[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) › 8 # གླང་པའ་རྩལ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 8 The Strength of the Elephant 8 - **Language:** English ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.8) Although they cultivate diligence, they do not exert themselves bodily or mentally. Although they are skilled in all concentrations, liberations, absorptions, and all meditative states, they are not stuck in a one-pointed mental state. Although they exist within the domain of insight, they regard themselves as not being fully liberated from transmigration. Mañjuśrī, if bodhisattvas possess these six qualities, they completely accomplish their tasks and also maintain all virtuous qualities. “Mañjuśrī, if bodhisattvas possess another six qualities, they can accomplish their tasks, and also maintain all virtuous qualities. What are these six? Bodhisattvas assume the state of a hell being while at the same time experiencing the qualities of the higher realms. They assume the state of an animal, while at the same time experiencing the great extent of human qualities. They assume a birth in the lower castes,²⁶ while at the same time experiencing the pleasures of a cakravartin’s kingdom. They manifest within all modes of existence, while at the same time experiencing the activities associated with a specific realm. They are skilled in going to all buddhafields, while at the same time not moving from their location. They neither come nor go, and yet appear in all buddhafields like the moon’s reflections in water. They speak all languages yet do not mix them up. Mañjuśrī, if bodhisattvas possess these six qualities, they completely accomplish their activities and also maintain all virtuous qualities.” “Blessed One,” Youthful Mañjuśrī inquired, “how do bodhisattvas assume the state of a hell being while at the same time experiencing the qualities of the higher realms?” “Mañjuśrī,” replied the Blessed One, - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.7) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.9) ## 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.8) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.hastikaksya*bo~en-84000.8) · Pramāṇa