འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.20

6.20

The mind set on awakening is generated based on a mind that seeks to be of benefit to beings, a mind that is positive, unsurpassable, that arises from the expanse of phenomena, and that relies on all the realms of beings. Blessed One, a bodhisattva’s generation of the mind set on awakening refers to the mind that is pacified through the perfection of generosity, that is calmed through the perfection of discipline, that is unwounded due to the perfection of patience, that is irreversible due to the perfection of diligence, that is undistracted due to the perfection of meditative stability , and that is nonconceptual¹⁸⁵ due to the perfection of insight. It refers to the mind that has been made gentle¹⁸⁶ by love, enduring by compassion, free of regrets by joy, and stainless by great equanimity. It refers to the mind made free of greed by generosity. It refers to the mind that, due to pleasant speech, is not obtuse. It refers to the mind in equanimity due to meaningful conduct. It refers to the mind that is unsurpassed because it is consistent with the bodhisattva’s deeds. It refers to the mind that is unchanging due to emptiness, unobscured due to signlessness, and undistracted due to wishlessness. It refers to the mind that is released through the factors of awakening. It refers to the mind that is indivisible due to the recollection of the Buddha, is aligned with the expanse of phenomena due to the recollection of the Dharma, and is wishless due to the recollection of the Saṅgha. It refers to the mind that, by recollecting discipline, does not consider itself superior. It refers to the mind that, by recollecting giving, is not attached. And it refers to the mind that, by recollecting the gods, has mastered the multitude of virtues.

“Blessed One, if I began teaching on the mind set on awakening and continued for an eon or more, I would not reach the end.