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འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.7

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 4.7

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4.7

“Noble one, these complete the perfection of meditation of the bodhisattva mahāsattvas.

“Noble one, the bodhisattva mahāsattvas complete the perfection of wisdom through five qualities.⁴⁹⁹ What are those five? They are (1) always making offerings to and closely relying on all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, who have clarity and skill in methods, and not wearying or turning back; (2) always aspiring in the mind to hear the tathāgatas teach the profound Dharma without ever feeling that it is enough; (3) aspiring to examine through the sublime ultimate and relative wisdoms; (4) quickly eliminating all kleśas, which are to be eliminated through meditation;⁵⁰⁰ and (5) understanding the qualities of the five fields of knowledge.⁵⁰¹

“Noble one, these complete the perfection of wisdom of the bodhisattva mahāsattvas.

“Noble one, the bodhisattva mahāsattvas complete the perfection of skill in methods through five qualities.⁵⁰² What are those five? They are (1) understanding and comprehending the particular aspirations, kleśas, and mental conduct of all beings; (2) understanding clearly in the mind all the gateways of remedies in the limitless Dharmas; (3) attaining mastery of rising out of and entering into the samādhis of great love and compassion; (4) aspiring to attain ripening and excellence through meditation on the perfections; and (5) aspiring to gather and realize all the qualities of buddhahood without exception.

“Noble one, these complete the perfection of skill in methods of the bodhisattva mahāsattvas.

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