དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 10.10

10.10

“Then at that time, Nakṣatra­rāja­saṃkusumitābhi­jña, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sarva­sattva­priya­darśana ate agarwood, frankincense, and mastic resin, and drank magnolia oil.

“Nakṣatra­rāja­saṃkusumitābhi­jña, in this way the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sarva­sattva­priya­darśana continually ate incenses and drank magnolia oil for twelve years.

“Then, Nakṣatra­rāja­saṃkusumitābhi­jña, after twelve years had passed, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sarva­sattva­priya­darśana wrapped his body in divine cotton and soaked it with sesame oil, and, having made his firm resolve,⁵⁷⁶ he burned his own body as an offering to the Tathāgata and to this Dharma teaching, The White Lotus of the Good Dharma.

“Nakṣatra­rāja­saṃkusumitābhi­jña, the light from the burning body of the bodhisattva mahāsattva Sarva­sattva­priya­darśana shone throughout as many world realms as there are grains of sand in eighty Ganges Rivers. The buddha bhagavāns, as numerous as the grains of sand in eighty Ganges Rivers, who were in those world realms exclaimed, ‘Excellent, noble one! Excellent! This is the true application of the diligence of the bodhisattva mahāsattvas. This is the true offering to a tathāgata and to the Dharma. The offering of flowers, incense, perfume, garlands, ointments, powders, clothing, parasols, banners, and divine flags, and the offering of other material gifts, and the offering of uragasāra sandalwood does not compare. Noble one, this is the supreme gift.