Shikshasamuccaya 51

51

iti | tathā + ārya-gaṇḍa-vyūha-sūtre * api varṇitaṃ | bodhi-cittaṃ hi kula-putra vīja-bhūtaṃ sarva-buddha-dharmāṇāṃ | kṣetra-bhūtaṃ sarva-jagac-chukla-dharma-virohaṇatayā | dharaṇi-bhūtaṃ sarva-loka-pratiśaraṇatayā yāvat pitṛ-bhūtaṃ sarva-bodhi-satva-ārakṣaṇatayā ||

Thus it is said. Likewise, it is described in the noble Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra:
"For the awakening mind, noble youth, is like a seed of all Buddha-Dharmas; like a field, because it causes the white qualities of all beings to grow; like the earth, because it is the refuge of the whole world; and so forth, up to: like a father, because it protects all bodhisattvas.