འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྒྱ་མཚས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 14

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If they are adorned with equanimity, then attachment and anger will be abandoned. If they are adorned with the means of attraction, then they will ripen all beings. If they are adorned with the applications of mindfulness, then one will become expert in the body, feelings, mind, and phenomena. If they are adorned with the correct relinquishments, then all nonvirtuous qualities will be abandoned and all virtuous qualities will be perfected. If they are adorned with the four bases of miraculous power, then body and mind will be light. If they are adorned with the five faculties, then one’s faith will be stable, diligence will blaze, there will be no delusion, one will be skilled at training the mind, and one will be skilled at eliminating all disturbing emotions. If they are endowed with the powers, then one will not be oppressed and will overcome all poverty and misfortune. If they are adorned with the limbs of awakening, then all phenomena will be comprehended exactly as they are. If they are adorned with the path, then true wisdom will be obtained. If they are adorned with tranquility, then all disturbing emotions will be vanquished. If they are adorned with insight, then there will be the insight and wisdom of comprehending all phenomena exactly as they are. If they are adorned with skillful means, then one will attain compounded and uncompounded happiness.

“Lord of nāgas, in short, by means of these paths of the ten virtues, the ten powers will be perfected. Everything from the attainment of the four types of fearlessness and the eighteen unique qualities of a buddha up to the attainment of all the qualities of a buddha will be perfected. Therefore, lord of nāgas, you must strive to adorn the paths of the ten virtues with these numerous distinctions.

“Lord of nāgas, comsider the following analogy: The earth is the foundation for all things established on the ground, such as all villages, towns, cities, districts, regions, and kingdoms.