འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.13

4.13

The thus-gone ones’ eighteen unique qualities of a buddha are also born from the Dharma, found through the Dharma, and perfected through the Dharma. All the mundane and transmundane happiness that exists is also born from the Dharma, found through the Dharma, and perfected through the Dharma. Therefore, other than seeking the awakening of buddhahood, the Dharma will be my main focus. I will remain in the scope of the Dharma, support the Dharma, be dedicated to the Dharma, take the Dharma as essential, and accomplish all things that are aligned with the Dharma.’

“Furthermore, bodhisattvas think, ‘The Dharma applies equally to all beings; thus it does not perceive them as inferior, average, or superior, and then apply to them as such. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma¹³² is impartial, thus it does not perceive or engage with an essence. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is timeless, meaningful to behold, and self-evident, thus it has no regard for or concern with time. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. There is no high and low in the Dharma, thus it is not concerned with what is vast or lowly. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is neither superior nor inferior, thus it is not concerned with purity or defilement. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is free of the view of what is and is not a field,¹³³ thus it is not concerned with either noble beings or ordinary people. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is constantly and uninterruptedly engaged; thus it is not something engaged in during the day but not at night, or at night but not during the day.