འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.20
The Dharma Council 7.20
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7.20
“In that case, what falls within the scope of generating the mind set on awakening?”
“Devaputra,” answered the Blessed One, “generosity, when one is oriented to not expect a result, falls within that scope. Uncorrupted discipline, when one is oriented toward nonconceptual discipline, falls within that scope. Patience, when one is oriented toward the quality of nonduality, falls within that scope. Diligence, when one is oriented toward not pursuing anything, falls within that scope. Meditative stability, when one is oriented toward all the qualities of deep meditative attainment, falls within that scope. Insight, when one is oriented toward the absence of conceptual elaboration, falls within that scope.
“Seeking out learning, when one is oriented toward the inexpressible, falls within that scope. Meditative calm, when one is oriented toward deep calm and tranquility, falls within that scope. Meditative insight, when one is oriented toward the indemonstrability of all phenomena, falls within that scope. The applications of mindfulness, when one is oriented toward nonrecollection and nonattentiveness, falls within that scope. The correct abandonments, when one is oriented toward the unfabricated, fall within that scope. The bases of miraculous power, when one is oriented toward ending all aspirations, fall within that scope. The powers, when one is oriented toward the qualities of transcending the powers, fall within that scope. The ten strengths, when one is oriented toward the quality of inseparability, fall within that scope. The branches of awakening, when one is oriented toward awakening to buddhahood, fall within that scope.
“The path, when one is oriented toward rescuing beings who have embarked on bad paths, falls within that scope. The act of ripening beings, when one is oriented toward all phenomena, falls within that scope. The act of taming, when one is oriented toward training in the taming of all phenomena, falls within that scope.
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- འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ — Classical Tibetan