འཕགས་པ་ཚངས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 18

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Please tell us what the Bhagavān taught to Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, for the benefit of many beings, for the happiness of many beings, for the benefit, health, and happiness of gods and humans! When new monks, who have only recently gone forth in the Dharma and Vinaya and have not held it for long, or good people who have only recently entered the Mahāyāna, listen to it, they will be delighted, will gain faith, and will maintain their effort in adhering to their training.” Then the Bhagavān explained to the monks the explanation he had given to Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world.

Afterward, Venerable Ānanda said to the Bhagavān, “The Bhagavān has spoken well. The Sugata has spoken well. Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, also spoke well when he came before the Bhagavān to request such a discourse and asked him to teach. Bhagavān, even if Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, possessed no root of virtue before, just by the root of virtue generated by requesting this discourse, he will quickly awaken to unsurpassable, truly complete awakening. Why? Because, Bhagavān, no hearer or solitary realizer is capable of realizing the limit and the end of this root of virtue. Why? Because, Bhagavān, Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, asked this question for the common benefit of all sentient beings.”

“Yes, Ānanda, it is as you say,” said the Bhagavān. Then Venerable Ānanda asked the Bhagavān, “Bhagavān, what is the name of this Dharma discourse?