འཕགས་པ་རན་ཆན་དྲ་བ་ཅན་གྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 31

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Reaching as high as the peak of existence.

“One could offer parasols as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges
To each of these caityas.
The parasols offered at that time would be
Covered with ornamental garlands of pearl.

“One could also offer millions of streamers
As numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges
And billions of banners made of various precious jewels
To these caityas as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges.

“One could play billions of instruments
At each caitya of the omniscient illuminators.
Trillions of respectful humans too
Would join in making offerings.

“They would offer hundreds of flowers and parasols to the caitya
And venerate the great sages in this manner every day
For as many eons as there are grains of sand in the Ganges.¹⁸

“Compared to all this, hearing just one verse from this discourse
While not doubting it, developing interest,
And reciting these victors’ names
Brings merit that is unsurpassed and supreme.

“Wise ones should listen to the names of absorptions,
Maintain flawless discipline, remember these names,
And venerate the thus-gone buddhas.
Thereby, they will behold as many buddhas as the grains of sand in the Ganges.

“Having directed their minds to the sacred veneration
Of the supreme humans, the great sages,
They will always be sane, they will teach the Dharma,
And for millions of eons they will remain undeluded.

“As the World Protector teaches
This supreme king of discourses,
Those who hear what the Supreme Victor has previously seen
Will obtain happiness in the future.

“They will discard desires, knowing them to have faults,
Like a person tossing away a vessel filled with foul-smelling excrement.
Such wise beings will delight in emancipation and peace,
Be constantly sane, and rely on the protectors.

“Those who saw me teach this
In the city of Vaiśālī,
Including Ratnajālin, who beheld and venerated me,
Shall remember this supreme discourse in the future.

“Those of my children who always follow me,
Engage in the supreme acts of awakening and peace,
And constantly train beings