འཕགས་པ་ཀན་རྫབ་དང་དན་དམ་པའ་བདན་པ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.5

1.5

they all sent down this great shower of flowers to honor the Thus-gone One.”

Those in the retinue said, “Blessed One, we would like to see Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta and those bodhisattva great beings.”

At that point, Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta and the ten thousand bodhisattvas descended from the sky. Having prostrated at the Blessed One’s feet, Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta and the bodhisattva great beings each sat down on their own miraculously emanated seat.

Then the god Lord of Peace and Calm bowed to the Blessed One and said, with joined palms, “Blessed One, all of us would like to listen, so please ask Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta to teach.”

The Blessed One replied, “Divine son, you yourself should make that request.”

So the god said, “Mañjuśrī, it would be wonderful if you could give us a Dharma teaching similar to what is taught in the buddha realm of the Blessed, Thus-gone Ratnaketu.”

Mañjuśrī replied, “Ultimately, the Dharma is not about generating attachment; nor is it about bringing attachment to an end. Ultimately, it is not about generating anger; nor is it about bringing anger to an end. Ultimately, it is not about generating delusion; nor is it about bringing delusion to an end. Ultimately, it is not about generating wisdom; nor is it about bringing wisdom to an end.”

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, how is that?”

Mañjuśrī replied, “Divine son, in the unborn, there is no birth or ending whatsoever. Ultimately, divine son, the bodhisattva