འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 29

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And the guides become visible.

“ ‘The bodies of the Victor fill the entire realm of phenomena
And are present in all infinite realms.
They know no actual coming or going,
And yet fill the world like a vessel.

“ ‘You who see the truths and teach the ultimate,
You are a benefactor of the Dharma with a peaceful mind;
Having crossed over, you liberate others who were in bondage.
We prostrate to you, Blissful One.

“ ‘You have pulled out the tree of rebirth by its root;
You have reduced to rubble the massive mountain of pride;
You know no agitation and are beyond deceit and deception.
We prostrate to you, who are completely at peace.

“ ‘Perfect man, you have gone beyond all attachments,
And your realization is like earth, water, and fire.
Victor, you are impartial toward all beings.
We prostrate to you, who are like wind and space.

“ ‘Great sage, your qualities are like a treasure;
Your body appears from an ocean of merit.
Even if we had billions of eons to speak of them
We would be unable to exhaust the ocean of your qualities.

“ ‘Gods and men worship your ocean of qualities,
And I with my sons offer worship as well.
By whatever merit accrues from worshipping the Victor,
May we become a great sage like you!’

“Padmaśrīgarbha, on another occasion King Glorious Splendor was in his pleasure grove practicing concentration, when two beautiful and captivating lotus flowers made of uragasāra sandalwood sprang up on either side of him. From those two lotus flowers, two beings miraculously appeared: one bore the name Precious Mind, and the other was called Perfect Wealth. They sat cross-legged in the flowers.

“Padmaśrīgarbha, when King Glorious Splendor arose from his absorption, he saw those two beings sitting there, cross-legged, and at the sight he spoke this verse:

“ ‘Are the two of you gods or nāgas?
Or yakṣas, gandharvas, or kinnaras?
Or humans or nonhumans?
Friends, please answer this question.’

“Padmaśrīgarbha,