འཕགས་པ་ཚངས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3

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and he appeared in the great forest, bathing it and everything in it in light, and he was seated before the Bhagavān, very close to him.

Then Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, thought to himself, “It is difficult to approach and difficult to understand buddha bhagavāns. Since the Bhagavān is immersed in meditative absorption, it would not be appropriate for me to rouse him from his meditation by making a noise like clearing my throat or saying something. Instead, I should politely request the Bhagavān to emerge from his meditation by addressing him in verse.” Assuring himself that this was the case, Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world, draped his upper robe over one shoulder, and with his palms joined, he bowed towards the Bhagavān and, with his head still bowed, he urged the Bhagavān to emerge from his meditation with the following verses:

“Lord, unsullied, unblemished, and immaculate,
You are justly worshipped by gods, by the best of humans,
By gandharvas, nāgas, and asuras as well,
Worshipped in order to heal sentient beings.

“Sage, Most Excellent of Humans, engaged in concentration,
You are as unshakable as a mountain,
As unfathomable as an ocean,
And imperturbable, even by hordes of māras.

“Sage, Holy One, engaged in concentration,
You are without material concern, without marks,
Without distinctions, without reliance,⁸
Without location, and without appearance.

“Your concentration is the perfection of concentration;
It is beyond the scope of discursive thought,
Beyond the scope of childlike beings,
And it transcends the mind and mental factors.

“Lord whose speech is like the roar of a lion,
Sage whose voice reverberates like thunder,
Hero with the grace of the moon,
Homage to you, O jewel for sentient beings.”

Thereupon, becoming aware of these verses of invocation uttered by Brahmā, lord of the Sahā world,