འཕགས་པ་ཟ་མ་ཏག་བཀད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.24
The Basket’s Display 3.24
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and will become bodhisattvas in their last life. They will also quickly attain the highest complete enlightenment, which is complete buddhahood.
“ ‘ “The ācārya should not give it to those who are inappropriate. It should be bestowed upon those who aspire for it with faith, or bestowed upon those who aspire for it with faith in the Mahāyāna. It should not be given to tīrthikas.”
“ ‘Then the Tathāgata, the arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha Amitābha said to Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara, “Noble son, what if the noble son or noble daughter is poor and cannot use precious sapphire jewel powder, emerald powder, or gold or silver powder?”
“ ‘ “Bhagavat, he should use powder dyed with various colors and use various flowers and various incenses.”
“ ‘ “Noble son, what if, because he has gone to another land and lacks the facilities, he cannot even obtain those?”
“ ‘ “Then the ācārya should imagine the maṇḍala in his mind, and the ācārya should teach the nature of the mantras²⁶² and gestures.” ’
“Then the Tathāgata, the arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha Padmottama²⁶³ said to Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara, ‘Noble son, give the six-syllable queen of mahāvidyās to me. I will liberate many millions of trillions of beings from saṃsāra so that they will quickly attain complete buddhahood with the highest complete enlightenment.’
“Then Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara gave the six-syllable queen of mahāvidyās²⁶⁴ to the Tathāgata, the arhat, the Samyaksaṃbuddha Padmottama:
“Oṁ maṇipadme hūṁ.
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