Shikshasamuccaya 51

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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.