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 2.16

2.16

But if one seeks for this ‘bodhisattva’
That name will not be found anywhere.
One who knows that is a bodhisattva. {14}

“The bodhisattvas do not believe in the existence of a self
Any more than that a fire can burn in the middle of the ocean.
Since they have developed the aspiration for enlightenment
They have not had the view that there is a soul within.³⁰⁴ {15}

“There is no birth and there is no death
For beings, humans,³⁰⁵ the descendants of Manu.
Phenomena have an empty nature, like illusions;
The tīrthikas are unable to know that. {16}

“Also those who crave for food,
Who desire and cling to alms bowls and robes,
Who are arrogant and are haughty,
They cannot understand the Buddha’s enlightenment. {17}

“The lazy who are overcome by sleepiness and dullness,
Who have stubborn minds,³⁰⁶ and are shameless,
Who have no faith in the Buddha,
They are unable to understand³⁰⁷ sublime enlightenment. {18}

“The ordinary beings with incorrect behavior,
Those who do not have faith in the Dharma,
Who have no respect toward celibates,
They are unable to understand enlightenment. {19}

“Those with correct behavior, who have modesty and self-respect,
Who delight in the Dharma and the buddhas,
Who show great respect to the practitioners of celibacy,
They will attain the supreme, highest enlightenment. {20}

“Those whose conduct is performed with mindfulness,
Who sit upon their cushion with joy and delight,
With dhyāna as food and samādhi for drink,
They will attain the supreme, highest enlightenment. {21}

“Those who understand selflessness all day long,
Who are mindful of emptiness as they walk,
Who bear the beautiful aromatic flowers of the aspects of enlightenment,
Those dedicated ones will attain supreme enlightenment. {22}

“They who are skilled in bodhisattva conduct
Are not on the level of other beings,
Of śrāvakas, or of pratyekabuddhas.
Who would not aspire to that realization? {23}

“If I were to have a lifespan that continued
For as many millions of eons as there are sands in the Ganges,
I would not even be able to finish reciting the praises
Of as little of the Buddha’s wisdom as a tiny pore. {24}

“Therefore, having heard the benefits