འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ་རང་བཞན་མཉམ་པ་ཉད་རྣམ་པར་སྤྲས་པ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་གྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.20

1.20

And gave the best of perfumes and summer flowers
To the caityas of the jinas. {5}

“Through my giving the gift of the Dharma²²⁰
I developed a pleasing following;
But the thought did not arise in my mind
Of gaining renown through giving the gift of the Dharma. {6}

“I never felt any reluctance to give away
The loveliest things that gave me pleasure.
I gave the gift of Dharma numerous times,²²¹
And always my thoughts were of attaining buddha wisdom.²²² {7}

“In the past, to attain the qualities of this training,
I remained always in excellent, quiet forests.
I had immense compassion throughout that time
And always my thoughts were of attaining buddha wisdom. {8}

“I had a distinct conduct²²³ that was gentle and sweet,
A smiling face, the memory of what I had heard, and affectionate speech.
My very sweet words were beloved by many
And all beings never had enough of looking at me. {9}

“I did not have any stinginess²²⁴ for even a moment.
Throughout myriad existences I had no envy.²²⁵
I was always completely satisfied by alms.
I offered²²⁶ everything and left no remainder. {10}

“Those who remember just one four-line verse from this
Become very learned and remember all they have heard.
Through it the highest, perfect faith²²⁷ arose in me
And I always honored it. {11}

“I longed for the supreme peace of this samādhi
And made many offerings to the guides.
I gave to them an endless variety of gifts
And this maintained my correct conduct for a long time.²²⁸ {12}

“From remembering one verse from this samādhi
The merit will be vastly greater
Than from endlessly offering numerous, various worlds
That are all filled with precious jewels. {13}

“If those wishing for merit
Were to offer to the jinas²²⁹
Whatever flowers and incense exist
For numerous, countless, endless eons, {14}

“And if those wishing for merit
Were to offer to the jinas
Every kind of music, light, food, and clothing
For numerous, countless, endless eons, {15}

“A person who develops the aspiration to enlightenment,