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འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྒྱ་མཚས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6

The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (2) 6

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they will fully awaken to unexcelled and perfect buddhahood.

“Lord of nāgas, those who have forsaken sexual misconduct will obtain four qualities that are praised by the wise. What are these four qualities? They will have restraint of the senses. They will overcome excitement. They will be praised by the whole world. And they will not seduce married women. Lord of nāgas, those who have forsaken sexual misconduct will obtain those four qualities that are praised by the wise. If they dedicate the roots of virtue of forsaking sexual misconduct toward unexcelled and perfect awakening, then, because of those roots of virtue, they will obtain the sheathed genitals, which are a mark of a great being.

“Lord of nāgas, those who have forsaken lying will obtain eight qualities that are praised by gods and humans. What are these eight qualities? They will have a clean face with the scent of a blue lotus. They will be held as authoritative by all beings. They will become singularly powerful because they are beloved by gods and humans. They will alleviate the fears of spirits due to their assurances. They will be pure in body, speech, and mind because of their excellent altruism. Their happiness will increase because their words are free of confusion. Their voices will be heard because their words are worthy of being remembered. And they will be free of wrongdoing among gods and humans because they have obtained insight. Lord of nāgas, those who have forsaken lying will obtain those eight qualities that are praised by gods and humans. If they dedicate the roots of virtue of forsaking lying toward unexcelled and perfect awakening, then, because of those roots of virtue, their words will be in accord with the truth.

“Lord of nāgas, those who have forsaken slander will obtain five qualities of indivisibility.

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