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 8.21
The King of Samādhis Sūtra 8.21
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8.21
They quickly attain the direct perception of discernment.
They speak with the unceasing confidence of speech.
They teach millions and billions of sūtras. {67}
“They quickly attain the enlightenment of buddhahood.
They protect the teaching of the Guide.
They defeat all who are adversaries.
They extensively propagate the enlightenment of buddhahood. {68}
“When those bodhisattvas pass away,
They go to the realm of Sukhāvatī.
They hear the highest Dharma from Amitāyus
And attain the acceptance of the nonorigination of phenomena. {69}
“Young man, there are ten benefits for bodhisattva mahāsattvas who are dedicated to solitude. What are the ten benefits? They are: [1] they have few activities; [2] they have gone far from busy crowds; [3] they have no quarrels; [4] they have no harm; [5] they do not increase defilements;⁹⁴³ [6] they do not create any cause for disputes; [7] they have perfectly peaceful conduct; [8] they maintain perfect self-restraint; [9] their minds are prepared for liberation; and [10] they quickly manifest liberation.
“Young man, those are the ten benefits for bodhisattva mahāsattvas who are dedicated to solitude.”
On this topic, it was said:
“They always have few activities.
They have gone far from busy crowds.
They have no quarrels.
They live alone in the forest. {70}
“Without an intention to cause harm
They do not increase their defilements.
They have no cause for disputes.
Those are the qualities of living in a forest. {71}
“They are peaceful in their conduct.
They restrain their body, speech, and mind.
They are prepared for liberation;
They will quickly reach liberation. {72}
“They are yogins who always have few activities.
They have shunned the many faults of busy gatherings.
The yogins⁹⁴⁴ do not ever quarrel.
Those are the qualities of living in a solitary place. {73}
“When they have become saddened by the composite,
They never harbor any longing for the world,
And they do not increase their defilements.
The ones who live in a forest gain these benefits. {74}
“There never arises in them a cause for disputes.