འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.18

6.18

These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas.

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Being profound while speaking sincerely, having no craving while speaking gently and pleasantly, not holding a view while not forsaking the mind intent on awakening, and remaining in the scope of the ultimate while following conventional training. These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas. Blessed One, this is a discourse on the Dharma.

“Furthermore, Blessed One, bodhisattvas find release through the emptiness of the ultimate. They find release through the great higher cognition and through knowledge. They have attained great power, are skilled in Dharma discourse, take joy in the profound Dharma, act in ways that align with all beings, and have qualities that are inconceivable and astonishing. They have acquired the most refined qualities, possess the great higher cognition, are great Dharma reciters, are great kings of the Dharma, engage in great deeds, support great people, and revel in their great higher cognition. In order to ripen beings, they take birth without dying and die without taking birth. Even though they engage in actions, they are perfectly awakened. Their minds are liberated, and yet they still make effort. They have passed into final nirvāṇa, and yet still act. They are satisfied, yet still seek. They do not strive, yet still practice. They know all, yet still pose questions to others.

“Blessed One, it is possible to determine the depths of all the oceans, but it is impossible to determine the depth of the ocean of wisdom about the Great Vehicle possessed by these great beings. Blessed One, it is possible to measure the sky,