འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 45

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by not tiring of learning; guarding learning by relying on virtuous spiritual friends; guarding virtuous qualities by behaving respectfully; overcoming pride so as to truly attain the status of a master; having excellent intention so as to eliminate pride; being without guile due to guarding one’s noble intention; acting in accordance with one’s words due to being without guile; not being deceitful so as to act in that way; abiding in truthfulness by abandoning all faults of speech and never lying; being authentic and being born out of authenticity; and being truthful and being born out of truth. Those are certainties of mind. Lord of nāgas, bodhisattvas with certainties of mind like these are known as the heedful.

“Lord of nāgas, heedful bodhisattvas are beyond the reach of Māra. Why? Because, lord of nāgas, bodhisattvas conduct themselves with qualities that are unlimited. What are limited qualities? Desire, aversion, and delusion are limited. Since bodhisattvas have passed beyond them, they are said to be unlimited. Views that take an object are limited. Bodhisattvas who abide in emptiness are beyond the reach of Māra. All the signifiers of thought, conceptualization, and imputation are limited. Bodhisattvas who abide in signlessness are beyond the reach of Māra. The three realms are limited. Bodhisattvas who abide in wishlessness are beyond the reach of Māra. The vehicles of the hearers and solitary buddhas are limited. Bodhisattvas who abide in the Great Vehicle are beyond the reach of Māra.