འཕགས་པ་བདད་རྩ་བརྗད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7

7

The Bhagavān now said to Venerable Ānanda, “Ānanda, such a Dharma discourse is rarely heard. Therefore, you must retain this Dharma discourse. You must write it down, hold it, read it aloud, and master it!”

“Bhagavān, I will retain this Dharma discourse,” said Ānanda. “Bhagavān, what is the name of this Dharma discourse? How should it be remembered?”

“Ānanda,” replied the Bhagavān, “you should remember this Dharma discourse as The Nectar of Speech. You should also refer to it as The Question of Maitreya.”

After the Bhagavān had thus spoken, the entire assembly—Venerable Ānanda, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya, the bhikṣus, the bodhisattvas, and also the gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas—all rejoiced and praised the words of the Bhagavān.

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Translated, edited, and finalized by the Indian preceptor Prajñāvarman and the chief editor-translator Venerable Yeshé Dé.