འཕགས་པ་ཤན་ཏ་རྒྱས་པ་ཆན་པའ་སྡ་ཉ་མའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 3.20

3.20

Why is it so? Because I have heard and understood what the Blessed One said: in that buddha realm of Sahā, sentient beings experience intense suffering due to their improper views; they are predominantly under the influence of intense desire and are like blind persons; […] due to the faults of women, all roots of virtue will deteriorate, and beings will be born instantly in the Hell of Unceasing Torment.”

The thus-gone Royal Mass of Glorious Wisdom replied to the bodhisattva great being Glorious Essence of Light, “Answer these questions, noble son, answer these questions! In the buddha realm of Sahā, in the great ocean between the four continents, have you not established six hundred forty million nāgas into the practice of taking the threefold refuge by displaying the frightening appearance of a garuḍa, the king of birds, for nine days? Have you not caused them to give rise to the mind set on unsurpassed and perfect awakening?”

“Respected Blessed One, that is correct. I did as you have just said. I have indeed established sixty hundred forty million nāgas in that practice, until awakening, by displaying a frightening appearance.”

“Well then, noble son, in the middle of the four continents, in the place where no rain was falling and all the nāgas had become distressed, did you not manifest as great elephant-nāgas, great horse-nāgas, and great snake-nāgas showering down rains for seven days?”

“Respected Blessed One, that is correct. I did that due to my specific past aspirations.”

“Then why are you nervous to be sent there by me?” the Blessed One continued.