འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.1

3.1

Because they increase the development of immersion, they are called objects of meditative immersion. Because each of them can become all of the objects, they are called objects of meditative immersion.

“What are the ten powers of a bodhisattva? Power over life, power over the mind, power over possessions, power over karma, power over birth, the power of miraculous emanations, the power of conviction, the power of aspiration, the power of wisdom, and the power of Dharma. These are the ten powers.

“Because bodhisattvas have obtained amrita, they have power over life. Because they recognize that everything is mind alone, they have power over the mind. Because they have discovered the jewel-in-hand and the sky treasury,⁶⁹ they have power over possessions. Because they have eliminated all paths of karma along with their habitual patterns, they have power over karma. By discovering the meditative stability to return from samādhi, they have power over birth. Because they have attained the capacity to act effortlessly, they have the power of miraculous emanations. Because they have attained the objects of meditative immersion, they have the power of conviction. Because they can achieve their goals by thought alone, they have the power of aspiration. Because their actions of body, speech, and mind are preceded by wisdom, they have the power of wisdom. Because of their stainless wisdom in which suchness, the expanse of phenomena, and the limit of reality are equal, they have the power of Dharma.

“Furthermore, child of good family, worldly people are terrified of death; the antidote is the power over life. Worldly people are terrified by the defilements of the mind; the antidote is power over the mind. Worldly people are terrified by possessions; the antidote is the power over possessions. Worldly people are terrified by bad conduct; the antidote is the power over karma. Worldly people are terrified of the lower states; the antidote is the power over birth. Worldly people are terrified of losing inspiration;