[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Doctrinal sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma) › [Dharmasaṅgīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti) › [འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo) › [The Dharma Council](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000) › 5.8 # འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.8 The Dharma Council 5.8 - **Language:** English ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5.8) They are equivalent to space, unchanging, regard all beings equally, are intent on benefiting all beings, are always intent on solitude, act effortlessly in all circumstances, have an effortless character, are the best of beings, have a character that is unobstructed in serving all beings,¹⁴⁴ possess great compassion, have an unshakeable character, and are completely perfect buddhas.” “Blessed One, what should a bodhisattva do who seeks to understand this basic nature of the blessed buddhas?” asked the bodhisattva Nirārambha. “O child of good family,” replied the Blessed One, “bodhisattvas who wish to understand this basic nature of the blessed buddhas should make their minds equal to the earth in order to cultivate patience for the negative things done by all beings and all of their unpleasantness. They should make their minds equal to water in order to wash away all the stains of concepts and the afflictive emotions related to the conceptual thoughts of other beings as well as their own. They should make their minds like fire in order to burn away, with their insight, the brambles of the karma and afflictive emotions of other beings as well as themselves. They should make their minds like wind in order to free themselves of all kinds of attachment. They should make their minds to be essentially like space insofar as, essentially, it is entirely free of obscurations. “Bodhisattvas should make their minds equal to a lion because they are always fearless and unafraid. Bodhisattvas should make their minds equal to an elephant in order to carry the burdens of all beings with a mind that is highly disciplined. Bodhisattvas should be like a cloud in order to rain down the sublime Dharma. Bodhisattvas should be like the sun in order to illuminate all beings with their wisdom. Bodhisattvas should be like the moon in order to continuously shine blissfully on all beings everywhere. Bodhisattvas should be like a merchant captain in order to use their omniscient wisdom to steer toward a great island of gems. - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5.9) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo.5.8) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.5.8) · Pramāṇa