དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7

7.1

"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,