Shikshasamuccaya 140

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atra + eva vācanā-upāsikā-vimokṣe varṇitaṃ | kalyāṇa-mitra-anuśāsanī-pratipannasya kula-putra bodhi-satvasya buddhā bhagavanto * abhirāddha-cittā bhavanti | kalyāṇa-mitra-vacana-a-viloma-sthāyino bodhi-satvasya sarva-jñatā + asannī-bhavati | kalyāṇa-mitra-vacana-a-vicikitsakasya + asannī-bhavanti kalyāṇa-mitrāṇi | kalyāṇa-mitra-manasi-kāra-a-virahitasya sarva-arthā abhimukhā bhavanti + iti | ata eva + ārya-sudhanaḥ sāradhvajasya bhikṣoḥ pādau śirasā + abhivandya + an-eka-śata-sahasra-kṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇī-krṭya sāradhvajaṃ bhikṣum avalokya praṇipatya punaḥ punar avalokayan niyataṃ praṇipatan namasyann avanaman manasi kurvan cintayan bhāvayan paribhāvayann udānam udānayan hāk-kāraṃ kurvan | guṇān abhimukhī-kurvan nigamayann atra sann anusmaran dṛḍhī-kurvann a-vijahan manasā + āgamayann upanibadhnan praṇidhiṃ samavasaran darśanam abhilaṣan svara-nimittam udgṛhṇan yāvat tasya + antikāt prakrāntaḥ | tathā kalyāṇa-mitra-āgataṃ sarva-jñatāṃ saṃpaśyann aśru-mukho rudan yāvan meghasya dramitasya + antikāt prakrāntaḥ ||

Right here, in the liberation of the female lay-disciple Vācanā, it is described: "Noble son, when a bodhisattva is engaged in the instruction of a virtuous friend, the blessed buddhas are well-pleased in mind. For a bodhisattva who does not act contrary to the words of a virtuous friend, omniscience draws near. For one who is free from doubt regarding the words of a virtuous friend, virtuous friends draw near. For one who is not devoid of mindfulness of the virtuous friend, all aims appear before him." For this very reason the noble Sudhana, having bowed down his head to the feet of the monk Sāradhvaja, having circumambulated him many hundreds of thousands of times, gazing at the monk Sāradhvaja, prostrating, looking back again and again, constantly prostrating, bowing down, bending low, keeping him in mind, reflecting, contemplating, cultivating, uttering an inspired utterance, crying out "Ah!", bringing his virtues to mind, concluding, settling there, recollecting, making them firm, not forsaking him, waiting attentively in mind, binding his resolution, keeping to his vow, longing for the sight of him, taking up the sound and mark [of his voice], until he departed from his presence. Likewise, seeing omniscience as having come from the virtuous friend, with tear-stained face, weeping, until he departed from the presence of Megha the Dravidian.