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Translation of དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད (དམ་པའི་ཆོས་པད་མ་དཀར་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ)
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become, / whatever uncertainty they have, / and whatever doubt and hesitation, will be dispelled." / The chapter on the nidāna, the first from the dharmaparyāya "The White Lotus of the Good Dharma." [Bampo 2] Then the Bhagavān, mindful and knowing, arose from that samādhi. Having arisen, he addressed the venerable Śāriputra: "Śāriputra, the wisdom of the buddhas, which has been realized by the Tathāgatas, the arhats, the samyaksambuddhas, is profound, difficult to see, and difficult to comprehend, hard to know for all the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas. Why is that? Śāriputra, the Tathāgatas, the arhats, the samyaksambuddhas have attended upon many hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of buddhas, have practiced the course toward anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi under many hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of buddhas, have pursued it for a long time, and have exerted energy. It is wonderful,
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"Whoever has wisdom / should cut off doubt and completely abandon uncertainty; / you will become buddhas, so rejoice fully!" / The chapter on skill in means, the second from the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. [Bampo 3] Then the venerable Śāriputra at that time was satisfied, gladdened, delighted, and overjoyed. Having felt joy and happiness, he bowed with palms joined toward where the Bhagavān was, and directly facing the Bhagavān, looking intently at the Bhagavān, said this to him: "Bhagavān, having heard such a teaching from the Bhagavān, I am astonished and amazed, and have attained joy. Why is that? Bhagavān, I have seen other bodhisattvas, and I have heard the names of the future buddhas from the bodhisattvas; this
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will truly collect them." [Bampo 5] "Kāśyapa, there are not three vehicles; because beings have different conduct, three vehicles are merely designated for this reason." When this was said, the venerable Mahākāśyapa said this to the Bhagavān: "Bhagavān, if there are not three vehicles, why in the present time are they specifically designated as śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas?" When this was said, the Bhagavān said this to the venerable Mahākāśyapa: "Kāśyapa, it is like this, for example: a potter makes vessels from the same clay; among them, some become vessels for molasses, some vessels for ghee, some for curd and milk,
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"and knowing their former merit / and the inclinations of all sentient beings, / please turn the unsurpassed, noble wheel!" [Bampo 6] Monks, then at that time, when the Bhagavān, the Tathāgata, the arhat, the samyaksambuddha Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū fully awakened to anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi, in each of the ten directions, five hundred thousand myriads of koṭis of world systems
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all / saw buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Gaṅgā. / The chapter on the preacher of Dharma, the tenth from the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. [Bampo 8] Then, before the Bhagavān, from the midst of the ground in that assembly, a stūpa made of the seven precious substances arose. In height it was five hundred yojanas, and its circumference was proportionate; it was beautiful, lovely to behold, well adorned with five thousand balconies strewn with flowers, adorned with many thousands of archways, decorated with a thousand divine banners and victory banners, with jeweled
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"those who have come from the ten directions. / Because all the lamps of the world / completely know their inclinations, / they speak truthful words." / The chapter on exhortation, the twelfth from the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. [Bampo 9] Then Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta said this to the Bhagavān: "Bhagavān, that these bodhisattva mahāsattvas are enthusiastically willing to respect the Bhagavān is a difficult task, a most difficult task indeed. Bhagavān, how should these bodhisattva mahāsattvas expound this dharmaparyāya in future times, in the later era?" When this was said, the Bhagavān said this to Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta: "Mañjuśrī, abiding in four qualities, a bodhisattva mahāsattva should correctly expound this dharmaparyāya in future times, in the later era. What are the four? Mañjuśrī, herein, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should abide in proper conduct and proper resort, and correctly expound this dharmaparyāya. Mañjuśrī, how do bodhisattva mahāsattvas abide in proper conduct and proper resort? Mañjuśrī, when a bodhisattva mahāsattva possesses patience, gentleness, and has attained the stage of being subdued, without hostility in mind and free from jealousy, Mañjuśrī,
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chapter, the seventeenth. [Bampo 11] Then the Bhagavān addressed the bodhisattva mahāsattva Nityodyukta: "Noble son, whoever holds, reads, teaches, or copies this dharmaparyāya, that noble son will obtain eight hundred qualities of the eye. He will obtain one thousand two hundred qualities of the ear. He will obtain eight hundred qualities of the nose. He will obtain one thousand two hundred qualities of the tongue. He will obtain eight hundred qualities of the body. He will obtain one thousand two hundred qualities of the mind. Through these many hundreds of qualities, his city of the six sense faculties will become completely pure, exceedingly pure. His ordinary fleshy eye born of father and mother, being thus pure,
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chapter on the manifestation of supernatural powers, the twentieth. [Bampo 12] Then the bodhisattva mahāsattva Bhaiṣajyarāja rose from his seat, draped his upper robe over one shoulder, placed his right knee
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chapter, the twenty-third. [Bampo 13, the final one.] Then the bodhisattva mahāsattva Akṣayamati rose from his seat, draped his upper robe over one shoulder, placed his right knee upon the ground, bowed with palms joined toward where the Bhagavān was, and said this to the Bhagavān: "Bhagavān, for what reason is the bodhisattva mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara called 'Avalokiteśvara'?" When this was