འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.22

6.22

views about the Dharma never develop. No phenomena are gathered; views about the Saṅgha never develop. Blessed One, this is a discourse on the Dharma.”

The bodhisattva Sārthavāha said, “Blessed One, from the very outset bodhisattvas seek the awakening of all beings, not their own.¹⁸⁷ In all that they do for beings they hold no concept of ‘effort’ or ‘beings,’ but they also do not give up their great love and compassion.

“What is the bodhisattvas’ great love? Even as they do not hold the concept of ‘being,’ bodhisattvas do not give up the armor fashioned out of every root of virtue and dedicate those roots of virtue to awakening. This is known as great love. Their great compassion is their continuous activity on behalf of beings. Their great love is to recognize saṃsāra itself to be nirvāṇa while not giving up the diligence that has perfected the path;¹⁸⁸ their great compassion is to never forsake beings. Their great love is to don the armor of awakening themselves; their great compassion is to help other beings seek out the armor. Their great love is to give up all possessions; their great compassion is to give up all possessions and dedicate the roots of virtue so that all beings attain buddhahood. Their great love is not allowing their discipline, training, and commitments to deteriorate; their great compassion is to use their own discipline to guard the discipline of other beings. Their great love is to be rich in patience and gentleness themselves;