[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Sūtras of the Ratnakūṭa (Heap of Jewels) collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta) › [Siṃhaparipṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha) › [འཕགས་པ་སེང་གེས་ཞུས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo) › [Simha’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000) › 4 # འཕགས་པ་སང་གས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4 Siṃha’s Questions 4 - **Language:** English ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000.4) How do possessions cease to diminish? How does one become distinguished Wherever one is born?” {25} “Wealth is obtained through nonattachment.⁵⁴ Possessions increase by being without stinginess. One will be distinguished wherever one is born By being without jealousy.”⁵⁵ {26} “How does one obtain divine sight? How does one obtain divine hearing? And how, O Guide, does one know The dying, transmigration, and rebirth of beings?”⁵⁶ {27} “Divine sight is obtained by giving lamps. The ear is purified⁵⁷ by giving music. The dying, transmigration, and rebirth of beings are known through wisdom.⁵⁸ Thus do these accomplishments arise.” {28} “O Guide, how do the defilements of bodhisattvas⁵⁹ Come to be exhausted? How do they recollect previous lives? How do they obtain miraculous powers?”⁶⁰ {29} “The miraculous powers are obtained by offering vehicles. The recollections are gained by cultivating⁶¹ mindfulness. They reach the cessation of defilements By fully abandoning the two extremes.” {30} “How is the buddhafield perfected? How is its saṅgha perfected? How does its light shine perfectly Such that the ten directions are illuminated?”⁶² {31}⁶³ “The buddhafield is perfected through aspiration. The saṅgha is perfected by magnetizing disciples.⁶⁴ The ten directions are illuminated brightly By offering jeweled canopies.” {32} “By what quality⁶⁵ does one attain The embodiment⁶⁶ of all qualities, So that a bodhisattva⁶⁷ will be dear to beings Wherever they are born?”⁶⁸ {33} “By surrendering the mind to the purpose of awakening In order to liberate all beings,⁶⁹ They attain the embodiment of all qualities And will thus be held dear.” {34} “In what instruction should one train, And how should one cultivate the mind, To become an omniscient teacher Like you, Great Sage?” {35}⁷⁰ “If one trains in being impartial To all beings without exception, And if the mind is cultivated in that impartiality, One will become an all-surpassing victorious one.” {36} “Throughout all one’s lives, How will the mind of awakening Never be abandoned even in a dream, - [Previous: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000.3) - [Next: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་སེང་གེས་ཞུས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo.4) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.simhapariprccha*bo~en-84000.4) · Pramāṇa