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atra + eva + uktaṃ | yaḥ kaś-cin mañjuśrīḥ kula-putro vā kula-duhitā vā gaṅgā-nadī-vālikā-samān stūpān vinipātayed daheta vā | yaś ca + anyaḥ kula-putro vā kula-duhitā vā mahā-yāna-adhimuktasya bodhi-satvasya vyāpāda-khila-krodha-cittam utpādya krośayet paribhāṣayed ayaṃ tato * a-saṃkhyeyataraṃ pāpaṃ prasavati | tat kasmād * dhetoḥ | bodhi-satva-niryātā hi buddhā bhagavanto buddha-niryātāś ca stūpāḥ sarva-sukha-upadhānāni ca sarva-deva-nikāyāś ca | bodhi-satvam a-sat-kṛtya sarva-buddhā a-sat-kṛtā bhavanti | bodhi-satvaṃ sat-kṛtya sarva-buddhāḥ sat-kṛtā bhavanti | sarva-buddhān an-uttarayā pūjayā pūjayitu-kāmena bodhi-satvāḥ pūjayitavyāḥ ||

"Whosoever, Mañjuśrī, son or daughter of good family, should destroy or burn down as many stūpas as the sands of the river Ganges; and whatever other son or daughter of good family, having produced a mind of malice, obstinacy, and anger toward a bodhisattva devoted to the Mahāyāna, should scold or revile him—this [second person] generates far more incalculable sin than that. For what reason? Because the Blessed Buddhas have originated from bodhisattvas; and stūpas, all requisites of comfort, and all assemblies of deities have originated from Buddhas. By disrespecting a bodhisattva, all Buddhas are disrespected. By honoring a bodhisattva, all Buddhas are honored. One wishing to worship all Buddhas with the unsurpassed worship should worship bodhisattvas."