འཕགས་པ་བད་སའ་རྒྱལ་པ་འཆར་བྱད་ཀྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ལའ 23

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Therefore, Great King, you must constantly and continuously cultivate mindfulness of the Buddha. You must cultivate mindfulness of the body.”

That is how the Blessed One taught King Udayana of Vatsa. As a result of that teaching, King Udayana of Vatsa was delighted, joyful, and extremely happy with the Thus-Gone One.

Then King Udayana of Vatsa said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, the blessed, thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect Buddha’s explanation of the excellent teaching on the inconceivably numerous faults of men and women is truly amazing. Blessed One, I seek refuge in the Blessed One, the Dharma, and the Saṇgha. I have abandoned my weapons and my clubs. I have become modest, and I feel love for all living beings. Blessed One, please accept me as a male lay disciple.”

When the Blessed One had finished teaching, King Udayana of Vatsa, the monks, bodhisattvas, gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas, together with the whole world, rejoiced and praised the Blessed One’s words.

Colophon

Translated, edited, and finalized by, among others, the Indian preceptors Jinamitra and Surendrabodhi and the chief editor-translator, Bandé Yeshé Dé.

Therefore, Great King, you must constantly and continuously cultivate mindfulness of the Buddha. You must cultivate mindfulness of the body.”

That is how the Blessed One taught King Udayana of Vatsa. As a result of that teaching, King Udayana of Vatsa was delighted, joyful, and extremely happy with the Thus-Gone One.

Then King Udayana of Vatsa said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, the blessed, thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect Buddha’s explanation of the excellent teaching on the inconceivably numerous faults of men and women is truly amazing. Blessed One, I seek refuge in the Blessed One, the Dharma, and the Saṇgha. I have abandoned my weapons and my clubs. I have become modest, and I feel love for all living beings. Blessed One, please accept me as a male lay disciple.”

When the Blessed One had finished teaching, King Udayana of Vatsa, the monks, bodhisattvas, gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas, together with the whole world, rejoiced and praised the Blessed One’s words.

Colophon

Translated, edited, and finalized by, among others, the Indian preceptors Jinamitra and Surendrabodhi and the chief editor-translator, Bandé Yeshé Dé.