འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.20

3.20

“Even inspiring others to rejoice in all the merit⁴²³ of beings in the presence of the buddhas of the three times and to make a prayer for enlightenment⁴²⁴—even that cannot serve as an analogy for it.

“Even inspiring others to eliminate all bad conduct, abuse, and insults and to pray to complete all good qualities and, in all lives, to make offerings to, venerate, and praise the Three Jewels, inspiring beings to practice meritorious actions with purity so that they completely attain enlightenment⁴²⁵—even that could not serve as an analogy.

“Therefore, a request and supplication to the Three Jewels in the three times in all world realms;⁴²⁶ a request for the six perfections to be completed; a request to turn the wheel of the unsurpassable Dharma; a supplication that they remain in the world for countless eons and teach the profound, sublime, supreme Dharma—all that has merit that is extremely profound,⁴²⁷ yet you should know that even that could not serve as an analogy for it.”

Then Śakra, who is the lord of the devas, the Ganges goddess, the Brahmarāja, the Four Mahārājas, and countless devas rose from their seats, and with their robes over one shoulder, kneeling on their right knees, with palms placed together, bowed their heads and said to the Bhagavat, “Bhagavat, we have heard The Supremely Victorious King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light; we have obtained it, read it, chanted it, and understood it,⁴²⁸ and we shall teach it extensively to others so that it will remain securely.

“Why is that?