དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.25

7.25

“You should all be stable and mindful.
You should all remain in a state of concentration.
Listen to a Dharma that has not appeared before
And which is a marvel of the tathāgatas. {34}

“I shall establish you well in this.
None of you should have any doubt.
I, the Guide, speak infallibly.⁴³⁷
My wisdom remains forever incalculable. {35}

“The Sugata has realized profound dharmas,
Which are unexaminable and unquantifiable.
I am going to teach⁴³⁸ those dharmas;
Listen to me as to what they are and how they are.” {36}

Having pronounced those verses, Bhagavān said to the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya, “Ajita, I declare to you, I proclaim to you,⁴³⁹ Ajita, as for these innumerable, numberless, inconceivable, unequaled, uncountable bodhisattvas whom you have never seen before, who emerged from the ground, after I had attained the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood in this Sahā world realm, Ajita, I inspired and developed⁴⁴⁰ all these bodhisattva mahāsattvas toward the highest, complete enlightenment. Noble ones, I ripened them for this bodhisattva Dharma, established them in it, and caused them to follow it, remain in it, and understand it.

“Ajita, these bodhisattva mahāsattvas live in this Sahā world realm by occupying the realm of space below, where they are engaged in reciting and receiving the teachings, and correctly contemplating them.

“These noble ones do not delight in the activities of society, they delight in the absence of society. Their diligence does not weaken, they apply themselves with diligence. Ajita, these noble ones delight in solitude and find pleasure in solitude. These noble ones do not live by relying upon either devas or humans. These noble ones delight in activities that are devoid of worldly gatherings, delight in the pleasure of the Dharma, and are dedicated to the wisdom of buddhahood.”

The Bhagavān then spoke these verses: