འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་རྣམ་པར་འཕྲལ་པའ་ལའ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 32

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Any monk, nun, upāsaka, or upāsikā who hears this supremely profound way of being free of special pride without being afraid, terrified, or frightened, but rather trusts it, should be recognized as liberated.”

Then the Blessed One addressed the god Great Light: “Divine being, that is correct. It is as you said. Those monks, nuns, upāsakas, and upāsikās who hear this supremely profound way of being free of special pride without being afraid, terrified, or frightened, but rather trust it, should be recognized as liberated. Why is that? It is because by accepting this teaching, I prophesy that those bodhisattvas will attain unexcelled and perfect awakening. Moreover, by accepting this teaching, any hearer or solitary buddha will attain deliverance.”

The god Great Light asked, “Blessed One, what is the name of this Dharma teaching? How should it be known?”

The Blessed One replied, “Divine being, you should know this teaching as The Chapter on Mañjuśrī’s Magical Display. It should also be known as The Chapter on Taming Māra.”

After the Blessed One had given these teachings, youthful Mañjuśrī, the god Great Light, the entire assembly, and the world with its gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas rejoiced and praised the Blessed One’s words.

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Translated, edited, emended according to the new terminological register, and finalized by the Indian preceptors Śīlendrabodhi and Jinamitra, as well as the chief editor-translator, Bandé Yeshé Dé.