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འཕགས་པ་འདལ་བ་རྣམ་པར་གཏན་ལ་དབབ་པ་ཉ་བར་འཁར་གྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.3

Determining the Vinaya: Upāli’s Questions 1.3

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1.3

The bodhisattva Sunetra said, “Bhagavān, I wish to establish the foundation for the happiness and contentment of beings.”

The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara said, “Bhagavān, I wish to protect beings from lower realms and bad rebirths.”

The bodhisattva Mahā­sthāma­prāpta said, “Bhagavān, I wish to save beings who have not escaped from the lower realms.”

The bodhisattva Rāśika said, “Bhagavān, I wish to teach undisciplined beings the way of discipline.”

The bodhisattva Sumanas said, “Bhagavān, I wish to bring beings with inferior inclinations to maturity.”

The bodhisattva Sūrata said, “Bhagavān, I wish to bring beings with inferior wisdom to maturity.”

The bodhisattva Tejorāśi said, “Bhagavān, I wish to bring beings who have been born from the wombs of animals to maturity.”

The bodhisattva Recognizer of Unafflicted Realization said, “Bhagavān, I wish to bring beings to maturity by correctly teaching them the way.”

The bodhisattva Priya­darśana said, “Bhagavān, I wish to equip beings with the immeasurable requisites of happiness.”

The bodhisattva Excellent Faculties said, “Bhagavān, I wish to bring beings to maturity by causing them to reflect on suffering.”

The bodhisattva Engaged in Inconceivable Liberation said, “Bhagavān, with merely a thought I wish to liberate beings born in the world of pretas.”

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