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འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 10

The Questions of the Nāga King Anavatapta 10

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Those are the two.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, the mind of omniscience has two aspects that must not be lost. What are they? They are not being angry toward any being and being especially compassionate toward those with wrong views. Those are the two.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, the mind of omniscience has two qualities to be combined. If these two are combined, the mind of omniscience will outshine all hearers and solitary buddhas. What are they? They are skillful means and insight. Those are the two.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, the mind of omniscience relies on two things. What are they? They are not regretting what has already been done and not trusting that which is transient. Those are the two.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, the mind of omniscience has two characters.¹⁶ What are they? They are being without attachment to the vehicle of hearers and the vehicle of solitary buddhas and seeing the benefits of the Great Vehicle. Those are the two.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, there are two factors that interrupt the mind of omniscience. What are they? They are being deceitful and being dishonest. Those are the two interruptions.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, there are two factors that restore the mind of omniscience. What are they? They are mindfulness and not being deceitful. Those are the two restorers.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, there are three factors that create obscurations to the mind of omniscience. What are the three? They are negative behavior of the body, negative behavior of speech, and negative behavior of mind. Those are the three.

“Furthermore, lord of nāgas, there are three factors that eliminate obscurations to the mind of omniscience. What are the three? They are positive behavior of the body, positive behavior of speech, and positive behavior of mind.

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