འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.26

7.26

The guidelines for a bodhisattva are thus infinite, but nonetheless these are known as guidelines for a bodhisattva. Child of good family, these represent the perfect guidelines and scope for a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva who perfects these guidelines and this scope will not find it difficult to awaken to buddhahood.”

The devaputra Excellent Mind then asked, “Blessed One, in what way can bodhisattvas be described as careful?”

“Devaputra,” replied the Blessed One, “bodhisattvas either never give up their samādhi and do not take birth due to the power of that samādhi, or they emerge from samādhi to take birth wherever they can help beings. Child of good family, this is how bodhisattvas can be described as careful.”

The devaputra Excellent Mind then asked, “Blessed One, in what way can bodhisattvas be described as isolated?”

“Devaputra,” replied the Blessed One, “bodhisattvas who recognize the suchness of all things, the limit of reality, and the expanse of phenomena, yet still remain among many people, will understand isolation. Child of good family, this is how bodhisattvas can be described as isolated. Bodhisattvas whose minds do not function dualistically are described as extremely isolated.”

The devaputra Excellent Mind then asked, “In what way can bodhisattvas be described as meditatively composed?”

“Devaputra,” replied the Blessed One, “bodhisattvas are free of all mental aspiration while still perceiving a given phenomenon; or, they do not adopt the perspective of rejection while seeing that everything they behold is emptiness and unreal. Devaputra, this is how bodhisattvas can be described as meditatively composed.”

The devaputra Excellent Mind then asked, “Blessed One, in what way can bodhisattva be described as omnipresent?”