དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.31

6.31

“We will remember in the later times
The instructions given by the Lord of the World,
And we will fearlessly teach this sūtra
In the middle of the assembly. {18}

“Guide, we shall go to the towns
And go to the villages
Where there are those who seek this,
And bestow on them what you have taught. {19}

“Lord of the World, great Muni,
We will be your emissaries.
You who have attained peace, excellent nirvāṇa,
You have no need to be concerned. {20}

“All who are lamps for the world
Come from the ten directions;
We are speaking words of truth
And you know our aspiration.” {21}

Chapter 13

Dwelling in Happiness

Then Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta said to the Bhagavān, “Bhagavān, what these bodhisattva mahāsattvas are resolved to do because of their reverence for the Bhagavān is a difficult task, extremely difficult. Bhagavān, how should these bodhisattva mahāsattvas expound this Dharma teaching in the later times, in a later era?”

The Bhagavān said to Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta, “Mañjuśrī, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should expound this Dharma teaching in the later times, in a later era, by maintaining four qualities. What are these four?

“Mañjuśrī, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should expound this Dharma teaching in the later times, in a later era, by maintaining their practice and field of activity.

“Mañjuśrī, in what way do bodhisattva mahāsattvas maintain their practice and field of activity?

“Mañjuśrī, bodhisattva mahāsattvas are patient, self-controlled, have attained the level of self-control, and their minds are without anger or envy.