འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.14
The Dharma Council 4.14
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4.14
I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is never present anywhere; thus it is never out of reach at a moment of training. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma lacks desire for anything, thus it has no anger toward those who are hostile nor attraction for those with faith. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma neither diminishes nor increases, but rather is unfathomable and incalculable. Like space, it does not contract or expand. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is not protected by beings, it is the Dharma that protects beings. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma does not seek refuge, the Dharma is the refuge for all worlds. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma has the character of being unobstructed, thus it is not obstructed by anything. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma lacks latent impressions; thus it is not concerned with latent impressions. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma. The Dharma is always nonconceptual, thus it does not fear saṃsāra nor is it attracted to nirvāṇa. I should therefore make my mind like the Dharma.’ Thus, because bodhisattvas apply the mindfulness of the Dharma in conformity with the Dharma, it is known as recollecting the Dharma.
“Child of good family, this is a bodhisattva’s application of the mindfulness of recollecting the Dharma.
“What is a bodhisattva’s application of the mindfulness of recollecting the Saṅgha? A bodhisattva thinks,
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- འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ — Classical Tibetan