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# དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.29

The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 3.29

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### [3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.3.29)

Their desires will be very powerful  
And they will take pleasure in the vaginas of animals. {134}  
  
“Śārisuta, if I were from today to describe  
For an entire eon the harm that comes  
To those who reject this sūtra,  
I could not finish describing that harm. {135}  
  
“Śārisuta, I have truly taught to you  
This very meaning that I see.  
You should not teach such a sūtra as this  
In the presence of foolish beings. {136}  
  
“You should teach this ultimate truth  
To those who are learned,²¹⁸ have heard much Dharma,  
And who have mindfulness, are wise, have knowledge,  
And are set upon supreme enlightenment. {137}  
  
“You should proclaim this ultimate truth  
To those who have seen many millions of buddhas,  
Who have developed immeasurable merit,  
And have a stable, higher motivation. {138}  
  
“You should teach this sūtra directly  
To those who are diligent and always kind,  
Who for a long time have meditated on kindness,  
And who have no concern for body or life. {139}  
  
“Proclaim this excellent sūtra to those  
Who are considerate and respectful to each other,  
Who do not rely on fools,  
And are happy in mountain caves. {140}  
  
“Teach this sūtra  
To those children of the buddhas  
Whom you see serving kalyāṇamitras,  
And who have given up sinful friends. {141}  
  
“Recite this sūtra in the presence  
Of those children of the buddhas whom you see  
To have unimpaired conduct, who are like precious jewels,  
And have a vast possession of sūtras. {142}  
  
“Recite this sūtra in the presence  
Of those who are without anger and always honest,  
Who have compassion for all beings,  
And are respectful in the presence of the Sugata. {143}  
  
“Give the teaching of this sūtra  
To those who teach the Dharma in the center of an assembly,  
Without impediment, their minds focused,  
And who use quintillions of parables, {144}  
  
“And to those who with hands in homage upon their head  
Are searching for the state of omniscience,

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- [དམ་པའི་ཆོས་པད་མ་དཀར་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo.3.28-29) — Classical Tibetan

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