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 6.8
The King of Samādhis Sūtra 6.8
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6.8
“ ‘Supreme confidence in speech and sublime retention,
The limitless radiance of wisdom,
And correct eloquence with the power of mantra:
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {101}
“ ‘Meditation on the path through this doorway of correct conduct,⁶⁸⁷
Excellent practice, instruction, and conduct,⁶⁸⁸
And teaching that follows practicing the teaching:⁶⁸⁹
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {102}
“ ‘The appropriate patience that is praised by the buddhas,
The maintenance of patience that avoids bad actions,
And eliminating ignorance by being established in knowledge:
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {103}
“ ‘The level of yoga⁶⁹⁰ that is based upon wisdom,
The mastery of yoga through entering enlightenment,
The continual reliance on good beings:
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {104}
“ ‘It is the constant avoidance of unrestrained practitioners,⁶⁹¹
It is the level of buddhahood taught by tathāgatas,
And it is rejoiced in by all who are wise:
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {105}
“ ‘It is rejected by the foolish and ignorant.
It is not the level⁶⁹² of the numerous śrāvakas,⁶⁹³
And it is always obtained by the bodhisattvas:
That is the nature of the Jina’s teaching. {106}
“ ‘It is realized⁶⁹⁴ by the tathāgatas.
It is offered to and honored by the devas.
It is rejoiced in by a hundred billion Brahmās.
Is the Jina teaching this samādhi? {107}
“ ‘Thousands of nāgas always pay homage to it,
And so do garuḍas, yakṣas, and kinnaras.
It is the supreme enlightenment taught by the Jina.
Is the Jina teaching this samādhi? {108}
“ ‘It is always obtained by those who are wise.
It is the perfect attainment of the best, supreme wealth.
It is the supreme nonmaterial medicine of wisdom.
Is the Jina teaching this samādhi? {109}
“ ‘It is wisdom’s treasure of unceasing eloquence.
Ten million sūtras are contained within it.
It is accurate knowledge, the complete knowledge of the three realms.
Is the Jina teaching this samādhi? {110}
“ ‘It is a boat that crosses to the other shore,
It is a ship that crosses a great river,