Shikshasamuccaya 266

266

punar a-paraṃ kula-putra bhaviṣyanty an-āgate * adhvani gṛha-stha-pravrajitā ādi-karmikā bodhi-satvā ye te gambhīrāḥ śūnyatā-pratisaṃyuktāḥ sūtra-anta-ādhāraṇī-kṣānti-samādhi-bhūmi-sv-alaṃ-kṛta-mahā-vidvat-puruṣāṇāṃ kṛta-śramāṇāṃ bodhi-satvānāṃ go-carās tān mahā-yāna-sūtra-antān dhārayanti paṭhanti sva-adhyāyanti pareṣāṃ ca vistareṇa vācayitvā prakāśayanti | ahaṃ ca + imān dharmān sva-buddhyā buddhvā + evaṃ ca punar ahaṃ kāruṇya-hetos tava + upadiśāmi | tvayā vā punas tathā bhāvayitavyaṃ yathā tvam atra gambhīreṣu dharmeṣu pratyakṣo bhaviṣyasi | evaṃ te jñāna-darśanaṃ bhaviṣyati yathā mama | etarhi na punar eva dadāti paṭhita-mātreṇa + aham imān evaṃ-rūpān dharmān gambhīra-gambhīrān upadiśāmi na sākṣāt-kriyayā ||

Furthermore, noble son, in future times there will be beginner bodhisattvas, both householders and renunciants, who hold, recite, study, and, having read them out at length, reveal to others those Mahāyāna discourses that are profound, connected with emptiness, and the domain of bodhisattvas who are great learned men adorned with the stages of discourse dhāraṇīs, forbearance, and meditative stabilization, and who have exerted effort. [They will say:] 'Having realized these dharmas with my own intellect, out of compassion I now teach them to you; or rather, you must cultivate them in such a way that you will directly perceive these profound dharmas here. Thus your vision of gnosis will become like mine.' Now, he does not concede: 'I teach such very profound dharmas merely through having recited them, not through realization.'