[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) › 7.21 # འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.21 The Dharma Council 7.21 - **Language:** English ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7.21) The perfections, when one is oriented toward not being attached to far or near, fall within that scope.²¹⁶ Saṃsāra, when one is oriented toward nirvāṇa, falls within that scope. Nirvāṇa, when one is oriented toward constructs, falls within that scope. Birth, when one is oriented toward the unborn and unarisen, falls within that scope. The aggregates, when one is oriented toward being free of the afflictive emotions, fall within that scope. The elements, when one is oriented toward inseparability, fall within that scope. The sense bases, when one is oriented toward the sense bases of the noble ones, fall within that scope. “Listening to the Dharma, when one is oriented toward contemplation, falls within that scope. Teaching the Dharma, when one is oriented toward the inexpressible, falls within that scope. The manifest physical body, when oriented toward the dharmakāya, falls within that scope. Turning the wheel of Dharma, when oriented toward not engaging or withdrawing, falls within that scope. Śrāvakas, when oriented toward the qualities of buddhahood, fall within that scope. Pratyekabuddhas, when oriented toward the conduct of buddhas and bodhisattvas, fall within that scope. Devaputra, this is the scope of a bodhisattva’s conduct.” The devaputra Excellent Mind then asked, “What are the guidelines for a bodhisattva?” The Blessed One replied, “It is to not look for one’s own happiness and to bring happiness to other beings. It is to remain in saṃsāra with discipline, learning, and vigilance, and to remain in nirvāṇa while not forsaking great compassion. It is to have nirvāṇa in the palm of one’s hand but elect not to attain it. It is to adhere to the ways of saṃsāra in order to ripen beings. It is to protect all beings, trust in them all equally,²¹⁷ - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7.20) - [Next: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7.22) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7) ## 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.7.20-21) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.7.21) · Pramāṇa