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དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.23

The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 3.23

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3.23

But they do not have any toys in there to enjoy.
Such is the foolishness of these children. {70}

“He calls to them, ‘Listen, children!
I have three different kinds of carts,
To which are yoked excellent goats, oxen, or deer,
And which are large, tall, and perfectly adorned. {71}

“ ‘They are outside the house.
Run outside and use them!
I have had them made for you.
Go out and you will be delighted!’ {72}

“The children, hearing²⁰¹ of these kinds of carts,
Become eager and make haste.²⁰²
And at that very moment they all run out
And stand in the open air, freed from suffering. {73}

“When the man sees his children have come out
He goes to the square in the center of town.
There he sits on a lion throne and says to them,
‘Oh, today I have been made perfectly happy.²⁰³ {74}

“ ‘I have saved with difficulty these who were in distress.
My beloved sons, these twenty children of mine,
They were in a dreadful, awful house
That was filled with many terrifying beings. {75}

“ ‘It was burning, filled with a thousand flames,
And they were delighting in their games.
I have today saved them all
And therefore today I am perfectly happy.’ {76}

“Seeing their father sitting happily
The children come to him and say,
‘Give us that which you have described—
Those three delightful carts! {77}

“ ‘You said to us in the house,
“I will give you three kinds of carts.”
Even if you do not have all these
The time has now come for you to give them.’ {78}

“That man has the power²⁰⁴ of treasuries
Of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls,
And a great deal of money²⁰⁵ and slaves.
And he has identical carts made for them. {79}

“They are excellent ox-drawn carts made of jewels,
With railings and strings of little bells,
Adorned with parasols and banners,
And covered with a network of pearls and jewels. {80}

“They are hung all over, here and there,
With garlands made of golden flowers.
They are covered with excellent cloth

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