འཕགས་པ་བསད་ནམས་ཐམས་ཅད་བསྡས་པའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.2

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the bodhisattva great being Anantamati, the bodhisattva great being Dharmamati, the bodhisattva great being Maitreya, the bodhisattva great being Mañjuśrī­kumāra­bhūta, and the bodhisattva great being Nārāyaṇa. Together with them were forty thousand gods, all of whom were thoroughly immersed in the Great Vehicle, as well as Śakra, Brahmā, and many world protectors. Surrounded and revered by this retinue of many hundreds of thousands, the Blessed One taught the Dharma. On this occasion, the Blessed One’s teaching was particularly pithy and overwhelmed the masses of non-Buddhists.

Afterward the bodhisattva great being Nārāyaṇa rose up from his seat, draped his shawl over one shoulder, and knelt on his right knee. With his palms together, he bowed toward the Blessed One and supplicated him as follows.

“Blessed One, this teaching of yours is exceedingly pithy. It is exquisite indeed, and overwhelms everyone, including misguided non-Buddhists, the countless wandering mendicants, and the naked ascetics. Accordingly, Blessed One, please take the bodhisattva great beings under your care, please give your aid to the bodhisattva great beings, and please keep the bodhisattva great beings in your protection. Please arouse the bodhisattva great beings’ roots of goodness. Please exalt the bodhisattva great beings, delight them, and instruct them thoroughly. Please look after the Buddha’s legacy, the continuity of the bodhisattva great beings’ spiritual tradition.