[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana) › [འཕགས་པ་དགོངས་པ་ངེས་པར་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt) › 85 # འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 85 English (machine translation) 85 - **Language:** English ### [85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.85) 'cultivates meditative concentration focused on the object of hearing the bodhisattva piṭaka. That is their perfection of wisdom. Since through this they will be able to accomplish supramundane wisdom, I have fully explained the perfection of gnosis as an aid to the perfection of wisdom.' 'Bhagavān, why should the sequence of those six perfections be understood as taught in that manner?' 'Avalokiteśvara, it is because each serves as the support for the realization of the next in succession: when a bodhisattva is unconcerned with body and possessions, they properly adopt ethical discipline. When they protect ethical discipline, they come to possess patience. When they possess patience, they initiate diligence. When they initiate diligence, they accomplish meditative concentration. When meditative concentration is accomplished, they attain supramundane wisdom.' 'Bhagavān, into how many aspects are those perfections divided?' 'Avalokiteśvara, into three aspects each: the three aspects of generosity are the giving of the Dharma, the giving of material goods, and the giving of fearlessness. The three aspects of ethical discipline are the ethical discipline of refraining from unwholesomeness, the ethical discipline of engaging in virtue, and the ethical discipline of benefiting sentient beings. The three aspects of patience are the patience of tolerating harm, the patience of bearing suffering, and the patience of discerning the Dharma. The three aspects of diligence are the diligence of armor, the diligence of applying oneself to virtue, and the diligence of applying oneself to the welfare of sentient beings. The three aspects of meditative concentration are the meditative concentration that abides comfortably as an antidote to afflictions and suffering through non-conceptual, calm, and thoroughly tranquil mind; the meditative concentration that accomplishes qualities; and the meditative concentration that accomplishes the welfare of sentient beings.' - [Previous: 84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.84) - [Next: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.86) ## Translations (1) - [Unraveling the Intent](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.85) — Gregory Forgues, English ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དགོངས་པ་ངེས་པར་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo.85) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.85) · Pramāṇa