings,
And celestial kings in the course of an eon,

“And those who hear and learn their names
Will be moved by devotion,
Will develop great insight into all things,
And will become supreme among human beings.

“What wise, insightful person,
Having learned the names of these great sages
And heeded this teaching,
Would not bear them in mind?”

After the Blessed One had spoken, the bodhisattva great being Maitreya, the entire retinue of monks and bodhisattvas, and the whole world with its gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas were delighted and praised his words.

Colophon

This text was translated and edited by the Indian preceptors Jinamitra and Dānaśīla along with the chief editor and translator Bandé Yeshé Dé and then finalized.²⁷