འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 167

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“If someone makes offerings to Sarasvatī
Or has a student who, according to instructions,
In accord with scripture, practices the Dharma,
They will obtain the most perfect honors.

“Someone who practices for supreme wisdom
And single-mindedly possesses this Dharma
Will increase the accumulations of wisdom and merit
And have definite accomplishment; do not doubt it!

“Those who practice for wealth will have wealth,
And gain and fame will likewise be accomplished.
Those who wish for deliverance will be liberated.
This will definitely be accomplished; do not doubt it!

“Also numerous, countless good qualities
Will be accomplished, as wished for.
Someone who maintains this practice correctly
Will definitely accomplish them; do not doubt it!

“Wear clean clothes in a solitary place,
And in a maṇḍala of whatever size you can make
Place four vases that are extensive.
At that time, offer flowers and incense.

“Beautify³⁵⁵ it with flags, parasols, and streamers,
And adorn it extensively with ointments and powders.
Make offerings to the buddhas and Sarasvatī,
And if you wish to see that deity, you will see her.

“In front of the goddess Sarasvatī
Recite and repeat this for three weeks.
If you still have not seen that deity,
Repeat with a stable mind for nine more days.

“If she has not been seen in those nights,
Seek another auspicious place.
Draw a correct image of the goddess
And continuously offer, repeat, and recite.

“Day and night make a continuous effort
For an immeasurable benefit to yourself and others.
Its result will be bestowed on others
And your wishes will be accomplished.

“If in that way your wishes have not been accomplished,
Then for three months, or for six months, or nine,
Or with diligent mantra repetition for a year,
You will attain the six higher cognitions, and so on.”

The Kauṇḍinya brahmin, on hearing that teaching, felt immeasurable joy and delight, and he said to that gathered assembly:

“This entire assembly of devas, humans, and others,