འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 32

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“ ‘The beings who enjoy this realm
Will all be stainless.
As they hold the treasury of the Buddha,
They will perfect the dharmas of the Buddha.

“ ‘If things are certain to be like that,
And not in any other way,
May this entire earth shake
With its oceans and mountains.’

“As soon as they said this,
The entire world shook,
And musical instruments all sounded
Without even being played.

“Billions of gods
Scattered a beautiful rain
Of a million flowers, powders,
Incense, and clothing.

“Padmaśrīgarbha, you should not have any doubts or uncertainties as to whether the person who at that time, at that point, was named King Glorious Splendor was somebody else. And why? Because at that time, at that point, the Blessed One, the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect Buddha Amitābha was named King Glorious Splendor. Padmaśrīgarbha, you should also not think that at that time, at that point, the two beings called Precious Mind and Perfect Wealth were anybody else. And why? Because at that time, at that point, the bodhisattva great being Avalokiteśvara was the being called Perfect Wealth, and the bodhisattva great being Mahā­sthāmaprāpta was the being called Precious Mind. Son of noble family, this was the first time that these two beings developed the mind set upon unsurpassed and completely perfect awakening.”

Then the bodhisattva great being Padmaśrīgarbha said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, it is amazing how these two holy beings, devoting themselves so much to the profound and without apprehending their own names, have both been developing the mind of awakening for so long! How many other blessed buddhas apart from that thus-gone one have these two holy beings served?”

“Son of noble family,” said the Blessed One, “it may be possible to count the number of grains of sand in the Ganges River.