འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 226

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It is because of that good action as a cause that they arrived here and that I have given them the prophecy of their attainment of the highest, most complete enlightenment. Because they listened to the Dharma reverently with complete delight, complete trust, and complete joy,⁴⁹⁷ they have received their prophecies and names.⁴⁹⁸

“Noble goddess, do not hold the view of thinking that at that time, in that time, the tree goddess was anyone else. Why is that? It is because during that time you were that tree goddess.

“Noble goddess, know through this teaching that while I continued in saṃsāra, I ripened many beings for enlightenment, and they have all obtained prophecies of their attainment of the highest, most complete enlightenment.”

Chapter 26: The Gift of the Body to a Tigress

“Moreover, noble goddess, bodhisattvas give away their bodies in order to benefit others. What is that like?

“The Bhagavat,⁴⁹⁹ with the light rays of a hundred various, stainless, and vast qualities shining on the earth⁵⁰⁰ and in the paradises, with the vision of unimpeded wisdom, and the power to suppress adversaries,⁵⁰¹ accompanied by a thousand bhikṣus, was traveling and passing through the Pañcāla⁵⁰² land and came to a forest.

“There he saw a place of soft pasture, green and blue, with its surface adorned by a variety of aromatic flowers. When he saw that, the Bhagavat said to Venerable Ānanda, ‘Ānanda, this area is beautiful; it has the signs of a place for me to speak, so now prepare a seat for the Tathāgata.’

“In accordance with the Bhagavat’s instruction, he prepared a seat. When it was prepared, he said to the Bhagavat:

“ ‘Excellent, supreme Bhagavat, sublime giver of the supreme to humans,
Bringer of liberation from the bondage of existence, your seat is prepared.