འཕགས་པ་གསར་གྱ་བྱ་མ་ལྟ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2

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bodhisattvas! Thus have I heard at one time. The Blessed One was staying in Śrāvastī at the Jetavana, the park of Anāthapiṇḍada, together with a great saṅgha of twelve hundred and fifty monks and many thousands of bodhisattvas. Then the Venerable Ānanda rose from his seat, draped his upper robe over one shoulder, placed his right knee on the ground, bowed with his palms joined toward the Blessed One, and addressed the Blessed One: "Blessed One, are the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas immeasurable? Blessed One, are the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas endowed with immeasurable qualities?" When this was said, the Blessed One spoke to the Venerable Ānanda: "Ānanda, the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas are immeasurable. Ānanda, the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas are endowed with immeasurable qualities." A second time, the Venerable Ānanda addressed the Blessed One: "Blessed One, are the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas immeasurable? Blessed One, are the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly enlightened Buddhas endowed with immeasurable qualities?" And a second and third time the Blessed One spoke to the Venerable Ānanda: "Ānanda, the Tathāgatas,