འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.1

1.1

Chapter 1: The Introduction

I pay homage to all the buddhas, bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, and noble śrāvakas in the past, future, and present.

Thus did I hear at one time.²²
The Tathāgata was dwelling
On Vulture Peak, in the Dharma realm,
The profound buddha field of activity.

He taught this Sublime Golden Light—
Which is the lord king of sūtras—
To the supreme bodhisattvas,
Who are pure and immaculate.

It is profound to listen to
And profound to analyze.
It has received the blessings
Of the buddhas in the four directions:

The Buddha Akṣobhya in the east,