Shikshasamuccaya 167

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punar āha | syād yathā + api nāma devi sumeruḥ parvata-rājaḥ sarvān kula-parvatān abhibhavann abhirocate ca samabhirocate ca + uccatvena vipulatvena ca | evam eva devi mahā-yānikasya kāya-jīvita-nir-apekṣasya na ca gṛhīta-cittasya sad-dharma-parigraho nava-yāna-saṃprasthitānām api kāya-jīvita-sa-apekṣāṇāṃ mahā-yānikānāṃ sarvān kuśalān dharmān abhibhavati + ity ādi ||

It is further said: "Queen, just as Mount Sumeru, the king of mountains, surpasses all peripheral mountains, outshining and completely eclipsing them by its height and vastness; even so, Queen, the embrace of the true Dharma by a follower of the Great Vehicle who is indifferent to body and life and whose mind is not grasping, surpasses all the wholesome qualities of followers of the Great Vehicle who have newly set forth on the vehicle and who still care for body and life," and so forth.