འཕགས་པ་བྱམས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 13

13

Possessing every wealth, rich in qualities,
You array the wealth of a noble one as you please.

“ ‘You are comparable to the earth, and without equal as a recipient of offerings.
You have obtained mastery of all good qualities, and your moral conduct is pure.
Just as hands cannot grasp or capture space,
So too, in the worlds you possess no attachment or anger.

“ ‘Reaching ultimate acceptance,¹⁶ you learnt that all objects and phenomena
Are without essence, fictitious, and impure.
In all those arrogant sentient beings that migrate in saṃsāra,
You found no life force or substance.

“ ‘Adapting to their dispositions and actions, and knowing their thoughts,
You are a wondrous lamp that discerns them.
Since you witnessed beings carried away by the great river,
You formerly produced the power of firm strength of diligence.

“ ‘You possess a mind that rejects rebirth and pacifies afflictive emotions;
Your vast mind brought birth, old age, and death to an end.
Like the sphere of space you are without attachment;
Untainted by worldly qualities, you roam the three worlds.

“ ‘O great being, your wisdom brings illumination,
Dispelling every darkness that has gathered.
You calm the dust of attachment and dispel the darkness
Of the various stains of anger and ignorance—to you I pay homage.’

“Ānanda, this does not yet exhaust the miraculous displays and supernormal powers of the brahmin boy Bhadraśuddha.

“Ānanda, if you wonder whether the brahmin boy Bhadraśuddha was then, at that time, someone else, or you are of two minds about it, or doubtful, do not see him so. Why? Because the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya himself was then, at that time, the brahmin boy Bhadraśuddha,