ད་བཞན་གཤགས་པ་བགྲ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.3

1.3

your face is so pure, and your complexion is so bright!”

The Blessed One replied, “Mañjuśrī, I have spent three months having discussions about buddhas. Mañjuśrī, I have spent three months having discussions about thus-gone ones and having discussions about the Dharma.”

Mañjuśrī asked, “Blessed One, how were your discussions about buddhas, discussions about thus-gone ones, and discussions about the Dharma? Blessed One, what was the essence of those discussions about buddhas, thus-gone ones, and the Dharma? Blessed One, it would be excellent if you would share the discussions between yourself and the thus-gone ones with us, if we are suitable recipients.”

The Blessed One gave his approval to youthful Mañjuśrī, saying, “Mañjuśrī, excellent, excellent! Mañjuśrī, it is excellent that you thought to ask the Thus-Gone One about the essence of my discussions with the thus-gone ones. Mañjuśrī, you have served the victorious ones of the past and generated roots of virtue with many hundreds of thousands of buddhas. Even though you already served many hundreds of thousands of buddhas, Mañjuśrī, it is because of the strength of these noble sons and daughters that you now speak about those Dharma discussions.

“Mañjuśrī, those individuals who encounter this teaching on the discussions about buddhas, discussions about thus-gone ones, and discussions about the Dharma will not encounter the wicked Māra. Mañjuśrī, those noble sons and daughters who encounter this teaching on the discussions about buddhas, thus-gone ones, and the Dharma will behold the Thus-Gone One before them.