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taught and will teach all the perfect buddhas of the past and the future. The sons and daughters of noble family should devote themselves to this path with great effort.”²⁴⁹

Then, at that moment,²⁵⁰ the Blessed One spoke these verses:

“This presentation of the teachings by means of designations
Is thoughtful and of great significance for [the practice of this] yoga.²⁵¹
Those who, by relying on this Dharma,
Correctly devote themselves to this yoga will attain awakening.²⁵²

“Those who, seeking liberation, study the entire Dharma
By looking for faults and disputing it
Are, Maitreya, as far from this yoga
As is the sky from the earth.²⁵³

“Wise²⁵⁴ and skilled in the real meaning²⁵⁵ of benefiting beings
Is the one who does not strive to benefit beings thinking they will reward him.²⁵⁶
The one expecting a reward will indeed²⁵⁷ not obtain
The joy that is both²⁵⁸ supreme and free from covetousness.²⁵⁹

“Those who grant Dharma instructions [to obtain] desirous objects
Have renounced desirous objects and yet²⁶⁰ still accept them.
Although these fools have obtained the priceless and faultless²⁶¹ jewel of Dharma,
They wander like beggars.²⁶²

“Therefore, with great effort
Strive to abandon disputation, distractions, and mental elaborations.
In order to liberate the world of beings including the gods,
Devote yourself to this yoga.”

Then, the bodhisattva Maitreya asked the Blessed One, “Blessed One, what is the name of the teaching imparted in this Dharma discourse that unravels the Tathāgata’s intent? How should I keep it in mind?”²⁶³

The Blessed One answered, “Maitreya, this is a teaching of definitive meaning on yoga. Keep it in mind as The Teaching of Definitive Meaning on Yoga.” As the Blessed One expounded this teaching, six hundred thousand beings produced the mind directed at the unsurpassable, complete and perfect awakening, three hundred thousand hearers