འཕགས་པ་ཆས་དང་དན་རྣམ་པར་འབྱད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4

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He is as unwavering as a great mountain.’

“King Attainment of Victory and Queen Ratnaśrī then brought their son and the retinue of queens and servants and went before that blessed one. They circumambulated that blessed one seven times and offered him extremely valuable pearl necklaces, after which they all sat down among the assembly. Noble son, the prince then rose up into the sky to the height of seven palm trees by means of his miraculous ability, and showered upon the blessed Arisen from Flowers a rain of jewels, flowers, and incense. He then proclaimed to that blessed one:

“ ‘O Teacher, you have crossed
The great river of suffering,
And ferry beings across it.
I have come here to see you, Omniscient One.

“ ‘As the unsurpassed protector of the world,
There is no one who has ever matched you,
Or displayed such qualities as yours,
In the world of gods and humans.

“ ‘You establish in the Lesser Vehicle
Beings who have strayed onto negative paths,
Those who are under the sway of desire and anger,
And then you teach the Great Vehicle.

“ ‘You are skilled in means and courageous,
A master of great compassion.
The Dharma is meaningful and you are sated by the Dharma;
You set forth the Dharma and are a source of all qualities.

“ ‘Also, knowing phenomena to be unborn
And without substance,
You know their true nature.
That is how you perform hardships.’

“The young prince praised that blessed one in this manner, then circumambulated him and sat before him.

“The Blessed One looked in all directions with his broad eyes, which resembled the petals of a lotus flower. Knowing the minds and mental states of the fourfold assembly, he said to King Attainment of Victory:

“ ‘Great King, although the five aggregates are insubstantial, childish ordinary beings think of them as being substantial.