[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Bodhisattva path, ethics and meditation manuals](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga) › [Shikshasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya) › 81 # Shikshasamuccaya 81 Śikṣāsamuccaya 81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya.81) na ca + atra sārvakālikāt saṃvara-grahaṇāj janma-antara-āpatti-śaṅkā kartavyā + atra + eva sūtre \* a-kṣobhya-praṇidhāna-anujñānād evaṃ hy uktaṃ | yathā tena + a-kṣobhyeṇa tathā-gatena pūrvaṃ bodhi-satva-bhūtena + evaṃ vāg bhāṣitā | visaṃvāditā me buddhā bhagavanto bhaveyur yadi sarvasyāṃ jātau na pravrajeyam iti | ekā jātiḥ prayatnena saṃśodhyā vibudha-ātmanā | anyās tu jātīr ā-bodheḥ sa + eva saṃśodhayiṣyati + ity ukteḥ || > Nor should one here entertain suspicion of an infraction in another life on account of undertaking the vow for all time, because in this very sūtra the aspiration of Akṣobhya is approved. For thus it was said: 'Just as that Tathāgata Akṣobhya, when he was previously a bodhisattva, spoke these words: "The blessed Buddhas would be deceived by me if I were not to go forth into homelessness in every birth." One birth must be purified with effort by the wise-minded; / and he himself will purify the other births until awakening'—since this was said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya.80) - [Next: 82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya.82) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya~en-mt.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya.81) · Pramāṇa