[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika) › [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) › [The White Lotus of the Good Dharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000) › 5.26 # དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.26 The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 5.26 - **Language:** English ### [5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5.26) Displaying higher knowledge and wisdom. The Lord of the World taught the true conduct, Just as is practiced by wise bodhisattvas. {81} “The Bhagavān taught this extensive sūtra, The White Lotus of the Good Dharma, Through no fewer than thousands of verses As numerous as the sand grains of the Ganges. {82} “The Jina, having taught that sūtra, Entered the temple where the Lord of the World Contemplated in meditation on one seat For an entire eighty-four eons. {83} “The mendicants, knowing that the Guide Was seated in the temple and was not coming out, Proclaimed to many millions of beings The immaculate wisdom and peace of this buddhahood. {84} “They each arranged their own throne And taught upon it this very sūtra, And in that way fulfilled that role Within the teaching of that sugata. {85} “Each of those sons of the Sugata At that time taught beings as numerous As the sand grains of sixty thousand Ganges And guided an endless number of beings. {86} “When the Jina had passed into nirvāṇa, Following their proper conduct,³²⁴ they saw millions of buddhas, And together with those who had listened to them They made offerings to those supreme humans. {87} “They engaged in conduct that was vast and superior And attained enlightenment, buddhahood in the ten directions. Those sixteen sons of the Jina became Two jinas in each of the directions. {88} “At that time, those who had listened to them All became the śrāvakas of those jinas, And attained this enlightenment In stages through various methods. {89} “I also was one among them And you all have listened to me. Therefore you are still my śrāvakas And using methods I lead you all to this enlightenment. {90} “In that past time there was this cause, this condition, Because of which I am teaching the Dharma, And because of which I am leading you to enlightenment. So, bhikṣus, have no fear in these circumstances. {91} - [Previous: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5.25) - [Next: 5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5.27) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [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.5.26) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.5.26) · Pramāṇa