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kiṃ tarhi bodhi-satvena + evaṃ cittam utpādayitavyaṃ | ye * api te * abhisaṃbuddhās tathā-gatā arhantaḥ samyak-saṃbuddhā ye ca + abhisaṃbuddhyante ye vā + abhisaṃbhotsyante * api + īdṛśena + eva nayena īdṛśyā pratipadā | īdṛśena + eva vīryeṇa + abhisaṃuddhā abhisaṃbudhyante * abhisaṃbhotsyante ca | yāvan na te tathā-gata-bhūtā eva + abhisaṃbuddhāḥ | aham api tathā tathā ghaṭiṣye tathā tathā vyāyaṃsye sarva-satva-sādhāraṇena vīryeṇa sarva-satva-ārambaṇena vīryeṇa yathā + aham an-uttarāṃ samyak-saṃbodhim abhisaṃbhotsyae iti ||

How then should the bodhisattva generate the mind [to practice]? 'Those who have awakened—the Tathāgatas, Arhats, perfectly awakened ones—and those who are awakening, or who will awaken, have awakened, are awakening, and will awaken precisely through this method, through this path, through this very vigor. To the extent that they have awakened only after becoming Tathāgatas, I too will strive in such a way, I will exert myself in such a way, with vigor shared with all beings, with vigor directed toward all beings, so that I will awaken to unexcelled, perfect awakening.'