འཕགས་པ་མྱ་ངན་མད་ཀྱས་བྱན་པ་ལང་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2

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the bodhisattva Siṃhamati, the bodhisattva Nityotkṣiptahasta, the bodhisattva Perpetually Raised Hand, the bodhisattva Nityodyukta, the bodhisattva Always Smiling and Joyful, the bodhisattva Beyond the Senses, the bodhisattva Nityotkaṇṭhita, the bodhisattva Precious Mind, the bodhisattva Ratnapāṇi, the bodhisattva Holding a Jewel in Hand, the bodhisattva Radiant Jewel, the bodhisattva Sārathi, the bodhisattva Mahāsārathi, the bodhisattva Delights in Truth, the bodhisattva Maitreya, and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta, as well as the eight holy beings—the bodhisattva Bhadrapāla, the bodhisattva Ratnākara, the bodhisattva Guhyagupta, the bodhisattva Indradeva, the bodhisattva Varuṇadeva, the bodhisattva Viśālamati, the bodhisattva Viśeṣamati, and the bodhisattva Vardhamānamati.

At that time, while the Bhagavān was staying at the great city of Rājagṛha, he was honored, revered, venerated, and worshiped by King Ajātaśatru along with his counselors, ministers, chancellors, ministerial kinsmen,¹⁸ officials, and courtiers, as well as by brahmins, kṣatriyas, and householders. Surrounded and venerated by a retinue of hundreds and thousands, the Bhagavān taught the attendees the Dharma.