[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) › [Hastikakṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya) › [གླང་པོའི་རྩལ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo) › [The Strength of the Elephant](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000) › 5 # གླང་པའ་རྩལ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5 The Strength of the Elephant 5 - **Language:** English ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.5) Who make no distinction between tathāgatas and non-Buddhists, And who are without assumptions about what is “the best.” “Happy are those for whom there is neither number nor enumeration, Who do not disregard equality that is like the expanse of space, Who do not think of themselves and others as distinct, And who have no special achievements. “Happy are those who appear as an illusion and behave as if in a dream, Who resemble optical illusions but are not deluded, Who are active in the worlds like reflections of the moon in water, And who do not strive in any way. “Happy are the beings who are wise and behold the ultimate, Who understand that names and conventions have no essence, Who realize that phenomena are in the state of peace, And who remain unbound by the range of conceptual signs.” Thereupon the Blessed One congratulated the venerable Śāradvatīputra: “Śāradvatīputra, supreme is this teaching that engages in this way in the profound wisdom! It is excellent, excellent! Therefore, Śāradvatīputra, assemble all the monks and bodhisattvas abiding in inner absorption on this Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain, as many as there may be.” “Blessed One,” replied Śāradvatīputra, “I would prefer not to do so. Why? Because elephants are difficult to please.” At that very moment, the Blessed One emitted light rays from his body and he summoned the bodhisattvas abiding in infinite world systems. They reached the place where the Blessed One was residing on Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain and hovered in the sky. All the monks and bodhisattva great beings who had been abiding in inner absorption also arrived where the Blessed One was residing, as did hundreds of thousands of beings from the great city of Rājagṛha. Then the Blessed One, knowing that all were present in the assembly, looked at the face of Youthful Mañjuśrī - [Previous: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.4) - [Next: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [གླང་པོའི་རྩལ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo.5) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.5) · Pramāṇa