[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) › 9.15 # དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.15 The White Lotus of the Good Dharma 9.15 - **Language:** English ### [9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9.15) {68} “The devas, humans, asuras, and guhyakas, The nāgas and those born as animals, The beings dwelling in this world realm, Whether they are outside or inside— {69} “All those beings who dwell in the six existences— Whatever kinds of thoughts they have, The wise ones will know them all in one instant. These are the benefits from possessing this sūtra. {70} “The Dharma that is taught in all worlds by The Buddha who has the signs of hundreds of merits, They will hear even those completely pure words, And they will remember everything that has been taught. {71} “They will contemplate many supreme dharmas. They will always teach many dharmas, And they will never have any confusion. These are the benefits from possessing this sūtra. {72} “They will know the major and minor connections And the differing qualities within all the dharmas. They will know the meanings and the definitions, And they will teach exactly what it is they know. {73} “Without being timorous, in the center of the assembly They will always give the teaching of the Dharma That is the sūtra that has been taught in this world For a long time by previous masters of the world. {74} “Their mental faculty will become like that Through possessing and reading this sūtra. They will still not have attained unimpeded wisdom, But this is what will presage it. {75} “The holders of this sūtra of the Sugata Will reach the level of an ācārya, Teach the Dharma to all beings, And be skilled in millions of definitions.” {76} Chapter 19 Sadāparibhūta Then the Bhagavān said to the bodhisattva mahāsattva Mahā­sthāma­prāpta, “Mahā­sthāma­prāpta, you should know that this Dharma teaching is like this: Whoever rejects this Dharma teaching, and scolds, rebukes, and speaks crudely⁴⁸⁹ and harshly to the bhikṣus, - [Previous: 9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9.14) - [Next: 9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9.16) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9) ## 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.9.15-16) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*bo~en-84000.9.15) · Pramāṇa